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Town hall of huesca
Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746)

Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746).

Dec. 24, 2021
Royal monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in 1755

Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in …

Dec. 22, 2021
<em>Divinos elogios, alegres villancicos...</em>. Écija: Juan Malpartida de las Alas, 1640
Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century

Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century.

Dec. 20, 2021
Convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Musical activity in the convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara

Various chronicles and studies allow us to reconstruct the foundation and endowment of the Franciscan …

Dec. 12, 2021

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Taverns in Seville in 1599

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-02-2017

Taverns were a favourable setting for the performance of popular music, as is reflected in the painting Three Musicians (c. 1617), one of the youthful works of the Sevillian painter …

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Zawiyya in the Albaicín

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-02-2017

In the first half of the 14th century, the Banu Sidi Buna family established a&nbsp;zawiyya&nbsp;(=&nbsp;marabout) in the upper part of the Albaicín that survived until the capture of the city …

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