The Alhambra Decree, issued on March 31, 1492, by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, had stated that all European Jews who did not convert to Christianity had to leave the ...

In this moment of deepening catastrophe, Hispanic America needs its first “Peruvian” pope to act not just as a global ...

Juan Ponce de León did lay claim to La Florida for Ferdinand II of Aragon, but he never said a word about a fountain of youth. The secret to immortality certainly never helped him when he was ...

The explorer first proposed a three-ship voyage of discovery to the Portuguese king but was denied ... of Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their focus was on a war with ...

Juan Ponce de León did lay claim to La Florida for Ferdinand II of Aragon, but he never said a word about a fountain of youth. The secret to immortality certainly never helped him when he was shot and ...

The Galleria Borbonica – or Bourbon Tunnel – is an unfinished underground passageway commissioned by King Ferdinand II and carved back in the 19th century as an escape route that would link ...

The institution was founded in 1300 as the Estudi General de Lleida when a charter was granted by King James II of Aragon to the city. This decision was inspired by a public decree issued by Pope ...

The Cathedral of Granada is one of the many buildings that was built on top of a former mosque and its adjacent Royal Chapel houses the tombs of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, the royalty ...

After the death of his grandfather Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1516, he was declared king of the many Spanish crowns at Brussels’ St Michael and St Goedele’s Church. However, it would take Charles ...