Wealthy foreigners set their sights on northern Spain
In recent years, the number of luxury homes acquired along this cooler, greener region of the peninsula has soared, and realtors have noticed an uptick in buyers from the United States
Slovakia to cull 350 brown bears after fatal attack
In other parts of the world, programs are being implemented to prevent problematic bears from becoming accustomed to the presence of humans
Study reveals the mystery of the ‘lost’ arctic owls that appeared in northern Spain three years ago
Analysis of the isotopes of their feathers rules out the possibility that they were born in captivity and suggests that they came from somewhere in the Arctic and may have arrived on a boat
Cohousing projects to ease Spain’s real estate crisis
This formula offers lower prices than those found on the market and is sometimes aimed at specific groups like seniors because of the social benefits they bring
Excommunicated nuns will open Spain’s first ‘cloistered’ restaurant
The Catholic sisters are trying to raise funds after they were told to vacate their convent. Prior to that they had joined a schismatic group led by a ‘bishop’ who is not recognized by Rome
Romanesque churches’ explicitly sexual carvings were ‘the nobility’s political propaganda’
Historian Isabel Mellén suggests a reinterpretation of the graphic images that adorn the doorways and columns of the churches in northern Spain
The Spanish Reconquest and the Battle of Covadonga: When myths contaminate history
In several recent essays historians discuss the founding milestones of Spanish nationalism, the traditional banner of conservative politicians, around the struggle for Al-Andalus