Spain The Spanish Kingdom

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Spain The Spanish Kingdom

• History and Culture

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• 1469 Spanish state
• ( Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile)

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• 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived at the
  shore of America
• 1520 Cortes Mexico
• 1530 Pizzaro - Peru
• 1588 The Spanish Empire started to decline
• 1714 Spain lost Belgium, Luxemburg, Milan,
  Sardinia, Naples

1803 and 1814 Spain was under
the Napoleonic French rule 18-19 th
century lost colonies
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• 1936 Fancisco Franco
• (mutiny against the government)
• 1936-1939 The Spanish Civil-War

• 1975 Juan Carlos was proclained King
• 1982 Felipe Gonzales
• 1982 NATO membership
• 1986 EEC membership

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• 1996 Jose Maria Aznar
• 2004 Madrid terrorist attack
• Jose Luis Rodrigez Zaporeto

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CULTURE

• Literature
• Cervantes

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Music

• Federico Moreno Torroba
• (1891-1982)
  
• Dance
• Castanes
• Fandango

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Arts

• Self-Portrait with Dr Arrieta
• The Distasters of War
• Valezquez
• Diego-Juan de Pareja
• Old Women Frying Eggs

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Architecture

• Gaudis Cathedral Sagrada Familia

• Saint John Cathedral

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• Cathedral in Burgos

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• Alhambra Palace in Granada

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Aldica de Santiago de Compostella

• The Big Mosque in Cordoba

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Tourism Mediterranean seaside 62 million
tourists / year.
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Country of contradictions

• Oovercrowded towns

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• Infinite space

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Brilliant Festivals

• Bull-fight

The biggest arena in the wworld Plaza de Toros
Monumental de las Ventas
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• Long seaside and beaches
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Varied mountain scenery
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