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Main chapel of León Cathedral. Interior.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of León (1591-1602)

Transcription of four chapter agreements and an inventory of singing books from the Cathedral of …

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Chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo. Cathedral of Cordoba
Foundation and endowment of the medieval chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo in Córdoba Cathedral (1387)

In 1387, Elfa de la Torre, widow of Pedro Muñiz de Godoy, Master of the …

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Customs House in Cádiz
English keyboard instruments at the Customs House in Cádiz (1794)

The records of royal orders for the government of the Customs Office of Cádiz, corresponding …

March 30, 2026
Old fortress
From Venice to Marseille with a stopover in Livorno. Fifteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1589)

Francisco Guerrero and his pupil Francisco Sánchez must have set out from Venice in early …

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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 7, 2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 1, 2022

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two of the minstrels of the cathedral who lived in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, Juan …

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Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 30, 2022

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could make their penitential procession in Granada during Holy Week that year from nine to three.

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