Historia
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Feb 8th, 1866: Saturnino Martín Cerezo’s birth
8 February 1866, Saturnino Martín Cerezo was born in Miajadas, Cáceres.An officer of the Reserve Scale, he volunteered for the Philippines, rising from sergeant to 2nd lieutenant. He led the resistance in the siege of Baler with the last of the Philippines. He was awarded the Laureate Cross of San Fernando and was promoted to… Continue reading
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Feb 14th, St Valentin’s day: The story of the «Teruel’s lovers»
Shakespeare wrote about Romeo and Juliet because he had not read about these lovers. 😛 I have found an English-speaking blog which treats the subject, so I don’t have to translate anything: As the story goes, Teruel in the 1200s was home to Juan Diego de Marcilla and Isabel de Segura—he, the second son in his family and… Continue reading
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Humor artístico
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memories-of-ancients: Head from the colossal statue of Constantine, Roman, 4th century AD from The Capitoline Museum, Rome Cabeza de la estatua colosal de Constantino, Roma, Siglo IV DC. De los Museos Capitolinos, Roma. Es genial leer y ver que una réplica de la estatua colosal ha sido instalada en los Museos Capitolinos: Su sitio original… Continue reading
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artifacts-archive: Hand Mirror Etruscan, 470-450 BCE Found in women’s graves, bronze mirrors were luxurious personal possessions used in life and then buried with the dead for use in the afterlife. One side was highly polished; the other side was usually engraved with a mythic scene, such as this one, which shows the goddess Eos carrying… Continue reading
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egypt-museum: The Beni Hasan boat Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, c. 1990 BC.Now in the Hull Museums and Galleries. KINCM:1989.6 HERM This Ancient Egyptian model boat is almost 4000 years old! It comes from an 11th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom shaft tomb at Beni Hasan in central Egypt. The tomb belonged to an official called… Continue reading
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artifacts-archive: Rectangular Cauldron China, Shang dynasty ( about 1600–1046 BC ), 12th/11th century Unlike most bronze vessels whose shapes were derived from prehistoric ceramic forms, this type of rectangular container was invented by Shang bronze artisans. Each side features a pair of profile birds with long, trailing tailfeathers. The black material in sunken areas of… Continue reading
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wombesties: The vampire of Toledo Cathedral (or Cain’s bite). Late 14th Century. A rare representation of Cain and Abel’s biblical story in which Cain kills Abel by biting him, instead of hitting him with a rock. El vampiro de la Catedral de Toledo o el muerdo de Caín. Finales Siglo XIV. Una rara representación de… Continue reading