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São Salvador do Congo. Thomas Astley  (1745)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
View of Loanda. Johannes Vingboons (c. 1665)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
't eylant St. Thome. Johannes Vingboons (1665)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 6, 2023
"A Prospect from Sea of ye Harbour of Princess belonging to ye Portugueze. William Smith (c.1727)
The first Discalced Carmelite mission in the kingdoms of Congo and Angola (1584-1587)

After two unsuccessful attempts, the third mission of the Discalced Carmelite Order to the kingdoms …

Oct. 5, 2023

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Nighttime street quarrels and serenades in 14th century Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-12-2018

The Ordenamiento given by King Alfonso XI for the city of Seville, in 1337, provides us with an interesting indirect testimony of the nocturnal serenades in Seville in the first …

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Last organ at the convent of La Encarnación in Granada (1836)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-11-2018

The inventory made in 1836, when the convent of La Encarnación in Granada was suppressed, included an organ located in the choir loft. This instrument and the tabernacle of the …

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