Firefighters struggle to contain blaze near Roman-era heritage site in Castilla y León
Firefighters in the region of Castilla y León, northwestern Spain, worked tirelessly on Monday to control a wildfire that damaged a Roman-era mining site and...
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Córdoba’s landmark mosque-cathedral La Mezquita ‘saved’ after fire extinguished
A fire broke that out on Friday evening at the famed mosque-turned-cathedral, ‘La Mezquita’ in Córdoba (Andalusia) – but the landmark was spared thanks to...
Oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in Western Europe found in northern Spain
Western Europe has a new contender for its oldest known human relative. Spanish scientists revealed on Wednesday that facial bones belonging to an individual nicknamed...
Andalusia seeks €90m from Swedish mining group for toxic spill 25 years ago
Twenty five years after one of Spain’s worst ecological disasters, a court case against the Swedish mining company involved opened on Tuesday in the southern...
Ukrainian art on display at Madrid museum after defying Russian bombs
Many modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian bombs – that have already done huge damage to Ukraine’s cultural heritage – have gone...
Oldest European fossil of human ancestor from 1.4 million years ago found in Spain
A jawbone fragment discovered in a mountain range in the region of Castilla y León in northern Spain could be the oldest known fossil of...
Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Madrid’s Retiro Park and the adjacent Paseo del Prado have been added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List and is the first time that sites...
Barça’s Camp Nou and Gaudí’s Sagrada Família could become vaccination centres
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (25 Feb) FC Barcelona’s giant Camp Nou stadium, as well as Gaudí’s Sagrada Família cathedral in Barcelona, in addition to other ’emblematic’ landmarks,...
All Spain’s regional presidents attend conference – except Quim Torra
The 21st Conference of Regional Presidents of Spain was held in situ in the town of San Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja) on Friday –...
Emmanuel Macron vows to rebuild Notre-Dame
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, described as the ‘soul of the nation’. Macron also expressed relief that ‘the...
