Polar cold Tuesday in Madrid. First act of the week for don Felipe y Mrs. Letizia after the King’s trip to Barcelona where he inaugurated the MWC. An hour before the presentation began, the media were waiting in the fish market of the Royal Palace in the capital. The King and Queen preside over the launch of the Digital Portal of Hispanic History, of the Royal Academy of History, on February 28. In addition, we have attended the reunion of King Felipe with Carmen Iglesias, Countess of Gisbert, historian, professor of History, director of the institution and the one who was the tutor of the monarch when she was young. They profess mutual admiration and affection.
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With this website, Spain becomes the first country in the world to have its history georeferenced by showing the geolocations of events and historical figures glossed with 150,000 geographical references. “We are pioneers in the world,” Iglesias stressed in the Hall of Columns of the palace. This is the largest amount of information gathered to date and the largest digital content environment on history in Spanish. “It’s a new way of telling the story,” said the director.
the rigors of the cold
Despite the rigors of the ice and the freezing wind, despite the -2 degree wave that falls on the street, Doña Letizia has defied the cold with a light two-tone pleated skirt in baby pink with a smoke gray gradient. The Queen wears the piece, from the British firm Reiss, customized with an XL leather belt and combined with a matching turtleneck sweater and black boots. A warm and sheltered look.
The great site of Hispanic History
The Hall of Columns is packed with audience. History academics, historians, writers such as Arturo Perez Reverte (member of the RAE). Students from a school in Tres Cantos and the IES Lope de Vega in Madrid also attend.
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The Hispanic History site is aimed at institutions and specialists and also has a window open to citizen participation through the mailbox that channels suggestions and queries. This window will favor the syndication of contents to build a living work and in a permanent process of updating.
The quality guarantee is accredited by the collaborations of 500 national and international scientific institutions and the 5,000 Spanish and foreign historians and researchers who have participated in its preparation.