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Façade of the Infantado Palace
Minstrels in the service of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Count of Mélito (1542)

A lawsuit brought by the minstrel Lope del Castillo against his former patron, Diego Hurtado …

Sept. 13, 2022
Almenara Castle
Minstrels in the service of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Count of Mélito (1542)

A lawsuit brought by the minstrel Lope del Castillo against his former patron, Diego Hurtado …

Sept. 13, 2022
Saint Joseph. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral (1740-1750). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the church of San José in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San José in Granada.

Sept. 5, 2022
Port of San Juan de Ulúa (16th century)
Freight of books from Francisco Guerrero to Mexico City (1590)

On July 10, 1590, Francisco Guerrero registered a crate with "twenty-two music books" on the …

Sept. 4, 2022

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First organs in the city (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

 A Royal Letters Patent, signed by Isabella the Catholic and dated 28 April 1492, tells us of the arrival in Granada of two organs built by the famous Mahoma Mofferiz.

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Singing of the Salve at the monument of the Triumph of Our Lady in Granada on different Marian feasts.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1698, the confraternity of Our Lady of the Triumph established in its rules that a polyphonic salve should be sung in front of the monument erected to the Virgin …

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