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Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Spain isn’t short on dramatic scenery or dreamy architecture, but some places go beyond beautiful and just feel complete ...

King Philip II of Spain decreed Madrid – a somewhat sleepy mountain town in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula – the capital ...

A replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship Nao Santa Maria opened to public at London's St. Katharine Docks Marina on Thursday (May 29). The original ship was one of the three used by Columbus's ...

In the 1480s, Columbus presented this proposal to the monarchs of Portugal and Spain. In April 1492, King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor Columbus’s proposed voyage. On ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1913, the Manitowoc Daily Herald announced replicas of Christopher Columbus’s ships (the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria) would arrive in Manitowoc the next day. Headlines in ...

Princess Leonor of Spain looked every inch the polished Princess on Sunday as she attended celebrations for the National Day of Spain. The Spanish royal, 18, wore her military uniform as she is ...

Spectators at the Columbus Day parade in Huntington on Sunday waved small Italian flags as the procession made its way down Main Street: lodges of the Order Sons of Italy in America, high school ...

The American origins of Columbus Day have less to do with Christopher Columbus and his voyages to the Caribbean and more to do with the mistreatment of Catholic Americans.

SCIENTISTS have finally solved the 500-year-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus’ final resting place. Years have been spent performing DNA analysis on human bones found in Spain̵… ...