Great Spanish History Programmes Online...
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Great Spanish History Programmes Online...
For those of us who can't be arsed with reading books. Watched this last night on YouTube. It is excellent. Anyone with an interest in Andalucia will love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtCj0NvhYyI
Al-Andalus History of Islam in Spain. Presented by Bettany Whatshername. (Jones probably?).
Anyone suggest any more in this league of quality? I don't have access to TV, so usually download stuff, or stream.
Coincidently, today I discovered the mosque in Madrid never was a mosque. How many times I hear tour guides point and say "the mosque". It always was a monastery. Built in the 19th Century during a renaissance fashion for Moorish architecture. Hence, the mosque style dome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtCj0NvhYyI
Al-Andalus History of Islam in Spain. Presented by Bettany Whatshername. (Jones probably?).
Anyone suggest any more in this league of quality? I don't have access to TV, so usually download stuff, or stream.
Coincidently, today I discovered the mosque in Madrid never was a mosque. How many times I hear tour guides point and say "the mosque". It always was a monastery. Built in the 19th Century during a renaissance fashion for Moorish architecture. Hence, the mosque style dome.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSfnOKXDn_0
An excellent documentary about the Spanish Civil War and what lead up to it originally posted by agoreira a couple of weeks back.
An excellent documentary about the Spanish Civil War and what lead up to it originally posted by agoreira a couple of weeks back.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSfnOKXDn_0
An excellent documentary about the Spanish Civil War and what lead up to it originally posted by agoreira a couple of weeks back.
An excellent documentary about the Spanish Civil War and what lead up to it originally posted by agoreira a couple of weeks back.
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I posted this a few weeks ago, radio not TV but really interesting. It takes you up to the end of the 19th Century when Spain went to war with the USA over Cuba.
The Invention of Spain - Misha Glenny
The Invention of Spain - Misha Glenny