Just a few meters from the Jerez Circuit “Ángel Nieto,” where countless enthusiasts gather annually for the Motorcycle Grand Prix, lies the rural neighborhood I am telling you about today. This small village, with nearly 400 inhabitants, holds a great…
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Located in the beautiful Plaza de la Asunción, it stands among the majestic palatial houses that the city proudly showcases. Its architecture, curiosities, and history are some of the things I most enjoy sharing with everyone who contacts me for…
On my last little getaway before the start of the tourist season, I stopped to visit this Sevillian monastery, located specifically in Santiponce. Many people recommended the visit, so I had to cross it off my “places to visit” list….
This is undoubtedly one of the topics that most captivate the attention when it comes up during the guided tours I do in my city. Even today, there are many mysteries surrounding this relic, carefully preserved in the Basilica of…
The day has arrived when the city of Jerez dresses up in celebration of its patroness, so I have set out to dedicate a post to share with you her history, origins, and interesting facts about this widely revered Marian…
After the five entries I have dedicated to my fellow countryman, in which I have briefly covered his life, it seemed to me that as a final touch, I should speak about some of the monuments erected in his honor…
Continuing from the previous entry… “And on July 17, 1527, Narváez departs with the fleet for Florida from the Port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda towards Santo Domingo…” Well, right from the start, during the course of the voyage to Santo…
Álvar Núñez and his solo journey. Little or nothing remained of Pánfilo Narváez’s ambitious expedition, which lay in the sea alongside his dreams of glory and riches… At this point, our man from Jerez begins his own expedition, this time…
I’ve been wanting to write about this fascinating fellow from my hometown for quite some time now, but the truth is that no matter how much I think about it, I don’t know how to approach Álvar’s life and convey…
As you probably already know from the previous entries, the Jerez-born Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who was part of the expedition to Florida led by Pánfilo Narváez, spent 10 years exploring the northern parts of America. During that decade,…