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 ...

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From tapas and sangria to late night flamenco shows and countless historical sites, Spain is bursting with unique experi ...

If you’re not well-versed in South American geography, you could easily look at a map ... in Spain. The Abbasid Caliphate succeeded the Umayyads after defeating them at the Battle of the Zab, and they ...

WICHITA, Kansas — Imagine practicing Judaism, with no religious books, no Mishnah, no Midrash, no Talmud, no Torah, only select Christian Bibles. You have no Hebrew texts and no memory of ...

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 ...

THE first tourist to the balmy island of Cuba, went ashore Oct. 28, 1492, sword in one hand ... after Columbus’ first voyage to the New World, Cuba’s gold and precious woods adorned Madrid ...

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 ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map. Use the timeline ...

Spain repeatedly ranked highly on many travelers' favorite places in 2024, and several parts of the country are listed on many Best Places to Travel in 2025 lists by Bloomberg and CNTraveler.

The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...