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2 unusual facts about Monarchy of Spain


Casimir Zeglen

It saved the life Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain - his carriage was covered with Szczepanik's bulletproof armour when a bomb exploded near it.

Pierre Charles Cior

He was a pupil of Bauzin, and became miniature painter to the king of Spain.


2009 Palma Nova bombing

The bombing was ETA's first attack in Majorca since it tried to kill King Juan Carlos I in the summer of 1995, and its deadliest attack since it killed two Civil Guard officers in Capbreton, France in 2007.

Vivero Palace

The Catholic Monarchs married there in 1469; from the 16th century, the Crown established in the palace the seat of the Royal Audiencia and Chancillería of Valladolid.


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