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Betancuria. Fuerteventura. Anonymous (1890-1895) FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria
Proclamation of St. Bonaventura as patron saint of Fuerteventura (1625)

On 1st November 1625, Saint Bonaventure was solemnly proclaimed patron saint of the island of …

Jan. 21, 2025
Fuente del Pilar Nuevo. Anonymous (1893). FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
Fountains of Las Palmas in the XVIII century

During the mandate of the mayor Vicente Cano (1787-1793), important public works and reforms were …

Dec. 19, 2024
Cathedral of Cuenca
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Cuenca (1584-1730)

Four chapter agreements, six accounting items, a copy of a letter and three detailed inventories …

Nov. 25, 2024
Cristóbal de Morales
Autograph letter from Cristóbal de Morales accompanying the shipment of his mass books printed in Rome to Prince Philip (1546)

The discovery of an unpublished autograph letter by Cristóbal de Morales, dated 15 January 1546 …

Nov. 20, 2024

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Purchase of a book of polyphony (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 28, 2016

In 1529, the chapter of the cathedral of Granada bought a copy of the Liber quindecim missarum electarum electarum quae per excellentissimos musicos compositae (Rome: Andrea Antico, 1516) for its music chapel.

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Granada luthiers guild (1702)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 25, 2016

A document in the Archivo Histórico Provincial of Granada, which gives an account of a military parade carried out in 1702, at the beginning of the War of the Spanish …

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Entrance of Muhámmad V into Granada (1362)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 18, 2016

On April 16, 1362, after having defeated "al Bermejo" (Muhammad VI), Muhammad V, Sultan of Granada, entered Granada through the Elvira Gate, preceded by a large group of Moorish trumpets …

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