Built in 1530, a Spanish church located among the wooded ... that that church's bell tower was added at the end of the 18th century when the building's height was increased. Now, the bell tower ...

The Spanish School, 16th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 1998 the record price for ...

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

At the start of the 16th Century, Spain and France battled for control of the Mediterranean. Between 1499 and 1504, the fight centred on the Kingdom of Naples. Spain wrested control of Naples from ...

Much of what is known of Aztec society comes from a book written by Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish friar living near what is now Mexico City. During the second part of the 16th century ...

19.5 x 20.2 x 18.8 cm. (7.7 x 8 x 7.4 in.) The Nasrid technique of micromosaic inlay continued to be used in Spain until the end of the sixteenth century. It was used to decorate various types of ...

There existed an ongoing tradition of inlay and incrustation in Spain ever since the new minbar was commissioned by the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II in the tenth century for the Great Mosque of Cordoba ...

The ship is a replica of the famous 16th century ship that was part of the Spanish Galleons used by the Spanish to explore ...