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History of Spain 101, Ep. 8 Rome: The Builder of Spain
The Iberian and Celtic tribes have been defeated. Hispania has been pacified. The land is slowly feeling the effects of Rome’s prolonged presence on...
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FIESTAS IN SPAIN: The Jarramplas
This unusual-looking character pounding away on a drum as he takes a walloping from an onslaught of turnips is none other than “Jarramplas”, the...
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HISTORY OF SPAIN 101, EP 7: The Roman Conquest of Hispania
That macho-looking man represented in the statue is none other than Viriatus, the leader of the Lusitanians, one of the tribes who gave the...
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Isn't it time we stopped calling Juana la Loca "Loca"? (Part 2)
In this episode we take a much closer look at Juana’s life, especially during her infamous trip around Castile with her deceased husband’s coffin,...
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History of the Sorteo de Navidad (Spain’s Christmas Lottery)
Every December 22, much of Spain braces itself for a 3-hour televised event that few people in the the world would associate with this...
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Isn’t It Time We Stopped Calling Juana La Loca “Loca”? (Part 1)
Juana I of Castile was the last sole monarch of the Castile, and she was the first to rule over Castile and Aragon (unofficially,...