History Snippets June 2023
Early Murcian Man: The Neanderthals of Torre Pacheco Sima de las Palomas (which roughly translates as ‘pigeon chasm’ or ‘rock-dove…
History Snipetts May 2023
The Independent ‘Pirate’ Republic of Murcia The early 1870’s were a time of massive political turbulence in Western Europe. Napoleon…
History Snippets April 2023
Isidore: Murcia’s Surfing Saint Isidore of Seville was born in around 560 CE in Cartagena, to a distinguished Romano-Hispanic noble…
History Snippets February 2023
A Tale of Two Churches and a Warrior Priest The Catholic Churches of St Joseph’s in El Saladillo and St…
History Snippets January 2023
Strange But True: British Newspaper Reports About Murcia From 1775 Onwards During the past 200 years or so, a great…
History Snippets December 2022
Jose Maria, Peliengo and Selles: Infamous Outlaws of Murcia. The region of Murcia has a long history of being associated…