Spain

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Created by Alberto Saiz, Raquel Reyero, Guillermo Pérez de Arenaza, Sara de la Garma

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about Spain!!!

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capital city of Spain!!!

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Parque de Lisboa!!!

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Spain as a country

SPAIN FRANCE

Capital City Madrid Paris

Surface Area 504 645 km² 675 417 km²

Type of Goverment Parliamentary Constitutional Democratic Monarchy

Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic

Population 47 129 783  inhabitants 65.578.819 inhabitants

It is divided in…. 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities

27 régions (22 in Europe and the other 5 in overseas

Spain as a country

SPAIN FRANCE

Current coin Euro Euro

Former coin Peseta French Franc

Plus Ultra

SpanishMotto(“far

beyond”)

Madridthe capital city

• Madrid is the capital city of Spain and of the autonomous community of Madrid

• It has 3 207 247 inhabitants, and it is the third most populated city in Europe

• In Madrid you can visit Puerta del Sol, the Cibeles fountain, the Plaza Mayor, the Gran Vía, the Retiro Park…

• Madrid is a city to enjoy. Christmas is the best season to visit it.

AlcorcónThe adyacent city

• Alcorcón is a city located in the south-west of Madrid, and it is 13 km far from the capital.

• Our population is of 169,773 inhabitants. • Its name comes from the “alcornoque” tree (cork

tree). • Our main church is called “Santa María la Blanca”

and it is located in the centre of Alcorcón.• Other interesting places to visit are:

– Parque Polvoranca– Museum of Glass

Parque de LisboaOur high school

• It is a bilingual high school, we learn English as it is our native language.

• Located in the Parque de Lisboa neighborhood

• It was created in 1989 as Alcorcón V, but it later changed its name to Parque de Lisboa

• It has received a lot of prizes and won a lot of knowledge contests.

• We are over 700 students and 50 teachers.

Parque de Lisboa

• We have 17 hours of subjects in English out of 32, 13 in Spanish and 2 hours of French

• It has coordinated and participated in lots of Comenius’ projects, exchanges, etc. We are used to receive foreign students and we treat them as students of the school.

• There´s a great atmosphere among teachers and students. When you come, you will feel as if you were in your home.

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