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Plaza de la Trinidad (on the right, door of the convent of la Santísima Trinidad, 1862)
Confraternity of Our Lady of Anguish at the square of Tablas in Granada

On 28 October 1643, in the convent of La Santísima Trinidad, a brotherhood was founded …

May 1, 2024
<em>La devota peregrinación de la Tierra Sancta</em>. Miquel Matas (1604), fols. 108rv
Visit to Jerusalem (2). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Armenian Quarter and Mount Zion.

Visit to Jerusalem (2). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Armenian Quarter …

April 28, 2024
Chapel of the beheading. Cathedral of Santiago (Armenian)
Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

&nbsp;Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). …

April 24, 2024
convent de Santa Helena do Monte Calvário. Picture by David Freitas (1960)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do Monte Calvário in Evora

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do …

April 21, 2024

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Domestic music at the house of Hernando Colón

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Hernando Colón (1488-1539), second son of the discoverer Cristóbal Colón, was able to begin his musical instruction during the years in which he served as page for Prince Juan. The …

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Mock tournaments fought with bulrushes (juegos de cañas) at the Lobos' square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In the expansion area of the Christian city, in the 16th century, the Plaza de los Lobos was laid out. Square in shape, it was the site of sporadic juegos …

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Public festivals at the Campo del Príncipe

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1513, the city council prepared the space known today as Campo del Príncipe to form a recreational square in which jousting, tournaments, tournaments rings, etc., events in which trumpets, …

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