Carlos de Amberes Foundation

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The Carlos de Amberes Foundation (Spanish: Fundación Carlos de Amberes) is a private non-profit institution created in 1594 to house the poor and the pilgrims who, arriving from the former Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands (today Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Northern France) were travelling to the Court in Madrid. Nowadays, it promotes programs, activities, and publications in the humanistic and scientific areas, as well as exhibitions, concerts, conferences, and seminars. Its main lines of action are focused on the Modern History of Europe, especially that of Spain and the Benelux, and the reflection on the construction of Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
date from: 1877

Source: en.wikipedia.org