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Calderón de la Barca, a key figure in the theatre of the Spanish Golden Age. Spanish Golden Age theatre refers to theatre in Spain roughly between 1590 and 1681. [1] Spain emerged as a European power after it was unified by the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 and then claimed for Christianity at the Siege of Granada in 1492. [2]
The theater was one of the favorite leisure activities of the Hispanic-Roman, and as with other buildings of public interest, any city of renown could do without owning one. So much so that the theater of Emerita Augusta was built almost at the same time as the rest of the city by the consul Marcus Agrippa, son in law of the emperor Octavian ...
The famous bust of the "Lady of Elche", probably a priestess."Warrior of Moixent" Iberian (Edetan) ex-voto statuette, 2nd to 4th centuries BC, found in Edeta. The Iberians (Latin: Hibērī, from Greek: Ἴβηρες, Iberes) were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BCE.
1923 – Teatro Monumental (theatre) built. 1924 Line 2 (Madrid Metro) begins operating. Hotel Florida opens. National Museum of Romanticism inaugurated. 1925 – Teatro Pavón (theatre) opens. 1928 – Catholic Opus Dei founded. 1929 Gran Vía constructed. Cine Avenida opens. [21] 1930 Teatro Munoz Seca (theatre) opens. Cine Barceló built ...
The Cessetani were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania).They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.Their territory extended along the coast between the Coll de Balaguer and the Garraf Massif and was limited in the west by the Prades Mountains.
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...
One hour before the performance, musicians came onto the stage to sing a ballad (seguidilla) and immediately after, an actor or member of the company came on stage to "echar la loa" or "throw out praise" by reciting a loa. Most comedia playwrights (autors) also wrote loas asking the audience for silence to enjoy the afternoon of theatre. [2] [4]
The Roman Theatre of Tarraco is a Roman theatre in the Roman colonia of Tarraco –present-day Tarragona, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. Built at the end of the 1st century BC , in the time of Augustus , in the area of the local forum and the port, it was used for Roman theatrical performances.