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1 day ago · Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] ( Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko βa.aˈmonde]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.
9 hours ago · The figure of Garcia Lorca It is associated with the struggle between the liberal and conservative sectors of society.a tragic opposition that led Spain to a bloody civil war between 1936 and 1939. At 38 years of age, García Lorca was arrested by conservative troops during the civil war and accused of espionage and immorality. He was shot ...
9 hours ago · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
9 hours ago · The Spanish city has now gone further in its war on overtourism by banning the display and sale of "offensive" souvenirs. It says sexist and homophobic messages on some souvenirs are tarnishing ...
9 hours ago · The Spanish negotiators were furious over the "immodist demands of a conqueror", but their wounded pride was assuaged by an offer of twenty million dollars for "Spanish improvements" to the islands. The Spaniards capitulated, and on December 10, 1898, the U.S. and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Spanish–American War.
