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Georges Bizet: A strong influence on Andalusian myth

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

Tony Bryant
  • Friedrich Schatz: Malaga wines with a touch of Germany

    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

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • José Miguel Carrera: The 'great freedom fighter'

    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

    Tony Bryant |
  • Alexander Fleming: an invitation to Seville and Cordoba

    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

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • John S. Langdon: the creator of football in Seville

    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

    Tony Bryant |
  • Pablo Neruda: A poet's crucial literary journey through Spain

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Pablo Neruda: A poet's crucial literary journey through Spain

    The Latin American author and diplomat took up his post at the Chilean embassy in Madrid in 1934, where he claimed to have spent the "happiest years of his life"

    Tony Bryant |