Discover Spain’s past

SPAIN made history on Tuesday, February 28, as it launched the ‘Historia Hispánica’ portal, an exciting digital platform that showcases the country’s rich past through geolocations of more than

20,000 events. The platform is the largest bank of information on Hispanic History to date and is compiled by the Royal Academy of History.

The launch ceremony, held at the Royal Palace in Madrid, was presided over by the King and Queen of Spain. The Salón de Columnas was the perfect setting to present this technological milestone, which offers a new dimension to Spain’s past and present.

The ‘Historia Hispánica’ portal is like a ‘Google Maps’ of Spanish history, with 150,000 geographical references which also link people to events.

Spain is the first country in the world to have its history geo ­ referenced in this way. The main page features a world map that can be viewed in 2D or satellite format. As the image is enlarged, pins appear on the map, indicating the places where some historical event occurred, dating back to the year 1,350,000 BC.