Spanish and Latin-American Culture, Literature and History

People sometimes notice similar words in the Italian and Spanish languages. Although they’re clearly distinct languages, they belong to the same language family.

Or Mariana Pineda (1804 – 1831)  represents the symbol of the struggle for freedom in Spain during the Restoration of Fernando VII. She is not only part of the Spanish political history, but she is also an interesting character in the world of literature –

While you are discovering a new city, it is always interesting to find out about famous people who were born in that place. Granada hosts one of the most famous poet and writer of Spain: Federico García Lorca. Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) was born near

In the majority of the visits we are left only with the superficial part of the monuments, as happens with the Alhambra, but did you know that this monument also has incredible passages? Those passages of the Alhambra in Granada are quite unknown to the

This 14th of November we will have the opportunity to appreciate the moon that is going to approach the Earth more than the usual. We can observe it on the eve of November 14 and it will be 14 % bigger and 30 % brighter

                The professor Christopher Maurer at Boston University, happened to find in the US Library of Congress in Washington, the first draft, written and corrected by hand, of Federico Garcia Lorca’s poem “Oficina y denuncia,” included in “Poet

Today begins the national team tournament most important football in Europe, the European Football Championship UEFA 2016, is better known as the European Championship. The European Championship is played every four years and the first edition of this tournament was in 1960. The fifteenth Championship

Surely you all have noticed that Spaniards do not give much importance to Santa Claus or not at least as in other countries… but why? As you can see, the Spanish tradition marks that the gifts for the children are brought by the tree Magic,

A few days ago, on our website, we published an article about hiking as a sport that can help you know the land of Granada. Today comes something even better and very modern! If you like to run and still you don’t know the city

Since 1996, the hour change Spain has occurred on the morning of the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Know the habits of Spain with us.