Duque de Berwick - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Duque de Berwick - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Siege of Barcelona. The end of the War of the Spanish Succession https://historylab.es/the-siege-of-barcelona-the-end-of-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-siege-of-barcelona-the-end-of-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-sitio-de-barcelona-el-fin-de-la-guerra-de-sucesion/ Online article from the magazine Historia National Geographic on "The Siege of Barcelona. The end of the War of Succession"

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]]> Popular article by Germán Segura in the magazine Historia National Geographic in which he explains the siege of Barcelona in 1714. It is structured around the reasons for the war, Barcelona’s resistance and Berwick’s arrival in Barcelona. It also includes eight images that introduce the exhibition: The final attack on Barcelona by Antoni Estruch Bros; Battle of Almansa, by Ricardo Balaca; Saló de Cent (photograph); The Born market, with the Citadel in the background; Louis XIV, portrait by Hyacinte Rigaud; Decoration of the Duke of Berwick, by I.D. Ingres; Cardona Castle (photograph); Palma Cathedral (photograph)

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]]> Battle of Almansa https://historylab.es/battle-of-almansa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-of-almansa Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:54 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/batalla-de-almansa/ Explanatory video of the Battle of Almansa

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]]> 17.41 minute video produced by the Generalitat Valenciana to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Almansa (25 April 1707). The causes of the War of the Spanish Succession are introduced and an animated recreation of this battle is presented. Finally, the consequences of the subsequent Bourbon victories that ended with the entry of the Duke of Berwick into Valencia and the loss of the privileges of Aragon and Valencia are presented.

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