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Spain's Mallorca Stages Ancient Ceremony As Curtain Raiser To New Year's Eve Celebrations

Spain’s Mallorca stages ancient banner carrying ceremony ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations

ONE of Europe’s oldest non-religious celebrations takes place in Palma, Mallorca this Saturday. The Festa de l’Estandard(banner) has its roots back to the early 13th

31 Dec, 2022 @ 08:30

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Stolen historical document could see Costa Blanca city take Catalan government to Spanish court

A row over a stolen historical document could end up with Orihuela council taking the Catalunya regional government to court. Repeated requests from Orihuela officials

5 Jan, 2022 @ 08:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Moors & Christians Festival makes triumphant return in week of events on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FESTIVALS return to the Vega Baja area of Costa Blanca on Saturday, as the ‘Moors & Christians’ event kicks off in Orihuela. Lasting until the

7 Jul, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

More than 127,000 Sephardi Jews outside Spain apply for Spanish citizenship after their ancestors were exiled 600 years ago

The Sephardi Jews set up communities throughout Spain and Portugal before they began to be exiled in the 15th Century

3 Oct, 2019 @ 12:24

La Cultura·Lead

MUST READ: First look at Andalucia recipe book by famed British food writer Fiona Dunlop

"I breathe for Málaga…. for Cádiz, for Alcalá de los Gazules, for what is intimately Andaluz." Federico García Lorca, 1924

5 Nov, 2018 @ 12:36

Almeria·Cadiz·Celebrity·Cordoba·Food & Drink·Granada·Huelva·Jaen·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

How Andalucia’s ‘de la frontera’ towns got their names… and what they mean

Lenox Napier pores over medieval maps to discover how Andalucia’s ‘border towns’ got their names

10 Jun, 2018 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead

Spain cracks 500-year-old secret code used by King Ferdinand

KING Ferdinand’s secret code used some 500 years ago has finally been cracked by experts in Spain. The code was used in letters between Ferdinand

5 Feb, 2018 @ 10:08

Cordoba·Lead·National News·Politics

Back for Moor in Salares

With music, dance, workshops, mint tea, pastries and a parade, it is set to be a weekend of delights

17 Sep, 2015 @ 13:32

Malaga

Christians and Moors do battle in Benadalid

It takes place at the end of August and coincides with celebrations in honour of the town's patron saint, San Isidro

31 Aug, 2015 @ 21:01

Photo

Benalmadena: Where magic is made

In Benalmadena, being a ‘guiri’ has taken on a whole new meaning

4 May, 2015 @ 11:20

Travel News

A tale of pain and passion in the palace

New book by local author tells of the trials and tribulations of Alhambra heiress

29 Dec, 2013 @ 15:30

La Cultura

Descendants of Sephardic Jews gain automatic citizenship in Spain

Sephardic Jews - whose ancestors were kicked out of Spain in 1492 - are to be given automatic citizenship

18 Dec, 2012 @ 13:00

National News

Moors and Christians in Mojacar

Don't miss the fabulous festival this weekend

13 Jun, 2012 @ 13:51

Almeria·La Cultura

Clicking cameras in Córdoba

Hannah visits the Mezquita in the World Heritage city of Córdoba

3 Nov, 2010 @ 01:15

Hannah's España - An American in Spain

AVE stop in Antequera

Stop for Antequera on the Malaga-Sevilla high-speed line

31 Jan, 2010 @ 00:01

Granada

The Best of Andalucia

Two exciting new exhibitions are showing off the glorious history of the region, Moorish porcelain in Cordoba and the priceless Phoenician Treasure of Carambolo in

3 Nov, 2009 @ 19:05

Cordoba·Lead·Sevilla

Go with the wind…to Tarifa

From Arabic stronghold to Mecca to winsurfers, Tarifa offers a fabulous break all year round

14 Oct, 2009 @ 19:19

Andalucia·Beaches·Cadiz·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Short Breaks

Bad luck Tuesday but not for Zapatero

Historic Spanish superstition falls today

13 Oct, 2009 @ 10:04

National News

Mayors defend Moors and Christians

LOCAL mayors are vowing to continue a traditional fiesta despite calls for it to be banned from one leading lslamic group. The Moors and Christians

26 Oct, 2006 @ 06:09

Granada