Floridablanca the modernizer. Book written by José Luis Pardos
Don José Moñino y Redondo, a ruler with an eye on the future. Presentation of the book by JL Pardos.
Washington, D.C., visit to the National Gallery of Art
As I mentioned in the previous post, we had presented the LAMP project, together with HITN at the Knight Studios at the Newsmuseum on Pennsylvania Avenue and I was staying for a while until I had to leave for the airport to fly to Miami. I couldn't miss a visit to the National Gallery of Art. It was just [...]
La Pata del Cid
This Spanish expression or proverb is colloquially used to refer to a person who believes he is in a position of superiority because of his origin or lineage.
No me gustaría que nadie pensase que puedo plantearme esa supuesta superioridad, pero en mi caso concreto sí puedo decir que la expresión, no el sentido de la misma, se podría aplicar con literalidad: desciendo de D. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, personaje que pasó a la historia con el sobrenombre de Cid Campeador.