In 1579 he brought over a large group of relatives to help him settle and administer the rugged territory, which was made up of swamps, deserts and silver mines.

In 1579 he brought over a large group of relatives to help him settle and administer the rugged territory, which was made up of swamps, deserts and silver mines.

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A lesser known corner of the Swiss Alps, the Pays d’Enhaut district makes for a great and easy journey into the further ...

Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the early modern world.

The Overview Performances at most country house opera festivals offer the same format: the opera begins in the mid-afternoon, there’s an interval of 90 minutes in which you can have a leisurely ...

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