At its height, the Spanish Empire was one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires in history, spanning continents and oceans. So why did it collapse? In this video, we uncover the key reasons ...

Galeón Andalucía, a 16th-century Spanish galleon replica, arrives in Cork for European Maritime Day. Picture: Tadhg ...

For starters, for over two centuries, our island was an outpost of the vast Spanish empire when Spain was the only super-power on the planet. Those were the days of the annual Manila galleons ...

The Spanish first observed potatoes when they arrived in South America in 1532 to conquer the Incan Empire. Spuds were domesticated around 8,000 to 12,000 years ago in the Andes region of Peru and ...

The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing ...

The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing ...

The same applies to some stretches of the Guadiana Bridge, altered in the Middle Ages and modern times. In the 17th century, during the Spanish Empire, two Christian monuments were built with Roman ...

(Image credit: NavSource Online/Mike Baylon) The ship would be named after the famous general Miguel Malvar who had fought for Filipino independence against the forces of the Spanish Empire and ...

Formula 1 leader Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris on ...

Series leader Oscar Piastri erased "miserable" memories on Saturday as he outpaced team-mate Lando Norris to deliver ...

Spanish colonizers later built the Convent of ... Under Charles V (who was also Charles I of Spain), Pizarro began to forge an empire for Spain in the Americas. Erich Lessing/Album Having ...