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Before this building in Spain was a nightclub, it was a hospital, a church, and a school. But archaeologists have recently determined that, originally, the structure was a medieval Jewish synagogue — ...

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An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, the researchers have also identified the variola virus which can ...

First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. Graced with palms, terraces and two medieval towers, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom, ...

At the end of the 15th century, revolts against Spanish nobility raged in the Ría de Vigo. The uprisings grew so intense that most castles in the estuary region were destroyed. Among the destruction ...

Last month, the Spanish Supreme Court ordered the return of one of Spain’s great medieval treasures, the Sijena Murals, to their original monastery after nearly a century at the National Art Museum of ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

For many people, a mention of the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry tends to evoke images of learned rabbis like Maimonides or Judah Halevi, who lived in the intellectual centers of Cordoba, Tudela and ...

The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While ...