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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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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1527-1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 3, 2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1524-1527)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 2, 2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Public concert in the hall of the Valencia Shoemakers' Guild (1790)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 24, 2021

In the autumn of 1790, the chapel master Angelo di San Michele settled in Valencia. He would soon offer his services as a teacher of singing, harpsichord, forte-piano and psaltery …

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Miserere at the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Córdoba (1633)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 4, 2021

On 3 March 1633, the Chapter of Cordoba Cathedral banned the Miserere that was sung at night in the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Cordoba, although we do not …

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