Spain Florida Foundation
Spain Florida Foundation
Evidence of Spanish Colonial History on our flag
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2013-05-20
The current flag of the State of Florida was largely influenced by the Cross of Burgundy, a flag used by Spain from 1506 to 1843 to signify its presence outside of the country. The Cross of Burgundy flag has a white background and two red branches...
Opening soon: Exhibit Imagining La Florida
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2013-05-20
By Dr. J. Michael Francis, curator of Imagining La FloridaFive hundred years ago, Juan Ponce de León landed on what he believed was another Caribbean Island. In honor of the Pascua Florida, or Easter Sunday, he named the...
Visiting Schedule for Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
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2013-04-24
The Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano will arrive in Miami on Wednesday, May 1. The ship will dock at Bicentennial Park, where it will be open for public visits from May 2 to 5. Please refer to this schedule (subject to...
Meet the captain of the training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
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2013-04-12
The training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano is coming to Miami under the command of Captain Alfonso Gómez Fernández de Córdoba, who has been the commanding officer of the training ship since September 2011.Originally from Madrid, Captain Gómez...
Spain-Florida Celebrates "The 500 year Anniversary"
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2013-04-12
In honor of the 500th anniversary of Ponce de León's arrival in Florida the Spain-Florida Foundation is proud to welcome to Miami, the third largest tall ship in the world, the Spanish Naval training vessel Juan Sebastian de Elcano.The ship would be...
History of the training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
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2013-04-12
The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship in which Spanish Midshipmen on their fourth year of study at the Spanish Naval Academy come on board to experience the sea.The building of Spanish vessel Juan Sebastián de Elcano started in 1925,...
Partner Event - Lunch & Lecture: Ponce de León in the Land of Flowers at the Coral Gables Museum
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2013-03-27
Join the Coral Gables Museum as they take visitors on a journey back in time to discover the nature that Ponce de León encountered in Florida 500 years ago. By following the Spanish explorer’s footsteps, Eco-Historian Frank W. Schena will...
Florida’s state flower, a Spanish legacy
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2013-03-27
Florida is known for its oranges and the orange blossom has been designated the state’s flower since 1909. Around February and March, the air in Florida’s regions where orange trees are abundant is filled with the orange blossom’s pleasant perfume,...
Partner Event: Book presentation of "Retablo de Ponce de León" at the Centro Cultural Español in Miami
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2013-03-27
The Consulate General of Spain, SGI and CCEMiami will hold a book presentation titled, “Retablo of Ponce de León” by Dr. Enrique Sánchez Goyanes on Tuesday April 2nd at 7 PM at the Centro Cultural Español in Miami.Dr. Enrique...
Partner Event: Juan Ponce de León "Día de Fiesta" in St. Augustine
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2013-03-27
On April 3, the city of St. Augustine and the 450th Commemoration, will host a series of free events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Ponce de León and his crew onto Florida’s shores.The day long activities will start at 9 a.m....
Event Recap: Third Edition of the Hispanic Heritage History Bee in Spanish
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2013-03-15
ISPA High School held the final component of the history contest, March 9th. The contest was organized by the Spain-Florida Foundation 500 years, in collaboration with the Spanish Consulate in Miami, Broward Public County Schools, Palm Beach County...
Spanish Colonial History Bits: The Spanish Founded the First Public School in the U.S.
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2013-03-14
Florida’s first public school was founded during the Second Spanish Period, in 1786, in the city of St. Augustine. At that time, all sons of free people, white or black, could attend classes free of charge. Although the school suffered with...
Cultural event: Flamenco Festival Miami 2013
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2013-03-13
The Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía is coming to South Florida to perform at the Flamenco Festival Miami, from March 14 to the 17 at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Their special participation in this annual event is part of the commemoration honoring...
Spanish presence in Florida and the US: Scientist Rafael Yuste
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2013-03-13
In December 2012, Spanish scientist Rafael Yuste was nominated one of the five scientists to watch in 2013 by Nature International Weekly Journal of Science. Today, Yuste and his peers are already making the news with their proposed Brain...
Spanish Colonial Florida History Bits: Coquina
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2013-03-05
The first Spaniards to live in Florida built their houses and forts with pine tree and palmetto. But after having their settlement easily destroyed by storms and burned by pirates, the Spaniards discovered a better way to build. On Anastasia...
Spanish presence in Florida and in the US.: Artist Javier Velasco
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2013-03-05
A native of Cádiz, Spain, Javier Velasco is known for his multimedia artwork that draws a parallel to the “dive into the unknown” that contemporary artists are challenged to take, and how they metaphorically die to be born again with renewed ideas....
Cultural event: Miami International Film Festival
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2013-03-05
The 30th Miami International Film Festival going on this week features some wonderful Spanish films which play an important role in the festival since this year is a 2013 a very commemorative year for Spain and Florida. The screenings include the US...
Join the Foundation as we host the third edition of the Hispanic Heritage History Bee Contest in Spanish
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2013-03-05
Join the Foundation at the ISPA Center in Coral Gables Saturday March 9th at 10:00 as we host the Third Edition of the Hispanic Heritage History Bee Contest in SpanishThe Hispanic Heritage History Bee contest awards those students that best...
Spanish Influence in Florida and the U.S: José Manuel Ballester
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2013-02-26
This week, we are featuring the work of Spanish photographer José Manuel Ballester. The Frost Art Museum in Miami will open tomorrow an exhibition titled “Concealed Spaces”, by José Manuel Ballester, as part of the 2013 exhibition series...
Palm Beach County educator is honored by the King of Spain
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2013-02-26
The Spain-Florida Foundation is proud to acknowledge the Director of Multicultural Education of Palm Beach County Margarita Pinkos, who has been bestowed the Officer’s Cross (Cruz de Damas) on Jan. 25, by the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and Spain’s...