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Old cathedral of Cádiz (chuch of Santa Cruz). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Arrival of books by Tomás Luis de Victoria at the Cádiz Cathedral (1583-1610)

There is news of the shipment of three printed books, plus the possibility that two …

March 6, 2026
<em>Missale cordubensis ecclesiae</em> (1561), calendar: <em>December</em>
Feast of the Translation of Saint James the Apostle in Córdoba Cathedral (1330 / 1443)

The first mention of the feast of the Translation of Saint James the Apostle (30 …

March 2, 2026
Church of Nuestra Señora del Reposo in Campillos (Málaga)
Private endowment of a minstrel's position to accompany the Blessed Sacrament in the town of Campillos (1672)

In 1672, Juan González Ortega, a priest and beneficiado of the church of Campillos (Málaga), …

Feb. 26, 2026
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

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Inauguration of the bridge of Las Barcas and entrance in Seville of Abū Ḥafṣ (1171)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 26, 2018

Since the end of the 12th century, the bridge of the Barcas over the Guadalquivir River was one of the iconic elements of the city, as well as essential in …

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Private lessons of guitar and other stringed and keyboards instruments in Granada (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 18, 2018

A news published in the Gazeta del gobierno de Granada on April 20, 1810 allows us to approach the private teaching of stringed and keyboard instruments in a particular historical …

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Organ of the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 9, 2018

Description of the organ of the convent of San Bernardo (Cistercians) in Granada paid for by its abbess, Sor Josefa María de la Asunción Damas, and built by the organ …

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