This Sunday is Ladino Day in New York — a vibrant celebration of the language that was central to the culture of Sephardic Jews worldwide for more than 500 years. Right now, Ladino is having an ...
THE first tourist to the balmy island of Cuba, went ashore Oct. 28, 1492, sword in one hand ... Cuba reveled in its reputation as Spain’s “Ever Faithful Isle.” Not until 1868 did revolution ...
The Catholic monarchs closed the Moorish baths when they took control of the city during the conquest of Granada in 1492. Five centuries later, visitors can return to those ancient times at Hammam ...
Like the fiesta, the architecture is unchanged since the Moors were expelled from Andalucia by Christians in 1492. The church replaced the mosque which originally stood on this site. But today the ...
Residents in Garachico in Tenerife are being asked to take part in a week-long drill in September to prepare them for Mount ...
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It all started with a couple of glasses of wine and a quick discussion of where to go for the next girls’ trip. We just happened to be drinking a red Spanish wine blend, which got my friend Wendy ...
The expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 led to a second wave of Jewish immigration to Tunisia, introducing Sephardi customs and Ladino into the country and bringing the total number of Jews by ...
Valencia faces the Mediterranean Sea on the eastern coast of Spain about 220 miles east of Madrid and 220 miles southwest of Barcelona. At 52 square miles, it's the third-largest city in Spain ...
Lastly, El Camarote d’en Tomàs is a seafood restaurant off the beaten tourist path with a laser focus on fish and shellfish from around Spain ... Eater maps are curated by editors and aim ...
That period, in which Cervantes, St John of the Cross and Lope de Vega flourished and an empire was created in America, has become known as Spain’s ‘Golden Century’. But a darker epithet might be more ...