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SPAIN

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Surface: Surface: 504,645 km2

Population: Population: 46,661,950 inhabitants

Density: Density: 92.46 people/km2

Government: Government: Parliamentary Monarchy

Head of state: Head of state: King Juan Carlos I

Head of Government: Head of Government: Jose Luís Rodríguez Zapatero

Capital: Capital: Madrid

Official languages: Official languages: Spanish

Co-official languagesCo-official languages: Aranese, Basque, Catalan and Galician

Currency: Currency: Euro

Spain in Europe

Spain

Spain (borders)

MOROCCO

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

FRANCE

Spain (regions)

Spain (provinces)

FRANCE

In Spain there are two seas and an ocean:

Mediterranean seaAtlantic ocean

Cantabrian sea

CANTABRIAN SEA

These are the main Spanish rivers:

GUADIANA

EBRO

GUADALQUIVIR

DUERO

TAJO

These are some of the most important Spanish mountains, hills and peaks:

PYRENEES

PEAKS OF EUROPE

CATABRIAN MOUNTAIN

RANGE

NEVADA RANGE OF

HILLS

PEAK OF ANETO

In Spain there are two groups of islands:

CANARY ISLANDS BALEARIC ISLANDS

The Cave of Altamira is located near the town Santillana del Mar (Cantabria).

It is famous for its Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human

hands. It was declared a World Heritage Site by

UNESCO in 1985 and 2008.

Mérida is a city of Extremadura.It preserves Roman Empire remains.

Its important archaeological ensemble was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in

1993.

The Mosque of Córdoba is one of the most important monuments of Hispano-Islamic art.

The architect is unknown but it was built between 785 and 788.

It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984 and 1994.

Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada, in southern Spain.

It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions exhibiting the country's most famous Islamic architecture.

Alhambra was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984 and 1994.

CITY WALLS OF ÁVILA

Ávila is most known for the medieval city walls, that were constructed of brown granite in 1090: surmounted by a breastwork, with eighty-eight towers and nine gateways.

They are still in excellent repair, but a large part of the city lies beyond their perimeter.

They were declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1985.

In 2000, UNESCO declared the Romanesque churches of the valley a

World Heritage Site.

The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrenees, in the Alta Ribagorça region, and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed

fields.

Burgos cathedral is a Gothic-style cathedral in the city of Burgos. Its construction began in 1221, following French Gothic parameters. It

had very important modifications in the 15th and 16th centuries and these new elements of advanced Gothic give the cathedral its

distinguished profile).

It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is located in the city of the same name in the centre located in the city of the same name in the centre

of the province of La Coruña, in Galicia. of the province of La Coruña, in Galicia. The construction began in 1075 and the The construction began in 1075 and the

cathedral was consecrated in 1128. cathedral was consecrated in 1128. Its architectural style is Romanesque and Its architectural style is Romanesque and

BaroqueBaroque. It was declared a World Heritage Site by It was declared a World Heritage Site by

UNESCO in 1985.UNESCO in 1985.

The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is sited in Madrid.It was built by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera from 1563 and 1584. The

building is a Renaissance monastery.The materials used are granite and slate.

The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.

Palau de la Música Catalana was designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, one of the most important architects of Catalan Modernism.

It was built between 1905 and 1908. This concert hall is used to attend musical performances (from symphonic and chamber music to jazz and Catalan song).

It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the

early 19th century. It has a big collection of Spanish, Italian and Flemish paintings. The museum was opened in 1819.

Guggenheim Museum is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. It is sited in Bilbao (País Vasco). It features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international

artists. The museum was opened to the public in 1997.

The City of the Arts and the Sciences is an entertainment-based cultural

and architectural complex in the city of Valencia. It is situated at the end of

the old riverbed Turia.

It was designed by Santiago calatrava and Félix Candela and it

was inaugurated in 1998.

The city is made up of several buildings: l’Hemisfèric (an Imax

cinema, Planetarium and Laserium), l’Oceanogràfic (aquarium),

l’Umbracle (plant species and contemporary art gallery of

sculptures)...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright.His magnum opus, Don Quijote, often considered the first modern novel, is a

classic of Western literature and is regularly regarded among the best novels ever written. His work is

considered among the most important in all of literature.

He was born on the 29th of September in 1547 and died on the 23rd of April in

1616.

Don Quijote, fully titled El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Hidalgo

Don Quixote of La Mancha) is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes.

It is the second-most translated book in the world, after the Bible.

Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quijote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish

Golden Age and it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published in

modern Western literature.

Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every

word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading.

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These are dances from the region of Andalucía.

This is a dance from the region of Aragón.

This is a dance from the region of Catalunya.

This is a dance from the region of Galicia.

This is a dance from the region of País Vasco.

Penélope CruzShe is a Spanish actress. Nowadays she

is quite famous in Hollywood.

Penélope Cruz has won the Best Supporting actress Oscar from “Vicky

Cristina Barcelona” in 2009.

Pedro AlmodóvarHe is a famous Spanish film

director.

He has won 2 Oscars from “Todo sobre mi madre”(1999) and “Hable con ella”(2002).

Alejandro AmenábarHe is a famous film director. He was born in Chile but when he was one year old came to

Spain with his family.

He has win very awards from their films.

Some of his films are: The Others, Ágora...

He has won an Oscar from The Sea Inside (2005)

Antonio BanderasHe was the first Spanish actor who has

achieved to work in Hollywood since the 90’s.

He is married with Melanie Griffith.Antonio has been the first Spanish actor to be nominated for Golden Globe, Tony

and Emmy Awards.

In Spain there is a variety of sports.

The most important football teams in Spain are F.C. Barcelona and Real.Madrid.

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The best Spanish teams in in

basketball are Madrid, Barcelona

and DKV Joventut..

The national handball team has won several medals in great international competitions: 3 bronze medals at Olympics (Atlanta, Sydney

and Beijing), 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal at Europe Championships and a golden

medal at World Championships (in 2005).

TENNISThere has been some important Spanish tennis players for last

years.

Nowadays, Rafael Nadal is the best. He has won 4 Roland Garros Grand Slam (2005,

2006, 2007, 2008) and a golden medal at the Olympics

(Beijing), among other titles.

He is World Nº 2 tennis player after Roger Federer.

The most famous Spanish road racing cyclist is Miguel Indurain. He won all the Tour de France from 1991 to 1995.

Nowadays the most important road bicycle racer is Alberto Contador. He has won 3 Tour de France (2007, 2009), the Giro d’Italia (2008) and the Vuelta a España (2008).

FORMULA 1

Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a

two-time World Champion, who will be racing in 2010 for the Scuderia

Ferrari team.

MOTORCYCLING

Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, 250cc and

MotoGP (500cc).

Nowadays, the most famous Spanish motorcyclists are:125cc: Julián Simón

250cc: Héctor BarberáMotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa

Ángel Nieto and Àlex Crivillé has been also important Spanish motorcyclists years ago. Ángel was a motorcycle roadracing World Champion 13 times from 1969 to 1984.

FallaFallass

San San FermínFermín

Holy Holy WeekWeek

EpiphanEpiphanyy

Holy Week is the annual commemoration in the Christian

calendar of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

In Andalucía and other regions, some people walk in procession through the

streets carrying on the sculptures of Virgins and Jesus from the churches,

among other activities.

In Spain we celebrate the Epiphany on the 6th of January.

Traditionally in this day children receive gifts commemorating those presents that the Magi brought to Baby Jesus (according to Saint

Matthew’s Gospel). People also eat a typical dessert

called Roscón de Reyes).

The Falles are a Valencian traditional celebration during the week leading up to 19 th of March.

The term Falles refers to both the celebration and the monuments created during the celebration.

Each neighbourhood elaborate a grand parade (firecracker-filled cardboard and papier-mâché artistic monument) in a street.

On the final night of Falles, around midnight on March 19th, these falles are burnt as huge bonfires.

The festival of San Fermín is celebrated in Pamplona (region of Navarra) for

one week from 6th to 14th of July. The most famous event is the encierro,

the running of the bulls. It involves hundreds of people running in front of

six bulls and another six steers down an 825-metres stretch of narrow streets of a section of the old town of Pamplona.Another event is that a replica of the

statue of Saint Fermin (the co-patron of Navarra) is accompanied by dancers,

street entertainers and thousand people along the streets.

The week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric

events.

Ferran Adrià

Karlos Arguiñano

POPULAR SPANISH CHEFS

SPANISH FOOD

Gazpacho

Tortilla de patata

Paella

Jamón Serrano

Turrón

Churros

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