The capture of Rhodes, the last Christian bastion of the East, momentarily awakened the pope and the European powers. Again, a Greek contributed to this awakening, Janos Laskaris, a descendant of the Laskarids, the imperial family of Nicaea. Another Laskaris would later play a catalytic role in the
The Spanish Civil War occurred between 1936 and 1939, caused by a climate of internal turmoil due to the countrys economic, political and social situation. There is a coup détat by General Primo de Rivera, in which measures are taken such as the suspension of the 1876 Constitution, the end of parli
Two high floors, even several rooms and three hundred and eighty square meters of space. Were it not for the daylight problems typical of a mansion of this era, even todays millionaires would not despise such a home. It is very possible that this architectural miracle was built when the old gods sti
The name of the Aragonese king Jaime I is associated with the peak period of the conquest of peninsular territories from Muslim domination by the Christian kingdoms. His long reign (1213-1276) coincided with that of another great monarch, Fernando III el Santo (who dynastically unified the kingdoms