Seeing Spain

This Traveltalk series short looks at four of Spain's most famous cities, Granada, Seville, Toledo, and Madrid, with an emphasis on the Moors and their influence on the country.

1953

0h 8min

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James A. FitzPatrick
Narrator (voice)

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