From the 8th century CE to the turn of the 16th century, a swath of the Iberian Peninsula was under Islamic control. The ...

Charles V of France (1338–1380), also known as Charles the Wise, was the King of France from 1364 until his death in 1380. He ...

The Battle of Covadonga, fought in 722 AD, marked the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian ...

A popular phrase coined in the Spanish Golden Age has come to speak volumes about Madrid, from its user-friendly urban plan ...

On sticky notes that have been positioned neatly in the pages of a book, museum visitors are expressing strong and varied opinions about the statue of Spanish conquistador Don Diego de Vargas that was ...

After days of mounting bilateral tensions, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil has summoned Spain’s ambassador in Caracas in order to protest at a minister’s description of his country’s ...

Entertainment and Nightlife, Free, Cafes, Neighborhood/Area, Recreation, Shopping, Churches/Religious Sites, Sightseeing The Albaicín neighborhood is the stuff of Spanish dreams. Narrow ...

Once the Christians eventually took over the city after the Reconquest of Spain, many Arab establishments were torn down and rebuilt into different religious and secular establishments.

Spain as we know it is a relatively recent construct. There are officially 17 regions, but most of the boundaries were only drawn up in 1833. They were then revised in the post-Franco era ...

Venezuela is proposing to cut ties with Madrid after the Spanish congress voted to recognize Edmundo González, the opposition leader who challenged Nicolás Maduro in the July election ...