Presentation of the book on the Gran Capitán in Borja
Everyone knows our passion for books and also how we encourage cultural activities in our area. That is why we recommend to all those who visit us this weekend to come to this magnificent presentation in the city of Borja (just 5 minutes from the castle).
It is a publication about one of the most important military and political figures in the history of Spain “The Great Captain” and will be on June 10, at eight o’clock in the evening, will take place at the Casa de Aguilar the presentation of the work “The Great Captain. The war according to his enemies”, with the presence of its author Mr. Hugo Vázquez Bravo.
At the end, as usual, the President of the Center will offer a wine to the attendees in which it is possible that there will be Asturian products, specifically brought for the occasion.
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba was a nobleman and military man of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He received the nickname “Great Captain” for his military and diplomatic successes in the service of the Catholic Monarchs in the conquest of Granada and the War of Naples. He is credited with technical and tactical innovations with which he modernized an agile army capable of defeating the armored soldiers of the Middle Ages. His new conception of infantry sowed the seeds for the formation of the Tercios de Flandes, the elite military units of the Spanish monarchy during the 16th and 17th centuries.