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By Francesca Lungarotti When newly elected pope Robert Francis Prevost selected Leo XIV as his papal name, he paid homage to several papal giants that claimed the name Leo in Roman Catholic history. Leo is not just a name. It honors the lion, a powerful symbol that appears frequently in the Bible. The lion has long represented […]
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In 1984 UNESCO added to its list of World Heritage sites the properties of the Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzin in Granada, Spain. The historical city of Granada, with a population of more than 230,000 people, is located approximately sixty kilometers north of the Alboran Sea, which is the westernmost part of the Mediterranean. The Alhambra […]
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