AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION CEREMONY
Almost 300 survivors of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camps at Auschwitz gather on 27 January to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation.
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THE WAY OF SAINT JAMES
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Joaquina Guillén
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The Camino de Santiago, also known by the English names Way of St. James, St. James's Way, St. James's Path, St. James's Trail, Route of Santiago de Compostela and Road to Santiago, is the name of any of the pilgrimage routes to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the saint are buried.
BATTLE OF LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA
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The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa , known in Arab history as the Battle of Al-Uqab took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the Spanish Reconquista. Watch the video and answer the following questions: a) Who was the king of Castile who led the Castilian forces? b) Who was the king of Navarre at that moment? c) And the king of Aragon? d) What about the king of Portugal? e) Who was the Caliph who led the Almohad army? How was he known in the Christian chronicles? f) Which Pope has named the battle as a Crusade? g) Which Military Orders participate in the battle?