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The anarchist movement spread across Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was based on the ideas of Mikhail Bakunin and propagated by Giuseppe Fanelli. It urged oppressed workers to unite and organize against their oppressors: the state, the latifundista landowners, and the Church. It quickly took a hold among the long-exploited ...
Portrait of Bartolomé de Las Casas (c.1484 - 1566). Protector of the Indians (Spanish: Protectoría de Los Indios) was an administrative office of the Spanish colonies that deemed themselves responsible for attending to the well-being of the native populations by providing detailed witness accounts of mistreatment in an attempt to relay their struggles and a voice speaking on their behalf in ...
Bartolomé de las Casas. Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ( US: / lɑːs ˈkɑːsəs / lahss KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ⓘ; 11 November 1484 [1] – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a ...
Hanging Houses of Cuenca. Coordinates: 40°04′40″N 2°07′42″W. The Casas Colgadas. The Casas Colgadas ( Hung Houses) is a complex of houses located in Cuenca, Spain. [1] In the past, houses of this kind were frequent along the eastern border of the ancient city, located near the ravine of the river Huécar. Today, however, there are ...
Àngel Casas i Mas (17 April 1946 – 1 October 2022) was a Spanish journalist and writer. Biography. Casas began his career at Radio Juventud, then moved to Radio Barcelona. Among the programs he presented was Trotadiscos, which won a Premios Ondas in 1972.
Life Early years. Gaudí was born on 25 June 1852 in Riudoms or Reus to the coppersmith Francesc Gaudí i Serra (1813–1906) and Antònia Cornet i Bertran (1819–1876). He was the youngest of five children, three of whom survived to adulthood: Rosa (1844–1879), Francesc (1851–1876) and Antoni.
Contents. Museo de las Casas Reales. The Museo de las Casas Reales (English: Museum of the Royal Houses) is one of the important cultural monuments built during the colonial era in Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Colonial district of Santo Domingo . It was the Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, called ...
Latin America and the Caribbean. Location of Casas Grandes in Mexico. Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casas Grandes has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...