Transcript Spain Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest city in the Iberian peninsula.

Spain
Madrid is the capital of
Spain and the largest
city in the Iberian
peninsula. It is also the
third most populous city
in the European Union
after London and Berlin.
Its effect on and politics,
as well as its major
cultural influence, has
ranked Madrid one of
the major global cities of
the world.
Madrid
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Madrid is also the largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and
the autonomous community of the same name. It is located on the
river Manzanares in the center of the country, between the
autonomous communities of Castilla-León and Castilla-La Mancha.
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Due to its economic output, standard of living, and
market size, Madrid is considered one of the major
financial centers of the Iberian Peninsula, together with
Barcelona and Lisbon. As the capital city of Spain, seat
of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch,
Madrid is also the political center of Spain.
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The “Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias”
in Valencia
The Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (Valencian), Ciudad de las Artes y
las Ciencias (Spanish) or City of Arts and Sciences is an ensemble of
five areas in the dry river bed of the now diverted River Turia in
Valencia, Spain.
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Designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava and started
in July 1996, it is an impressive example of modern architecture.
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The "city" is made up
of the following,
usually known by their
Valencian names:
•El Palau de les Arts
Reina Sofía
•Opera house and
performing arts centre
•L'Hemisfèric — Imax
Cinema, Planetarium
and Laserium
•L'Umbracle —
Walkway / Garden
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Spanish government
Politics of Spain takes place in
a framework of a parliamentary
representative democratic
constitutional monarchy, whereby
the Monarch is the Head of State
and the President of the
Government is the head of
government and of a pluriform
multi-party system. Executive
power is exercised by the
government. Federal legislative
power is vested in both the
government and the two
chambers of parliament. The
Judiciary is independent of the
executive and the legislature.
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born August 4,
1960 in Valladolid) is the President of the
Government (Prime Minister) of Spain. The party
he leads, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE), won the general election on March 14,
2004. Controversial actions of his government
have included withdrawing Spanish troops from
Iraq, legalizing same-sex marriages and giving
amnesty to over 700,000 illegal immigrants in
Spain [6]. He also presided over the Spanish
Parliament's approval of the Controversial Statute
of Autonomy of Catalonia.
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The Spanish King
Juan Carlos
I, King of Spain
(baptized as Juan
Alfonso Carlos
Víctor María de
Borbón y BorbónDos Sicilias) was
born on January 5,
1938 in Rome and
is the reigning King
of Spain (Rey de
España).
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On 22 November 1975,
two days after the death of
Francisco Franco, Juan
Carlos was designated King
according to the law of
succession promulgated by
Franco. He successfully
oversaw the transition of
Spain to a democratic
constitutional monarchy.
For passing on personal
power to democratize the
country, he is widely
revered by Spaniards.
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Juan Carlos' titles include that
of King of Jerusalem, as
successor to the royal family of
Naples. He is also a direct
descendant of Queen Victoria
of the United Kingdom through
his grandmother, Victoria
Eugenie; of Louis XIV of France
through the House of Bourbon;
of the Emperor Charles V, who
belonged to the Habsburg
dynasty of the Holy Roman
Empire; of the House of Savoy
of Italy; etc.
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His name, when rarely
anglicised, is rendered
as John Alphonse
Charles Victor Maria of
Bourbon (and BourbonTwo Sicilies). He was
given these names after
his father (Juan de
Borbon), grandfather
(Alfonso XIII) and
maternal grandfather
(Prince Carlos of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies).
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Goya
Francisco José de Goya y
Lucientes (March 30, 1746
– April 16, 1828) was a
Spanish painter and
printmaker.
Goya was a jester on the
court. he was also a
Spanish Clown and a
chronicler of history. He has
been regarded both as the
last of the old masters and
as the first of the moderns.
The subversive and
subjective element in his
art, as well as his bold
handling of paint, provided
a model for the work of
later generations of artists,
notably Manet and Picasso.
Many of Goya's works are
on display in the Museo del
Prado in Madrid.
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Pubol or
Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23,
1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish artist and
one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He was a
skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful
images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed
to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The
Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Salvador Dalí's
artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography.
The Persistence of Memory
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Miguel de Cervantes
Don Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra[b] (September
29, 1547 – April 23, 1616)
was a Spanish novelist,
poet and playwright.
Cervantes is one of the
most important and
celebrated figures in
literature and the leading
figure associated with the
cultural florescence of
sixteenth century Spain
(the Siglo de Oro).
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His picaresque novel, Don
Quixote, is considered a
founding classic of Western
literature and regularly
figures among the best
novels ever written; it has
been translated into more
than sixty languages, while
editions continue regularly
to be printed, and critical
discussion of the work has
unabatedly persisted since
the 18th century.
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born in
Málaga, Spain, the first child of
José Ruiz y Blasco and María
Picasso y López. He was
christened with the names
Pablo, Diego, José, Francisco de
Paula, Juan Nepomuceno, Maria
de los Remedios, and Cipriano
de la Santísima Trinidad.
Picasso's father was Jose Ruíz,
a painter whose specialty was
the naturalistic depiction of
birds and who for most of his
life was also a professor of art
at the School of Crafts and a
curator of a local museum. from
an early age.
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The young Picasso
showed a passion
and a skill for
drawing shortening
of lapiz, the Spanish
word for pencil. It
was from his father
that Picasso had his
first formal academic
art training, such as
figure drawing and
painting in oil.
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Real Madrid is a Spanish sports club
best known for its football team
which was three times World
Champion, and also ranked as 'The
20th Century's Best Club' by FIFA.
The club, which went in place of the
Spanish FA, was also one of the
founding members of FIFA. They play
their home games at the Santiago
Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Real
Madrid have been European
Champions a record 9 times and have
also won a record 29 La Liga titles.
The club also operates a reserve
football team, Real Madrid Castilla,
and a successful basketball team,
Real Madrid Baloncesto and are in
talks to sponsor a rugby team, CRC
Madrid Noroeste and a Formula One
team. Real Madrid is unusual in that,
unlike most football clubs, it has been
owned and operated solely by its
members (socios) since 1902.
Real Madrid
•Banderas as Zorro in The
Legend of Zorro
•Birth name José Antonio
Domínguez Banderas
•Born August 10, 1960 (age 46)
•Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
(born August 10, 1960), better known
as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film
actor who has appeared in several
high-profile Hollywood films including
Assassins, Interview with the Vampire,
Mariachi Trilogy, Philadelpia and The
Mask of Zorro.
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Santiago Calatrava Valls (born July
28, 1951) is an internationally
recognized and award-winning Spanish
architect and engineer whose principal
office is in Zurich, Switzerland.
Calatrava was born in Valencia, Spain,
where he pursued undergraduate
studies at the Architecture School and
Arts and Crafts School. Following
graduation in 1975, he enrolled in the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland for
graduate work in civil engineering. In
1981, after completing his doctoral
thesis, "On the Foldability of Space
Frames", he started his architecture and
engineering practice. Classed now
among the elite designers of the world,
he has offices in Zurich, Paris, New
York and elsewhere.
Santiago Calatrava
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Calatrava is currently
designing the future train
station - World Trade
Center Transportation Hub
- at Ground Zero in New
York City.
Calatrava’s style has been
heralded as bridging the
division between structural
engineering and
architecture. In this, he
continues a tradition of
Spanish modernist
engineering that includes
Félix Candela and Antonio
Gaudí. Nonetheless, his
style is very personal and
derives from numerous
studies he makes of the
human body and the
natural world.
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Bullfighting or tauromachy is a
tradition that involves
professional performers (in
Spanish toreros or matadores,
in Portuguese toureiros) who
execute various for mal moves
with the goal of appearing
graceful and confident, while
masterful over the bull itself.
Such manoeuvers are
performed at close range, and
conclude (in Spanish-style
bullfighting) with the death of
the bull by a well-placed sword
thrust as the finale.
Bullfighting or tauromachy
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Labeled as a blood sport and considered a
traditional event by some, or an example of
animal cruelty by others, the practice
generates heated controversy in many areas
of the world, including Spain where the
"classic" bullfighting was born. There is
contention between supporters of
bullfighting — who claim it is a long held
and culturally important tradition — and
animal rights groups — who oppose
bullfighting due to the suffering of the bull
and horses during the bullfight.
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Galicia
La Coruña y Santiago de
Compostela
This are is known for its
historical sites
Santiago de Compostela –
During the middle ages pilgrims
came to , Santiago de Compostela
from Europa. The Saints ashes are
located here.
This is also where the Catholic
Kings spent their summers. It was
queen Isabel who financed
Columbus’ trip to the Americas.
La Torre de Hércules
Hostal
de Los
Reye
Católico
s
Asturias
Home of Pre Roman
Architecture. The
Churches of Santa Maria
del Naranco, San Miguel de
Lillo and Santa Cristina de
Lena are great examples.
They have basilicas and
column with pillars In
addition you can see
Visigoth influence
Pre Roman Churches
Santa Maria del Naranco
San Miquel de Lillo
Santa Cristina de Lena
Cantabria
The history of
Cantabria is rich with
primitive drawings.
The pre historic caves
of Alta Mira are
located
Dibujo en Las
Cuevas de Altamira
Pais VascoBilbao and San Sebastián
Campo Volatin Footbridge
The great Spanish writer
Miquel de Unamuno was
born here in 1864
Palacio de Miramar
Navarra
Pamplona
The name and origin
of this city comes from
Pompeii. In the 8th
Century the moors
lived here before the
arrival of
Charlemagne.
Palacio de
Navarra
Aragon
Zaragoza
It is said that the Virgen
appeared here in the year 40 to
Saint Santiago at the
Basilica.Was a Roman colony
conquered bye the Arabs in 714
and then Alfonso I in 1118. In
1808 and 1809 this region
resisted the French invasion of
Spain.
La Basílica de Nuestra
Señora del Pilar
Cataluña
Barcelona
Obras de Antonio Gaudí
Praque Guell
The name of the city comes
from three Spanish words:
bar (café) +cel (cielo) +ona
(onda) = Barcelona. It is
the most populated city in
Europe and the most
prosperous in Spain. It has
the largest port.
Casa Baltó
Casa Mila
Iglesia
Sagrada
Familia
Rioja
Has an illustrious
history. There are
many temples and
cathedrals fro the XIV
and XV century. They
were models for the
churches of the XIII
century. The French
influence is visible
here.
Iglesia de Santa Maria de
Palacio
Castilla – Leon
Valladolid
Gregorio
Favorite residence of the
Catholic Kings. They were
married here.
Valladolid was also the
residence of Carlos I. Felipe
IV and his sister Ana of
Austria were born here.
Miguel Cervante lived here
his house from the XVII
century is here. This is also
where Christopher
Columbus died.
El Colegio San
Casa de Miquel
Cervantes
Palacio de
los Reyes
Extremadura
Cáceres has many
historical buildings. It
is surrounded by a
huge wall. It is full of
temples and churches.
Here is where you find
ancient palentogist
caves.
La Cuidad Vieja de
Cáceres
Madrid
La Plaza de España
Felipe II, declared Madrid
the capital of Spain in 1561.
It is the biggest city in
Spain and the highest
capitol in Europe.
Plaza
Mayor
Plaza de Colón
Puerta del Sol
El Prado
Fuente de
Cibeles
Fuente de
Neptuno
MADRID
La Zarzuela – The
residence of the kings
of Spain.
Valle de los
Caidos
Monument to the
fallen in the
Spanish Civil
War.
El Escorial - Palacio y
Monasterio de Felipe II
Comunidad Valencia
Catedral de Valencia
In the XV century Valencia was known for outstanding
literature and art. In 1238
Jaime II conquered the Arabs.
La Puerta de Serrano
Las Torres
Castilla La Mancha
Toledo - Segovia - Ávila
The history of Toledo is the
history of the Catholic Church
in Spain. Toledo is known as
the heart of the church.
Toledo was the capital in the
visigodal era. The Roman
occupied Toledo in 200 a.c. It
is one of the oldest cities. El
Greco lived here.
Segovia is famous for its two
thousand year old aqueducts
of Roman style.
Convento
de Santa
Teresa
El Greco
Catedral
San
Ildefonso
El Alcázar
Andalucia
Córdoba -SevillaGranada
La
Mezquita
EL Puente
Romano
Córdoba Was conquered by the Romans in 206 a.c.
The Arabs arrived in 711.
Christians, Arabs and Jews lived here in peace during
medieval times.
Sevilla, after 1492 this was the only port where ships left to
the new world.
Granada was the last stronghold of the Moors until January
1492, when the Catholic Kings conquered them
La Torre de Oro
La Catedral
de Sevilla
Murcia
The city of Murcia
was founded by the
Arab emir of
Córdoba,Abd-AlRahman II in 825.
La Catedral de Murcia
Islas Baleres
One of the most
beautiful turist
destinations.
Known for its thick
rock walls
especially in
Trmuntana.
Islas Baleres
Islas Canarias
The Canary Islands are
near the African coast.
They offer fantastic
views of the sea in any
season.
Garonjonay National Park
Cantabria
Austurias
Pais
Navarra
Vasco
Galicia
Cataluña
Castilla
Leon
Extremadura
Madrid
Aragon
Castilla
Comunidad
La Mancha
Valencia
Murcia
Islas Canarias
Andalucia
Islas
Baleres