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Medieval Boat Used To Ferry Pilgrims Discovered – the pilgrimage to Compostela, Spain

by HistoryBuff September 5, 2022, 10:36 pm

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TIL the famous basilica of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, cannot be funded by corporate donations or government fundings, according the will of its late designer and architect Antoni Gaudí, which among other things made it hard to complete the construction of the building still underway

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 2:33 pm

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TIL that there is an island between Spain and France whose administration alternates every 6 months between both nations.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 10:39 am

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Why didn’t Spain and Portugal develop more flexible banks in the 1700s?

by HistoryBuff August 20, 2022, 10:11 pm

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Huge complex of 500 standing stones found in Spain

by HistoryBuff August 18, 2022, 7:44 pm

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TIL the Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands. They resisted conquest by Spain for over 90 years before Tenerife was finally conquered in 1496

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 3:44 pm

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TIL of the Croatian and Serbian drink Bambus (local word for bamboo) – red wine mixed with cola, and served with ice; the same drink is named kalimotxo or calimocho in Spain

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 8:29 pm

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A couple goes to Spain……

by cringeyjokesman July 25, 2022, 3:29 am

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TIL In 1966, the United States Air Force lost 4 hydrogen bombs above Palomares (Spain) after a midair collision. Two of these bombs spreaded radioactive material, including plutonium-239, over a wide area. A large amount of contaminated Spanish soil was removed, packed up, and ship to the US.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 8:23 pm

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TIL: In Valencia, Spain, after a devastating flood in 1957 the Turia river was diverted away from the city center and created a successful green space for all on the riverbed which was completed in 1969.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 6:43 am

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TIL that in 1981 there was a failed coup d’état in Spain which saw both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition held hostage alongside members of parliament

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 2:12 pm

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During the Spanish Civil War, did Soviet Russia suppress revolutionary Communism in Spain and France to support it’s international alliances and global strategic position?

by HistoryBuff June 22, 2022, 1:13 pm

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