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3 days ago · On one hand, Gotmar could have dated Charlemagne’s reign to some point based on when he conquered Spain (where Bonhom’s Chronicle begins even if he doesn’t do that with regnal dates); on the other hand, Louis the Pious’ reign as sub-king of Aquitaine during the reign of Charlemagne could be screwing up the calculations somehow.
5 days ago · In the War of the Spanish Succession, Catalonia declared its support for the archduke Charles and resisted the accession of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain, but in 1714 it was completely subjugated by the forces of the Bourbon Philip V, who abolished the Catalan constitution and autonomy.
2 days ago · The center of Catalonia (Spain) was a sea, and here ended a huge river that for 30 millions of years carried sediments, pebbles and sand that accumulated on a delta. But the earth was slowly transforming: the continent that was crossed by the river started slowly sinking, and the bottom of the sea started rising.
3 days ago · Barcelona, city, seaport, and capital of Barcelona province and of Catalonia autonomous community, northeastern Spain, located 90 miles (150 km) south of the French border. Barcelona is Spain’s major Mediterranean port and commercial center and is famed for its individuality, cultural interest, and beauty.
1 day ago · A village in Andalusia, Spain, showing housing typical of the region. Spain is a storied country of stone castles, snowcapped mountains, vast monuments, and sophisticated cities, all of which have made it a favoured travel destination. The country is geographically and culturally diverse. Its heartland is the Meseta, a broad central plateau ...
2 days ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. [e]
1 day ago · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered the Age of Discovery and achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa ...
