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Collegiate chuch of Saint Martin (currently cathedral)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava.

Jan. 9, 2023
Main altar of the convent of La Concepción
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Jan. 9, 2023
Hight altar of the Convent of San Bernardo. Picture by Juan Ruiz JIménez
Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada.

Jan. 9, 2023
Convent of Los Capuchinos. Richard Ford (1831)
The regulation of the ringing of bells in the Capuchin Franciscan convents of the Province of Andalusia

The Ceremonial romano seráfico de los menores capuchinos de N. P. S. Francisco, printed in …

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Salve Regina on the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

At the top of the main door of the Alcaicería leading to the Sagrario, there was a Marian image depicting the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Facing it, first during …

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Salve Regina on the main gate of the Alcaicería that face Zacatín street in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The main gate of the Alcaicería, which opens onto Calle Zacatín, was one of the busiest places in the city of Granada. At the top, was a highly venerated image …

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Salve Regina on the square of the Corredores de la Lonja in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The merchants' and comodity exchange brokers' guilds of Granada celebrated several festivals, probably Marian ones, ‘with great revelry and songs’ in front of the image of Our Lady of the …

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Guitar player in Zacatin street in Granada (c. 1550)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The anecdote narrated by Luis Zapata de Chaves (1526-1595) in his Miscelánea brings us closer to the “night music” heard in the streets of Granada in the mid-16th century.

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