Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is the oldest masonry fort in the US. Built in the late 17th Century, its coquina ...

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The Civil Guard, founded on March 28, 1844, is one of the most highly valued and beloved institutions in Spain. Eurocopter EC-135 helicopters (now known as Airbus Helicopters H-135) began arriving at ...

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A video released Wednesday by Wichita police gives a first look at the damage done to the priceless Spanish-American War ...

No inviting Russian and Belarusian representatives to commemorations” — thus reads a nonbinding directive issued to German ...

An homage to the life of Francisco Ascaso, long associated with Buenaventura Durruti, a veteran leader of the CNT., and ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The revelations follow controversy over a now-cancelled bullet supply contract involving an Israeli company and Spain’s Civil ... Spanish government has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war ...

Neither the Axis powers nor the Allies used chemical weapons in the Second World ... If history repeats itself, then Ukraine represents the Spanish Civil War, not for its politics but as a warning ...