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The  Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Leonardo Torriani (1588)
Soundscape on a galleon bound for the Indies (1573)

Eugenio Salazar de Alarcón, governor of the islands of Tenerife and La Palma, in a …

Feb. 23, 2026
Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean. Mateo Prunes (1563)
From Tripoli to Venice, fourteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588–1589)

On 14 November 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his pupil Francisco Sánchez, five pilgrims and …

Feb. 19, 2026
Altar of San Juan Bautista. Anonymous (c. 1390)
Foundations and endowments of the altar of San Juan Bautista (c. 1390) and La Anunciación (c. 1463) in Córdoba Cathedral

The devotional, liturgical and funerary space of the old altar of Saint John the Baptist …

Feb. 16, 2026
Cathedral of Tarazona. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Tarazona (1591-1601)

An inventory from 1591 lists four printed books by Victoria, in addition to a handwritten …

Feb. 12, 2026

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Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 19, 2019

In March 1509, Nicolás Pérez, an organ maker based in Toledo, presented to the University of Salamanca an organ he had been commissioned to build. This instrument was destined to …

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Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 19, 2019

In 1510, Nicolás Pérez built an organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares, whose composition and caracteristics we know through a sheet containing …

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Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 10, 2019

The hydraulic mills located on the Genil river bank and inside the city of Granada would be one of the main agents causing noise pollution in these urban and peri-urban …

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The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt
Dec. 8, 2019

On 25 July 1516, the council authorities of the city of Plasencia paid tribute to Queen Joan and King Charles I by raising the royal pendon, displaying it in the …

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