La ciudad de la huerta

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

En Navarra hay tradiciones milenarias, centenarias y contemporáneas. Basta que un acontecimiento se repita unas pocas veces para que enseguida pase al acervo de la tradición. Así ocurre con actos que —sin ir más lejos— se han incorporado a los Sanfermines de Pamplona/Iruña en los últimos años o a fiestas recuperadas en muchos pueblos, donde solo los más ancianos las recordaban con añorada nostalgia. Con las coloridas Fiestas de Primavera y Verano, o los paloteados de San Juan, pasando por los Santos Sanadores, las Romerías, Semana Santa, las Fiestas de Hermandad, las Fiestas...

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A ten volume, 9,000 page account of 12 years of happenings in Nicaragua coinciding with insurrection & the revolutionary years (1978-1990). Its purpose is to furnish a documental tool collection equivalent to attending a well equipped library or specialized documentation center. Looking up the different angles & perspectives of this geo-political phenomenon, you may formulate your own analytical criteria on the subject. History is always relevant. "It is a condition of resurgence. It possesses the virtue of experience. It frees us from what was, because the past is 'revenant.' If it is not...