Jean Valjean, the tormented protagonist of Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables,” is one of the most famous characters in world literature. He has been the subject of numerous adaptations over the years, with the most well-known film portrayals by Gerard Depardieu…
Here are several fascinating facts about the life of the great traveler, Marco Polo: When his father and uncle undertook their first journey through unknown lands (as you can read in the biography of Marco Polo), Marco, who did not…
They have been incorporated into our daily lives as part of it naturally. Maybe for that reason, because they have been with us for more than a century. They are the modern inventions of the 19th century. This is the…
… That he came to marry Castile from the mysterious countries of the North: that Alfonso X “the Wise”, being unhappy because his wife, Violante de Aragón, daughter of Jaime I the Conqueror, did not give him heirs to his…
Do you know which is the best city to live in? Well, yes, in a World where there are rankings and listings for everything, there is also to designate which is the city with the best quality of life, the…
