An infamous 18th-century Spanish ship, the San José, ended in wreckage during the Spanish Succession War when it engaged in a naval battle against a British squadron near Cartagena–a Caribbean ...

Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish Society.

Montjuïc Castle ended up defending the city from many attacks moving forward, including those carried out during the War of the Spanish Succession. It also served as a prison during the War of ...