From time immemorial, after winter the snow disappear and warmth covers the foliage with green shoots and garlands the earth with flowers. Many of which were used for medicinal remedies.
According to tradition, the best … Read more
There are a lot of peculiar histories, but one of my favourites is the history of hygiene and cleaning services of Barcelona.
The neatness of the old … Read more
Catharism was one of several religious movements that emerged during the Middle Ages becoming deeply rooted in Occitania and threatening the foundations of Roman Catholicism.
The guiding ideal of the Cathars was to return … Read more
Holy Innocents’ Day, held in honour of the children massacred by evil King Herod who feared with dread the imminent arrival of the prophesied … Read more
