Aranjuez recovers the gondolas where Carlos II sailed through El Retiro and Alfonso XII celebrated festivities at Casa de Campo
The Royal Site of Aranjuez is restoring its collection of royal gondolas and reopening its museum, which is set to unveil a future museum space by 2028, after 150 years of neglect.
Carlos II and the Resistance of a Declining Spain: "The empire remained practically in its enormous extension and this is a success"
Historian Luis Ribot discusses the complexities of Carlos II's reign, asserting that despite the decline of Spain, the empire's vastness was an achievement.