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Who knew there were Egyptian temples in Spain and New York? If you enjoy NYC for its culture, art museums and rooftop bar ...
A Bolivian diplomat who translated ‘Mein Kampf’ brought up the Spanish dictator’s origins with the Third Reich. ‘Further ...
A unique blend of national pride and sporting passion, the Basque Country remains one of rugby's most special frontiers.
The most recognizable of his works alongside Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Guernica became the most famous antiwar statement in ...
Madrid has much to occupy the visitor but if you’re staying more than a few days consider a day-trip to one of Spain’s most ...
Spanish society is becoming more interested in knowing the full story about its recent history, from the Civil War to the death of dictator Gen Franco in 1975. Josefina is angry that the truth about ...
In 1937, at the height of the Spanish civil war, the town of Guernica in the Basque Country was destroyed in a three-hour bombing raid that left it in burning ruins. Hearing the news in Paris ...
Before Mariupol, before Gaza, before Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Dresden and the Blitz, there was Guernica. The little Basque town in northern Spain was once the byword for state cruelty following ...
A man runs past a graffiti reading "Free Palestine", in the Basque town of Guernica, Spain, on May 28. [Photo/Agencies] MADRID -- Spain officially recognized Palestine as a statehood on Tuesday ...
“Franco burned Gernika… but Franco, for me, was Spain’s saviour from everything.” Rafael Madariaga is talking about the bombing of the northern Spanish town of Gernika on April ...
Pablo Picasso painted “Guernica,” arguably his greatest masterpiece, in response to this devastating attack, which took place during the Spanish Civil War. Possibly the most famous painting of ...