5 Times Weather Played Foul For An Invading Army
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2024
Throughout history, weather has played a significant role in military campaigns, sometimes altering its course and reshaping the destiny of ...
Showing posts with the label Spain
Botafumeiro: The Most Famous Thurible in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2023
In the Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica in Galicia, Spain, hangs a very special thurible. It is so special that it has a name o...
Sad Hill Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2023
About 30 kilometers southeast of Burgos, a charming city in the Castilla y León region of northern Spain, rests a rather expansive cemetery....
Playa de Las Teresitas: A European Beach Made From Saharan Sand
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2023
Playa de Las Teresitas in Tenerife, Spain, is one of the most popular beaches of the Canary Islands, but the beach is not natural—it was cre...
The Fishman of Liérganes
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2023
In the small town of Liérganes, in Cantabria, northern Spain, a legend has been around since the late 17th century about a young man who dro...
Leaning Tower of Zaragoza
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2022
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is undoubtedly the most famous of all towers that lean at alarming angles, but it is not the tallest. That credit ...
Balmis Expedition: How Orphans Took The Smallpox Vaccine Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2020
The biggest hurdle to mass vaccination in the 19th century was keeping the virus alive out of the human body as the precious pus was being t...
Hostile Façades
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2020
The old city of Segovia, about 90 km north of Madrid, is best known for its aqueduct , but this historic city is full of architectural curio...
Casa de las Conchas: The House of Shells
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2020
Casa de las Conchas, or the House of Shells, is a curious attraction in Salamanca, Spain. This stately mansion built between the late 15th a...
Aqueduct of Segovia: The Mortar-Less Miracle
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2020
The aqueduct of Segovia is a classic example of Roman water transport architecture—simple in design, yet magnificent to behold, and surprisi...
Battle of Surfaces: The Epic Nadal Vs Federer Match
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2020
In the spring of 2007, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were two of the best tennis players in the world. But they excelled on different surfa...
LlÃvia: A Curious Spanish Enclave in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2020
A welcome sign on the road to LlÃvia, a landlock state of Spain inside France. Photo: LMspencer/Shutterstock.com Deep in the Pyrenees, s...
Hellburner: The 16th Century Weapon of Mass Destruction
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2019
In the age of sail, when ships were made of wood, fire was the number one enemy of sailors, and this fearsome tool was used in diabolic ways...
Pretty in Pink: The Muralla Roja
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2019
This innovative pastel-colored postmodern apartment complex is a popular landmark in the coastal town of Calpe, Spain. It is called Muralla...
Las Médulas: The Largest Roman Gold Mine
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2019
This incredible serrated landscape of red mountains and green chestnut trees is the result of two centuries of destructive mining carried o...
The Castle of Zafra
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2019
In the beloved TV series Game of Thrones, young Ned Stark is seen clashing swords with the henchmen of Targaryen in front of a spectacular c...
The Chapel Inside a Volcano
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2018
Santa Margarida is a freato-magmatic volcano located in the Spanish county of Garrotxa, in Catalonia. Some 11,500 years ago, the earth’s cru...
Toxic Art: The Almaden Mercury Fountain
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2018
At the Joan Miró Foundation, a contemporary museum on Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, is a fascinatingly deadly piece of art—a fountain of mercu...
The Negro of Banyoles
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2018
It’s one thing to keep the mummified body of a thousand year old pharaoh or a monk in a glass case in a museum, and another to stuff the dea...
The Abandoned Canfranc Railway Station
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2017
Sitting at the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains on the Spanish side of the French-Spanish border is an immense railway station. Built wit...
