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4 Dec 2023

Dos de Mayo: The Madrileñes Strike Back

by Clare Starkie | posted in: Uncategorised | 0

I went to see Ridley Scott’s blockbuster ‘Napoleón‘ last week, expecting to have a little glimpse of his exploits on the Iberian Peninsular. Maybe just a bit, but you know, something. Well, I was rather disappointed that in the whole … Continued

#madrid, history, napoleon, peninsularwar, spain, spanishhistory
13 Jul 2023

Mogarraz: Portraits of a Pueblo

by Clare Starkie | posted in: Uncategorised | 0

As you walk through the shady, narrow and steep streets of Mogarraz, faces from the past stare down back at you. This quiet village, sitting over 700 m high within the mountainous Sierra de Francia region of Castile y Leon, … Continued

art, castile y leon, historia, history, painting, spain, spanishhistory, tourism
21 Feb 2023

Málaga: A (sort of) river runs through it 

by Clare Starkie | posted in: Uncategorised | 0

A white van is parked under a bridge while two city council workers collect old cardboard boxes, plastic bags and other piles of rubbish. Dog owners let their excited pets off the lead to run around and chase each other. … Continued

#development, #urban, andalucia, historia, history, malaga, rio, river, spain, spanishhistory, tourism
28 Sep 2022

The Countess, the castle and the colonia. 

by Clare Starkie | posted in: Uncategorised | 0

What does a medieval castle in a small Spanish town and a modern housing estate in Madrid have in common? You might be surprised to learn that both are linked to the last Empress of France: Eugenia, the Countess of … Continued

#madrid, archaeology, castle, historia, history, spain, spanishhistory

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  • Dos de Mayo: The Madrileñes Strike Back
  • Mogarraz: Portraits of a Pueblo
  • Málaga: A (sort of) river runs through it 
  • The Countess, the castle and the colonia. 
  • History Lives in Carabanchel

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