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Blessing and transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the church of the Society of Jesus in Cordoba (1556)

On 28 June 1556, Leopoldo de Austria, Bishop of Cordoba, blessed the new church of …

Jan. 2, 2022
Toledo gate
The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and …

Dec. 31, 2021
Main chapel of the church of San Juan de los Reyes
Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes

Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes.

Dec. 30, 2021
<em>Triunfante resurrección de un alma...</em>. Huesca: Ventura de Larumbe, 1721
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of San Alberto in Calatayud

In 1721, three villancicos were sung in the Carmelite convent of St. Albert, in Calatayud …

Dec. 29, 2021

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Liturgical books and instruments for the Augustinian convent of San Nicolás de Tolentino in Manila (1581-1587)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-06-2020

The Augustinians were the first religious order to settle in the Philippines. Its beginnings were very hard and precarious. The distance from the metropolis accentuated the difficulty for the arrival …

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The sounds of water in the Patio de los Leones in the Alhambra

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-05-2020

In the Patio de los Leones of the Alhambra (Granada) we find a water network formed by several fountains that flow through four small channels into a central fountain, which …

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