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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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Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In March 1509, Nicolás Pérez, an organ maker based in Toledo, presented to the University of Salamanca an organ he had been commissioned to build. This instrument was destined to …

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Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In 1510, Nicolás Pérez built an organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares, whose composition and caracteristics we know through a sheet containing …

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Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-12-2019

The hydraulic mills located on the Genil river bank and inside the city of Granada would be one of the main agents causing noise pollution in these urban and peri-urban …

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The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt
08-12-2019

On 25 July 1516, the council authorities of the city of Plasencia paid tribute to Queen Joan and King Charles I by raising the royal pendon, displaying it in the …

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