Monetary circulation basically depended on mining production and was promoted by trade.
Monetary circulation basically depended on mining production and was promoted by trade.
Catalog and commentary of the real stamps of the MAN. Chronology from Fernando III to Fernando VII
In any revolutionary period it is possible to establish an interrelation between cultural changes -or rather, of cultural politics- and the phenomena of political change. The materialization of this principle is even more evident in the period between 1868-1874, all the more so since it is precisely one of the specific features of the liberal progressivism of the 19th century bourgeoisie, desire, enunciated as an ideological principle, to liberalize the world of culture and put it at the service of greater social participation.
The biography of the famous jurist Don Juan de Solórzano Pereira is well known, but not so much his relationship with artistic issues. We examine the goods that he possessed, among which there were numerous objects from the Indies, and we present new aspects of his patronage of the main chapel of the Madrid monastery of Caballero de Gracia.
The old Isla Plana, off the coast of Alicante and Santa Pola, has long been an insular enclave valued both for its geographical position and for the wealth of fish in its surrounding waters. However, it remained uninhabited until the last third of the 18th century, when an ambitious project for a military stronghold and civil colonization of the island was promoted, in accordance with the reformist philosophy of the Spanish Enlightenment in the time of King Carlos III. , halfway between utopia and reality. That project would be known as Nueva Tabarca, in memory of the origin of its first settlers. Two characters were key in its configuration and development: the former captain general of Valencia and later president of the Council of Castilla, the Count of Aranda, and the military engineer, Infantry Colonel Fernando Méndez de Rao Sotomayor.
Video of the permanent exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum. Modern Age Area
These coins were campaign coinage, possibly issued as a result of the first entry of Alfonso the Battler into Toledo as King of Castile.
The women belonging to the House of Austria played an important role in maintaining, strengthening and exalting the Habsburg family, becoming the pillars that contributed to sustaining and consolidating it as the hegemonic dynasty in 16th century Europe. They were powerful women who acted as true masters in the art of negotiation and political mediation, who knew how to move skilfully in the court environment and who used all the symbolic, propagandistic and religious elements to make the dynasty the main political reference of the time.
On the occasion of the commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the triumph of the Spanish troops in the Battle of Lepanto, this day aims to highlight one of the most important events in modern naval history. The two most powerful navies of their time, the Turkish-Ottoman and the one known as the Holy League, faced each other in an all-out battle for control of the Mediterranean. An unparalleled event, a source of inspiration for the arts and literature, and which Miguel Cervantes himself, who participated as a soldier, defined as ‘the highest occasion that the ages have seen’.
To mark the third centenary of the birth of Charles III (1716-1788), Acción Cultural Española AC/E and the National Archaeological Museum have organised the exhibition ‘Charles III: Foreign and Scientific Projection of an Enlightened Reign’. The lectures scheduled for this series will analyse the most important aspects of the international and scientific policy of this period and will allow us to study some of the most unique works in the exhibition, selected for their great historical value.