History Snippets
Up Periscopes! The Naval Life and Works of Isaac Peral.Many might have thought that the world’s first functioning submarine would…
Up Periscopes! The Naval Life and Works of Isaac Peral.Many might have thought that the world’s first functioning submarine would…
Early Murcian Man: The Neanderthals of Torre Pacheco Sima de las Palomas (which roughly translates as ‘pigeon chasm’ or ‘rock-dove…
The Independent ‘Pirate’ Republic of Murcia The early 1870’s were a time of massive political turbulence in Western Europe. Napoleon…
Isidore: Murcia’s Surfing Saint Isidore of Seville was born in around 560 CE in Cartagena, to a distinguished Romano-Hispanic noble…
A Tale of Two Churches and a Warrior Priest The Catholic Churches of St Joseph’s in El Saladillo and St…
Strange But True: British Newspaper Reports About Murcia From 1775 Onwards During the past 200 years or so, a great…