A collection of inscriptions located in the two passageways connecting the cloister of San Fernando …
The altar/chapel of San Lorenzo was founded in 1282 by Don Sebastián, archdeacon of Castro. …
The eleventh stage took Francisco Guerrero and Francisco Sánchez from Samaria to Bethsaida, on the …
Bells were one of the first objects that, along with liturgical vestments, gold and silverware, …
In 1548, Prince Philip set out on a long journey that would take him around what was to become his future dominions. On 20 October, he arrived in Rosas (Gerona) …
In 1514, Pedro Arias Dávila's large expedition set out from Seville to transform the fortress of Santa María la Antigua del Darién (Colombia) into the first colonial urban settlement on …
In his long life, Pedro de Valencia (Lima, c. 1550; La Paz, 1631), a descendant of the conquistadors of the island of Santo Domingo, rose through the ecclesiastical ranks until …
In 1774, the master of the choirboys, Antonio Guifrida, proposed to the chapter the purchase of a second-hand harpsichord for the casa de los Seises of Granada cathedral, which was …
A printed account of the visit of Philip II in Barcelona in 1564 offers details on his arrival at the convent of Santa Maria de Valldonzella, and the welcoming of …
During Holy Week in 1770, weather conditions forced the confraternity of the Santísimo Poder y Traspaso de Nuestra Señora (Gran Poder) to leave their devotional images in Seville Cathedral. In …
The church of La Encarnación in Motril was built between 1510 and 1514 on the site of an old mosque. Between 1521 and 1522, the organ builder of the cathedral …
In 1674, Luis Garay, who had been chapel master and prebend at Granada Cathedral, established and endowed a Salve service at the main altar, which was to be held annually …
Advertisement for the sale of a guitar and a psaltery in the Hebdomadario útil sevillano of 14 April 1758.
Read articleIn 1625, Francisco Velázquez, beneficiary of the church of San Nicolás, paved the square in front of the main door of the church so that the bowling and ball games …