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Jean C. N. Forestier: Creating exotic paradises in Spain

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Jean C. N. Forestier: Creating exotic paradises in Spain

The celebrated French landscape architect was responsible for several large-scale garden and park projects in Ronda, Seville, Barcelona and Madrid

Tony Bryant
  • Mackay and Macdonald: Doctors in Huelva

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Mackay and Macdonald: Doctors in Huelva

    The related Scottish pair started working as medics for the Rio Tinto Company before opening their own practice in the city where they founded sport clubs

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Hermanfrid Schubart: German archaeologist and historian

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Hermanfrid Schubart: German archaeologist and historian

    The German professor is particularly well-known for his discoveries of, and research into, Phoenician remains along the east of Malaga coastline

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Richard Ford. Spain through the eyes of Romanticism

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Richard Ford Spain through the eyes of Romanticism

    Among the places the Englishman visited on his extensive journeys, Ronda fascinated him; his visit is recorded on a ceramic plaque in the town

    Tony Bryant |
  • Paco Manoja: The Torremolinos 'influencer' who went skinny-dipping with Brigitte Bardot

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    Paco Manoja: The Torremolinos 'influencer' who went skinny-dipping with Brigitte Bardot

    The 94-year-old owner of the legendary Bar Central reveals all: his love affair with BB, his taxi ride with Ava Gardner, martinis with Eddie Fisher and the Oscar that was stolen from him

    Francisco Griñán |
  • Sebastián Viberti An Argentinian icon at Malaga CF

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Sebastián Viberti An Argentinian icon at Malaga CF

    During the five years that the midfielder was at La Rosaleda he became an iconic figure in the city and Antonio Banderas was a huge fan

    Tony Bryant |
  • Thomas Osborne: A pioneering British 'Sherry Baron'

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Thomas Osborne: A pioneering British 'Sherry Baron'

    Thomas Osborne arrived in Cadiz from England as a young man to set up a bodega, attracted like so many foreigners at the time by the quality of its fortified wines

    Tony Bryant |
  • Leopoldo O'Donnell: A prime minister with Irish roots

    Foreign influencers in southern Spain

    Leopoldo O'Donnell A prime minister with Irish roots

    From a military family, his grandfather, Joseph (José) O' Donnell, came to Spain from Ireland in 1739 where he enlisted in the Irlanda Regiment

    Jennie Rhodes |