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The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

7 Buildings You Ought to Visit in Madrid

Spanish poet and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), the author of 'Don Quixote de la Mancha', ca. 1590. An artist's impression since there are no contemporary likenesses of Cervantes.

The Afterlife of Miguel de Cervantes

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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Baptized	April 9, 1618
Died	October 26, 1669 or October 27, 1669 • Toledo • Spain
Notable Works	“El desdén con el desdén”

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Gómez Manrique

Spanish author

Gil Vicente

Portuguese dramatist

Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Serafín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Lope de Vega

Spanish author

Federico García Lorca

Spanish writer

Tirso de Molina

Spanish dramatist

Antonio Buero Vallejo

Spanish playwright

Juan del Encina

Spanish author and composer

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez

Spanish dramatist

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Spanish writer

Agustín Durán

Spanish literary critic

José Zorrilla y Moral

Spanish writer

Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas

Spanish author

Bartolomé de Torres Naharro

Spanish dramatist

Manuel Tamayo y Baus

Spanish dramatist

José de Espronceda y Delgado

Spanish poet

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

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