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Useful sites about Spain's history: from ancient times to contemporary facts.

Introduction to Spanish Contemporary History #4
The Transition to Democracy 1974-1982.

Introduction to Spanish Contemporary History #3
The Franco's Dictatorship 1939-1975.

Introduction to Spanish Contemporary History #2
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.

Introduction to Spanish Contemporary History #1
From La Restauracion to the Second Republic of Spain.

Al Andalus
Outstanding site about the Islamic Spain. Don't miss it, it is a must! Only in Spanish.

La Conquista de América-Antología de textos
This site offers the great chance to read online texts by contemporary authors of the Conquest of America: el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Huaman Poma de Ayala, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, or Cristóbal Colón. Only in Spanish.

Contemporary Cultural History
Jeroen Oskam is an hispanista and in his site offers some of his articles on Twentieth-Century Spanish Culture. It is a place to visit if you want to read accurate History on the Net.

El Franquismo y la Transición
Carlo Andreoli runs this site on the history of the Franco era and the transition to democracy. The part focused on Franco and his regime contains articles by some of the most prestigious Spanish articles. The section dedicated to the Transition has excellent original content, packed of interesting photos. Only in Spanish.

La Guerra Civil Española
Manuel Sanroma maintains the best site about the Spanish Civil War. Information about the battles, foreign troops, protagonists, links, personal experiences, and bibliography. Only in Spanish.

Historia de la Transicion
The transition to Democracy was a crucial process in our History. This site offers a good overview of this important moment in Spain's History. Only in Spanish.

SiSpain - History
This rather schematic section of SiSpain covers from first settlements to today Parliament Monarchy. Excellent if you want to find out about Spanish history and you don't know a word about it.

The Spanish Revolution & Civil War
Eugene Plawiuk runs an inexcusable site if you want to know the facts of the Civil War. It does not only contain original articles, but the most complete collection of links you can find on the Net. Amazing.

The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
This was the first US war in which the camera played a role. The Library of Congress offers you the chance to see these films on-line.

The Spanish Missions of California
Wonderful site on the most famous Spanish footprints in America. Clear, interesting, and well structured. It includes a special section for teachers.

A Splendid Little War
Simple, synthetic, but quite complete, this site about the Spanish-American War is one of the best on the Net about this topic. Good collection of images.

The Visual Front
Propaganda posters played an important role during our Civil War. Here you have more than 80 from the Southworth Spanish Civil War Collection.

The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Homepage
Excellent site from the Library of Congress with high-quality information, photos, and maps to find out how the world of 1898 was in Cuba, Spain, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and USA. A week point: no literary information of Cuba or Spain.

1492: An Ongoing Voyage
The Library of the Congress offers excellent and accurate texts about the Discovery of America. Poor design.

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