In medieval Spain, the rigid social order didn't always stop ambitious peasants from rising through the ranks. This video uncovers the rare but fascinating paths that led commoners to knighthood - ...

First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. Graced with palms, terraces and two medieval towers, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom, ...

At the end of the 15th century, revolts against Spanish nobility raged in the Ría de Vigo. The uprisings grew so intense that most castles in the estuary region were destroyed. Among the destruction ...

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Travel to the Spanish region of Catalonia today and it’s easy to uncover evidence of the Jewish communities that thrived during the Middle Ages. There’s Girona’s labyrinth Jewish Quarter, Spain’s only ...

Oh, the places you can go with Airbnb! For $57 per night, you and a guest can stay in this top-rated geodesic dome in Chile, or for $21 a night, you and 15 friends can party like French gentry in this ...

The sword in the penis stone. Phallic-shaped objects apparently weren’t always just for sexual pleasure: Spanish archaeologists have found a stone penis that may have been used to sharpen weapons in ...

For those unfamiliar with the term, Marranos was the name given to Jews in medieval Spain and Portugal who secretly maintained their Judaism while living as Catholics in public, especially in the 15th ...

It’s been a decade and a half since manuscript hunter George Greenia discovered a missing medieval Spanish document in the archives at the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library. Now Greenia, who ...