Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...

The Galeón Andalucía, a magnificent replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon, has sailed into Cornwall this week following a ...

Father and Son Discover Rare Trove of 16th- and 17th-Century Silver Coins While Metal Detecting in a Polish Forest. ... but it was minted in the Spanish Netherlands—provinces held by Spain, ...

In a man's world One of many 16th-century conquistadoras, Catalina de Erauso made her way from Spain to South America. Passing as a man and adopting a series of male names, she fought in Spain’s ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain rose as a great superpower with an empire spanning the globe. This vast wealth, alongside the renewed Catholic fervour of the Counter-Reformation kick-started ...

A replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon is set to visit the Isle of Man. And the huge ‘floating tourist attraction’ will throw open its doors and decks to visitors when it drops anchor in Douglas ...

We embrace the breadth of Joaquin Sorolla’s oeuvre and his global reach in the Vision of Spain gallery at the ... the prominent art and history of 16th and 17th-century when Spanish ...

A 17th century hurricane not only drove the Spanish away from an intended attack on ... Spain claimed all the land from the Florida Keys to ... the capital of Florida in the 16th century.

The villa, which dates to the 16th century, is perhaps best known for its erotically-charged frescoes depicting Cupid and Psyche designed by Raphael, the High Renaissance painter supreme.

Father and Son Discover Rare Trove of 16th- and 17th-Century Silver Coins While Metal Detecting in a Polish Forest Sławomir and Szymon Milewski were searching for an ancient road when they ...