Costumbres populares; diversión; niños; juegos; ocio; Goya; zancos; majos; siglo XVIII; Museo del Prado - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Costumbres populares; diversión; niños; juegos; ocio; Goya; zancos; majos; siglo XVIII; Museo del Prado - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The stilts https://historylab.es/the-stilts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stilts Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/los-zancos/ A scene of popular amusement among the majos of the 18th century using stilts to gain height

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