Alfonso X el Sabio was king of Castilla y León , his life coincided with the strengthening of the monarchical power recorded during the 13th century throughout the Iberian Peninsula, which was experiencing a critical moment in its long struggle against Islam. The victory over the Almohads in the Nav
When John XII was elected Pope in the year 955, it must have been one of those days in which the Almighty was looking the other way or confused with other tasks, because, otherwise, it is not understood. Perhaps the fact of being elected at the young age of 18 had something to do with it -too many c
Nineteenth installment of “Archienemies of Rome “. Collaboration of Gabriel Castelló. Our archenemy of today is one of the least known barbarians, but not for that reason worth remembering his deeds, which were many and against a Roman Empire in its moment of maximum splendor. Diurpaneo he was a
The Panama Canal has been connecting the Atlantic and Pacific for more than a hundred years, saving ships thousands of kilometers on the sea route. Until 1914, ships still had to make the arduous journey across the tip of South America to transport goods from one sea to the other. One can imagine wh