Episode 6: The Spanish Flag: Four Kingdoms of the Rojigualda

A Moorish caliphate becomes a Christian empire. And a once fascist state adopts a flourishing – if disunited – democracy. This is the story of the violent, bloody, and beautiful history of the red-and-gold flag of the Kingdom of Spain.

A Moorish caliphate becomes a Christian empire. And a once fascist state adopts a flourishing - if disunited - democracy. This is the story of the violent, bloody, and beautiful history of the red-and-gold flag of the Kingdom of Spain.

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Music

“Wide Eyes” by Chad Crouch
“RSPN” by Blank and Kytt
“Luminous” by Broke for Free
“Soixante-8” by Obsibilo
“If” by Broke for Free
“Something Elated” by Broke for Free
“Drop of Water in the Ocean” by Broke for Free

Source: FreeMusicArchive.org

 

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