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La Huerta de Recoletos (dukes of Medina del Rioseco)
Sainete performed at the wedding of Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, Marquis of Carpio, and Teresa Enríquez de Cabrera (1671)

On 11 June 1671, Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, 7th Marquis of Carpio and Eliche, and …

Feb. 13, 2022
Realejo (17th.). Museo de Instrumentos de Barcelona
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
<em>Carta geográphica...</em>. Juan Ramón (1683)
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
Main altar. Collegiate church of El Salvador
Endowments of funeral services for the archbishops of Seville in the collegiate church of El Salvador

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, three archbishops of Seville who died and were buried …

Feb. 4, 2022

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New bells for the chuches of Granada (c.1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
16-03-2016

The spaces converted into churches in Granada after its conquest by the Catholic Monarchs were quickly equipped with bells, highlighting their importance as a means of communication in the religious …

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Music in Filipo de Carrizales’ house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-03-2016

Miguel de Cervantes in&nbsp;El celosos extremeño&nbsp;takes us to the house of the indiano Filipo de Carrizales and the power of music to open doors and bend wills.

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The mancebía (brothel) of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-03-2016

The prostitution quarter (mancebía) in Sevilla was located in the so-called Compás de la Laguna, in the Arenal neighborhood. It was limited by a wall that protected it from the …

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