Articles #82

Wreck Seekers: Ships, Tombs and Treasures

Wreck Seekers: Ships, Tombs and Treasures
The Meridian, in TenerifeIt may be that the first time many of us saw a wreck was through the screen, thanks to the curiosity of Ariel, the little mermaid...

Sir Ernest Shackleton and "the worst trip in the world"

Sir Ernest Shackleton and "the worst trip in the world"
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his wife, in 1909“January 18, 1912 captain Scott Accompanied by Evans, Wilson, Bowers and Oates , reach the South Pole, but...

Maria Sibylla Merian: The Butterfly Lady's Journey

Maria Sibylla Merian: The Butterfly Lady's Journey
Maria Sibylla Merian: The Butterfly Lady's Journeythe german Maria Sibylla Merian she is one of those women which hardly anyone remembers. She one of...

El Campello, sun and cauldron

El Campello, sun and cauldron
Torre de Reixes or Barranc d'AigüesFew moments are as pleasant as coming across a sunny winter morning. One of those in which the Star King looks radiant,...

Visit to La Modelo in Barcelona: when we wanted to go to jail

Visit to La Modelo in Barcelona: when we wanted to go to jail
The catalog is extensive for morbid seekers and it is not necessary to go far for a good tastingThe arms of black tourism reach even unsuspected points...

Ave Barcino: the Roman legacy of Barcelona

Ave Barcino: the Roman legacy of Barcelona
MUHBA Plaza del ReyAmong the different legends that speak of the origin of the Ciudad Condal, there is one, perhaps the one that has penetrated the...

Almería, Moorish Moorish: a date with al-Mariyya

Almería, Moorish Moorish: a date with al-Mariyya
The Alcazaba, one of the jewels in the crown of AlmeríaNo one could dispute that the easternmost of the Andalusian capitals It has that eternal thousand...

Ibn Battuta: in the footsteps of the tireless pilgrim

Ibn Battuta: in the footsteps of the tireless pilgrim
Ibn Battuta and the map of his travels, illustration by Hanna Balicka-FribesSays an old Arab proverb: “who lives sees, but who travels sees more”. And...

Unlikely tourism: a trip to the destinations never found

Unlikely tourism: a trip to the destinations never found
What if Atlantis had existed?That it is not known if a place exists does not mean that it cannot be reached. Throughout history, the mystery of unknown...

María Vinyals: many children, an atypical aristocrat and a castle

María Vinyals: many children, an atypical aristocrat and a castle
María Vinyals with her uncle the Marquis de la Vega de ArmijoI don't remember when or who I read describe the Galician estuaries as a "tongue of the...

In Berlin, where there are scars, art flourishes

In Berlin, where there are scars, art flourishes
Berlin Wallimagine it is October 1989 and you live in berlin , in the eastern part of the city, the one that belongs to the German Democratic Republic...

Rodalquilar: the beautiful Andalusian valley of Carmen de Burgos

Rodalquilar: the beautiful Andalusian valley of Carmen de Burgos
Colombian"I grew up in a beautiful Andalusian valley , hidden in the foothills of the **Sierra Nevada mountain range**, on the seashore, facing the...