4. Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian
Peninsula. It is surrounded by...
Cantabrian Sea
Atlantic
Ocean France
Andorra
Portugal
Mediterranean
Sea
5. Do you Know the flag of Spain?
Can you tell me what colour it is?
6. This is the
Coat of arms of Spain.
Look at the Coat of arms
carefully.
What animal can you see?
7. Madrid is the capital city of Spain.
It's in the center of the Iberian
Peninsula.
Can you see
Madrid?
8. Spain has got 17 autonomous communities and
2 autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla).
We live in Galicia
Let's
count
them all
together.
9. Spanish is the official
language of Spain and
it is spoken all over
the country but there
are other official
languages.
Do you remember where
we live?Look at the
map and the key of
colours.
What is the other
official language in
Galicia?
11. Galicia is an autonomous community in
northwest Spain. It comprises the
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense
and Pontevedra.
We live in Forcarei, a small
town in the northern
part of the province of
Pontevedra.
13. In Galicia, you can go swimming in
our wonderful beaches,...
The
Cíes
Islands
Carnota, on the
Atlantic coast of Galicia
As
Cliffs near
Catedrais
Cape Ortegal,
beach
some of the
highest (600 m)
in Europe
14. go climbing the mountains,...
The 'Tres
River Bispos'
Sil and peak,
its Cervantes,
canyon. Lugo.
Manzaneda Peak
A view of Peña
Trevinca.
15. go hicking through ancient forests
Riparian forest on or.. An old chestnut tree
the banks of the
Eume.
Baixa Limia - Serra do
Xurés natural park
16. ..visit our old monuments.
A horreo,a traditional granary .
Roman Walls of
Lugo, a World
Heritage monument.
A cruceiro, or high
cross
Tower of Hercules , a
Santiago de Compostela
Roman lighthouse and a
Cathedral.
World Heritage
monument, A Coruña .
17. Are you hungry?
In Galicia, you can eat different delicious
typical dishes.
Shellfish The cheese
Polbo á feira queixo de
(a dish made tetilla.
of octopus)
18. Are you still hungry?
Lacón con Empanada
grelos, a
typical
carnival dish,
consisting of
pork shoulder
Caldo, a soup boiled with
whose main grelos,
ingredients potatoes and
are potatoes chorizo.
and a local
vegetable
named grelo.