Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Queen Fabiola: A Belgian monarch born in Spain
She was married to King Baudouin until his death in 1993 while the royal couple were on holiday in Motril
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Theatre
Banderas plans his return to Malaga's stage with Sweeney Todd
The actor confirmed that he will direct and perform in the musical and hinted at his role in 'a very famous TV series'
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Joan Hunt: A selfless Brit who broke down barriers
Considered a pioneer in palliative care in Spain, Joan Hunt founded the Cudeca Foundation to fill a gap to help patients of terminal illnesses die with dignity
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Ferdinand de Lesseps: A consul who went on to build the Suez Canal
The foreign diplomat had a family connection with Malaga through his mother and was French consul in the city from 1840 to 1843
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Georges Bizet A strong influence on Andalusian myth
Although the French composer never actually set foot in Spain, his operatic adaptation of Carmen has carried the name of Seville way beyond its borders
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Friedrich Schatz: Malaga wines with a touch of Germany
The bodega has been in Ronda for over four decades but the family's winemaking tradition goes back almost four centuries
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
José Miguel Carrera: The 'great freedom fighter'
Born in Chile in 1785, Carrera arrived in Spain in 1808 and joined the Spanish Army, distinguishing himself in heroic battles against Napoleonic forces
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Alexander Fleming: an invitation to Seville and Cordoba
The Scottish doctor who discovered penicillin visited Spain in 1948, three years after he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
John S. Langdon: the creator of football in Seville
The son of an English soldier born in Gibraltar in 1854, Langdon played a crucial role in the amateur beginnings of the Spanish football club in 1890
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Influencers in southern Spain
Wilhelm Sundheim-Giese: A German business leader in Huelva
He settled in the Spanish city during the 19th century when many other foreign entrepreneurs saw its industrial potential
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In the frame
From corporate America to the heart of Malaga
Laurie Levin, an American coach and feminist based in the city, talks about how to deal with the current political turmoil
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
César Vallejo A deep and complex Spanish connection
A staunch communist, the Peruvian poet settled in Madrid in 1930, where he mixed in literary circles that supported the Spanish Republic
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Interview
Pelle Lundborg: 'Our avocados from Carratraca are delivered directly to the Royal House of Sweden'
The Swedish entrepreneur left behind his career in the world of video games to start a new life as the head of an ecological farm in Malaga province
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Rudolf Lussnigg: The man who named the Costa del Sol
The Austrian ran hotels in Alicante, Almeria and Malaga and coined the 'coast of the sun' name for the Mediterranean coastline in 1928
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Foreign influencers in southern Spain
Porfirio Smerdou: Malaga's Mexican 'Schindler'
Porfirio Smerdou was honorary Mexican consul in Malaga in the 1930s and when the Civil War started he hid refugees in his house, Villa Maya
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