Why is everyone in Madrid talking about the Count of Ballobar these days? He was consul in Jerusalem during World War I and had no connection to the Bajo/Baix Cinca region.

Where, when, and how did the County of Ballobar come about, and what is its relationship to the Lower Cinca region? The name Ballobar has recently resurfaced in Madrid in connection with a cultural event about the diary of a Spanish diplomat in Jerusalem during the First World War. The central figure is...