Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Monday, November 5th, 2012
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A few months ago, ex-guest blogger Rebekah wrote about a new edition of a book called In Hiding: The Life of Manuel Cortes, by the late Ronald Fraser. It's the extraordinary story ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
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With so many activities to choose from on La Noche en Blanco here in Sevilla, it was hard to know which to pick. As I was meeting a friend who lives nearby, we decided ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Life in Seville - cultural life, that is - has definite seasons: January and February are both cold and dull, lit up only by Carnaval and the Dia de Andalucia puente (bank holiday). Then comes the holy trinity of Semana Santa, Feria and El Rocio, followed by months of school ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
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Today is the first day of La Semana de la Arquitectura in Seville, an annual event which sees members of the public given tours of buildings around the ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Guest Post: Rebekah Thompson
One of the most famous (or some would say infamous) characters in Andalucía during the Civil War, not for his participation but for his ability to remain hidden for three decades, was Manuel Cortes, former Mayor of Mijas. Through hard work, cunning and an endless list of ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2012
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Romantics among you will be interested to hear about night-time visits to the Roman city of Italica, just outside Seville, which take place on weekends throughout the summer. The theme: Latin love poetry.
Italica is one of Andalucia's most important ...
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Monday, May 28th, 2012
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While I love modern architecture as much as the next design-obsessed travel journalist (Metropol Parasol here in Seville is a favourite), I also love old buildings, especially ones whose previous life can be clearly seen in ...
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
A fellow Spain blogger introduced me to this fascinating video about the Roman and Moorish origins of the eight provinces of Andalucia: Sevilla, Huelva, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga, Jaen and Almeria.
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
Leafing through the papers yesterday, as you do on a Sunday morning, I was fascinated to come across the story of an English soldier called John Scrope Colquitt who fought with the Spanish in their War of Independence (also known as the Peninsular War) against Napoleon's occupying French army.
The lieutant-colonel, ...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
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The Junta de Andalucia has declared the city centre of Malaga to be a conjunto historico, inscribing it in the Catálogo General del Patrimonio Histórico Andaluz - the General Catalogue of Historic Andalucian Heritage.
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