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España

SPAIN

Population (2010) 47,000,000 - 12% immigrants

SPAINMadrid

SPAIN Significant events

Soccer- national sport- World Cup Champion 2010!!!!

Madrid 2011 WYD

Sevilla 1992 Universal ExpoCalatrava bridge

Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games

SPAINImportant Figures

La Maja (Goya)

Guernica (Picasso)

Las Meninas (Velazquez)

Eugenio Salvador DalíBy Joan Miró

SPAINImportant Figures

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

SPAINImportant Figures

St. Theresa of Avila

St. John of the Cross

SPAINFirst Peoples: the Celts and the Iberians

(32,000 years ago)

paintings in the Altamira cave (Cantabria) in northern Iberia, which were created about 15,000 BCE by cro-magnons

SPAINA region of the Roman Empire

Roman Aqueduct City of Segovia 2nd Century

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Gothic kingdom

Gothic Cathedral City of Segovia 16nd Century

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Muslim Iberia

Alcazar (Castle) City of Segovia.

The Moorish Muslim from North Africa conquered Spain in the year 711

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Muslim Iberia

Al-Andalus (Andalucia)

La Alhambra (Granada)

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Muslim Iberia

Al-Andalus (Andalucia)

La Alhambra (Granada)

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Muslim Iberia

Al-Andalus (Andalucia)

City of Sevilla

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Muslim Iberia

Al-Andalus (Andalucia)

City of Sevilla- La Giralda tower

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Christian Reconquest

End of Muslim rule and unification"Reconquest" is the centuries-long period of expansion of Iberia's Christian kingdoms

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Christian Reconquest

City of ToledoChristians-Muslims-Jewish lived in harmony

SPAINin the Middle Ages- the Christian Reconquest

Castle of Coca

SPAINyear 1492

1- last Muslim remnant extinguished in Granada 2- Jewish driven out of Spain3- Columbus reached the Americas

SPAINSpanish Empire - 16th and 17th centuries

A global empire began which saw Spain become the strongest kingdom in Europe and the leading world power in the 16th century and first half of the 17th century.

SPAINSpanish Empire - 18th century

...the first empire of which it was said that the sun never set.

After that, Spain went into a gradual relative decline

SPAINFrench Invasion- 19th century

Napoleon Bonaparte

SPAINCivil War 1936-39 -20th century

• Spain came under the rule of an authoritarian government (1939-1975).

• Democracy was restored in 1978 in the form of a

parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

• In 1986, Spain joined the European Union, experiencing a cultural renaissance and steady economic growth.

SPAINtourism

GASTRONOMY SUN&BEACH

CULTURE AND HISTORY

paella

flamenco

SPAINtourism

Camino de Santiago- Pilgrime Way to St. James tombThe Way of St. James , pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de

Compostela in Galicia where the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried.

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