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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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