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Spain
Geography and History
GEOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT
Relief. Mountainous Country
Weather. Several ones.
Result: Varied Landscape
Plains
Mountains
Cliffs and beaches
Plantations. Olive-trees
Deserts
Cultural diversity and mix of population (crossroad)
Prehistory. There is no scripture; only material remains. Paintings, Monuments.PREHISTORIA
There is no scripture; only material remains
only material remains:
* Paintings * Monuments
Prehistoric Cultures
Painting. Cave of Altamira.
Monuments. (Architecture).
History: Colonizer, native and invader peoples:
Celts (Gallics) ( VIII BC)
Greeks (VII BC)
Carthaginians (V BC)
Iberians (III BC)
Romans (II BC)
Visigoths (Germans) ( V AC)
Muslims (VIII AC).
Phoenicians ( X BC Century)
Phoenicians
Celts (Gallics)
Greeks
Iberians
Romans
Romans II
German Peoples (or Barbarians) Visigoths
German Peoples (or Barbarians) Visigoths
Muslims (800 years)
Muslims I
Muslims II
Middle Age: Christian vs. Muslims fights
Modern Age:
Discovery of America
Spanish Empire
Spanish Hegemony (1500 1650)
Golden Age (of Culture).
Discovery of America
Arrival to America
Products brought from America
Potatoes
Pepper
Chocolate
Products and animals taken to America
Grapes
Olive tree
Sugar cane
Horses
Spanish Empire (XVI Century)
Spanish Golden Age (Culture)
Velzquez: Las Meninas
Spanish Decay: Succession War
Spanish Losses.
XIX Century. Independence War (1808 1814)
I Spanish Republic (1868 1874)
Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930)
II Republic (1931-1936)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Dictatorship of Franco (1939-1975)
Flag during the Dictatorship
Democracy (1977-...)
Flag of the Democracy
Spanish Entrance in the European Union (1986)
Current Spain
Population: 46 millions of inhabitants.
29 th in the popultion scale made up of 196 countries.
First fishing power in the EU.
Second touristic power in the World.
Origin of tourists
English personages in the Spanish History I: The Black Prince
English personages in the Spanish History II: Catherine of Lancaster
English personages in the Spanish History III: Duke of Wellington
English personages in the Spanish History IV: Queen Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg
Victoria Eugenia (II): Royal consort of Alfonso XIII of Spain
George Orwell
(writer and journalist) took part in the Spanish Civil War in
support of the II Republic
Spanish personages in the Great Britain History I: Catalina
de
Aragn
Spanish personages in the Great Britain History II: Philippe
II
Varied tourism
Beach
Ski
Green tourism (trekking)
Jacobean Way
Jacobean Way II
Festivities I: Sanfermines
Festivities II: Fallas of Valencia
Festivities III: Seville Fair
Gastronomy I: paella
Gastronomy II: (sardines)
Gastronomy III: salmorejo
Gastronomy IV: ham
Spain: An alluring country full of contrasts and diversity.
Many thanks.
Text, photo selection and design: Translation: Alberto RubioRafael Jimnez