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Facade of the convent of San Francisco. Ventura Pérez (c. 1760)
Preparations for the General Chapter of the Franciscan Order held in the convent of San Francisco de Valladolid in 1740

In 1740, the meeting of the General Chapter of the Franciscan Order took place in …

Sept. 12, 2023
Isola di Cipro. Ferrando Bertelli (Roma, 1562)
Limasol, sixth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Limasol, sixth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Sept. 10, 2023

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Wind players in the West Indies Fleet (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2015

The galleons that captained the fleet of the Indies carried among their crews several salaried minstrels. Jerónimo Franco, a ministril, embarked on the nao almiranta which in 1620 went "to …

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Feast of the Conception of Our Lady in the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-11-2015

In the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, commonly known as Tomasas, the nuns celebrate on 8 December a particular ceremony typical of this female monastery in Granada, which probably …

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