"A person's worth is not measured by their wallet, but by their spirit."

Vicente Huidobro
Miguel Fleta

75th Anniversary of Tenor Miguel Fleta's Passing

Today we commemorate the death of a Spanish tenor who achieved worldwide recognition, whose political affiliations some would prefer erased from historical records... due to his embrace of Falangism.

Our comrade, born in 1889 in Albalate del Cinca, a small town in Huesca...

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Benlliure sculpture

MARIANO BENLLIURE AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

By Adaucto Pérez.

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando is hosting a centrally-located, free, sculptural and therefore spherical exhibition that anyone interested in art or history cannot miss. Mariano Benlliure...

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General Prim

The Catalans Are Coming

Francesc Camprodon i Lafont from Osona, a politician friend of Balmes and promoter of "Zarzuela" in Madrid, wrote in 1869 one of the most Hispanic poems we have known to date, dedicated to the Catalan volunteers who, far from their homeland...

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Saint George

SAINT GEORGE: The Legend of Good Over Evil

Saint George has always been closely associated with the strength of overcoming adversity and fighting tyranny. Many legends surround this saint who was so venerated in Europe, especially during medieval times...

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