X-Nico

unusual facts about Old Spanish



Jaca Navarra

The word jaca has an unusual history, from Old Spanish haca, itself from Old French haque, which in turn is ultimately derived from the English place-name Hackney, a place famous for its horses.


see also

Abbey of New Clairvaux

William Randolph Hearst purchased and dismantled the chapter house of the old Spanish monastery in 1931 and had the stones shipped to California, intending to include them in Wyntoon, a grand home he was building in remote Northern California.

Christopher Gadsden

As a result, he spent the next 42 weeks in solitary confinement in a prison room at the old Spanish fortress of Castillo de San Marcos.

Krebs House

De La Pointe-Krebs House, Pascagoula, Mississippi, also known as Old Spanish Fort, a Mississippi Landmark

Malaueg

The Spanish influence is very prominent in the Malaueg dialect which consists of old Spanish (Castilian) nouns and verbs.

Pizarra Municipal Museum

It was restored in early 90´s and contain all Gino Hollander's old Spanish artifacts with Gino´s original paintings.