Diseños geométricos en los mosaicos de Écija (Sevilla)

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

"Cuando en 1537 Cosimo I llegó a Florencia desde el exilio, Italia era un complejo escenario que se disputaban España, Francia y el Papado. Muy pronto Cosimo se convirtió en vasallo de Carlos V y en una pieza clave para sus objetivos en suelo italiano; el emperador, a cambio, favoreció su ascenso político, económico y nobiliario. Esta circunstancia, sumada al matrimonio de Cosimo con Eleonora de Toledo -miembro de una de las familias más influyentes de la corte hispana-, lo llevó a rodearse de una gens nova, nacida a la sombra del nuevo Estado para reemplazar a las familias...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

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