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The history of the museum began in 1803 when the royal military museum was established in a building in Madrid known as the Palacio de Monteleón. The building also served as a barracks for artillery units and it was attacked and looted by the French when they suppressed the Dos de Mayo Uprising of 1808. The museum was reestablished, but in ...
José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero (July 11, 1800 – June 22, 1862) was a Cuban scholar, acclaimed by José Martí as "the father ... the silent founder" of Cuban intellectual life of the 19th century. [1]
The Alcázar of Toledo (Spanish: Alcázar de Toledo, IPA: [alˈkaθaɾ ðe toˈleðo]) is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. It is a large quadrangular building measuring 60 meters on a side, framed by four large towers 60 meters high, each crowned by the typical Madrid spire .
The Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de San José of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain) is a monastic building dating from the second half of the 16th century. The Toledan community of Discalced Carmelites was founded by St. Teresa of Ávila herself, being the resting house of Saint Teresa in the city.
The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a Catholic chapel and former mosque located in Toledo, Spain. It is one of the ten mosques that existed in the city during the Moorish period. Originally known as the Mezquita Bab al-Mardum , its name was derived from the nearby city gate, Bab al-Mardum .
The Siege of the Alcazar or L'Assedio dell'Alcazar is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the Mussolini Cup in Venice Film Festival for being the Best Italian Film.
Club de Fútbol Gimnástico Alcázar was a Spanish football team based in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. Founded in 1972 and dissolved in 2015, it last played in Tercera División – Group 18, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Alcázar , with a capacity of 5,000 seats.
In 1646, construction began on the Carmelite convent, [1] through a petition by King Philip IV of Spain.The Monasterio del Señor San José de la Orden de nuestra Señora del Carmen (Monastery of Our Lady Carmen of San Jose) was founded in 1651 by Doña Ana Lanzós, a wealthy widow who donated her money and her magnificent residence (a large double sloped tiled roof) in the street that since ...