2. The Alhambra
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress
complex located in Granada, Andalusia,
Spain. It was originally constructed as a
small fortresson the remains of Roman
fortifications and then largely ignored
until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt
in the mid-13th century by the Moorish
emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the
Emirate of Granada, who built its current
palace and walls. It was converted into a
royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of
Granada.
3. Skiing
Skiing is a popular sport. In the
past, this sport was under
development for economic reasons.
However the improvement of the
economy of Spain, helped skiing
become an active sport event. It
has become popular, and the skiing
sites have been modernized in
recent years. In Spain is the
southernmost ski resort of
Europe, Sierra Nevada. Skiing is
one of the favourite sports of the
Spanish Royal Family.
4. Famous Athletes
Estíbaliz Martínez borns on the 9th
of May of 1980, in Vitoria. Estibaliz,
is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and
Olympic Champion. She competed at
the 1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta, and won a gold medal with
the Spanish group.The team was
formed by Estíbaliz, Estela Giménez,
Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena
Guréndez and Tania Lamarca.
5. Extraordinary School
The philosophy of Forest Schools is
to encourage and inspire individuals
of any age through an innovative,
long term, educational approach to
outdoor play and learning in a
woodland environment.
1.1 Forest schools:
6. Uses of gold
1.1 Uses of gold in awards:
This metal is selected for use
because gold it is the metal of
highest esteem. It would make no
sense to make a king's crown out of
steel - even though steel is the
strongest metal. Gold is chosen for
use in a king's crown because it is
the metal associated with highest
esteem and status.
7. Extinct animals
The bearded vulture is a bird of prey
and the only member of the genus
Gypaetus. The bearded vulture occupies
an enormous territory year-around. It
may forage over two square kilometers
each day. The breeding period is
variable, being December through
September in Eurasia, November to
June in the Indian subcontinent,
October to May in Ethiopia, throughout
the year in eastern Africa and May to
January in southern Africa.
8. Tradicional Musical
Instrument
The txalaparta is a specialized Basque music
device of wood or stone. In some regions of
the Basque Country, zalaparta means "racket",
while in others txalaparta has been attested
as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense
closely related to the sound of the instrument.
The txalaparta's musical use evolved out of its
original use. Traditional txalaparta was almost
extinct in the 1950s with a handful of pairs of
peasants maintaining the tradition.The
txalaparta today is a musical instrument used
in Basque music.
9. Myths
In a village a man was living with his daughter, she had as task
take care to the sheeps. Every day a young person was going to
visit her while she was taking care of the sheeps, until one day
they became good friends. A sunny day they started playing
that he was loading and she to him, when suddenly she realized
that she was flying. From this day the young person turned into
his condor, he was taking care of it, was feeding her. Many
years spent the two grew had children, but she was not
stopping thinking about his father and every night was crying
since it had left his father and had left it only with the animals.
One day she was watering the flowers and he found to a
butterfly which asked for help him to return to see his father,
the butterfly said to him to the condor that his wife and his
children had disappeared, while the butterfly was speaking with
the husband she was escaping with his children and was
returning with his father. Since she returned with his father,
the condor never returned, she every day was flying to see if it
saw to the condor but nevermore it turned it to seeing.
10. Legend1.1 The happy cobbler:
It is said that in certain region of The Pyrenees, one was finding a beautiful and gigantic house, of
another side of the river. About time that people were not looking in her so group of curious boys, dared
to cross the bridge, and to enter the house. One of the children continued waiting for them without
crossing the bridge, since the water was scaring it too much. The others continued to satisfy his
curiosity, checked all the doors and windows up to finding a place which entering. Finally inside, poking
hereabouts and there, they found in some enormous rooms racks, from the soil up to the ceiling, you fill
completely of flasks of crystal, with some liquids of colors and some type of mass inside them, the light
was slightly scanty, and nobody had had the brilliant idea of loading with a lamp. When they were going to
the second floor, they saw the horrible painting of a man on the chimney, this one had an expression of
annoyance, and seemed that was still attentive each of his movements. The boys continued checking the
place, and they found a couple of fósforos, that on having ignited them, they allowed them to see that
what existed inside the flasks they were human remains, fetuses and deformed animals. They went down
traversing the stairs, the man of the picture already was not, that one was actually a window, from which
they were being observed. The boy who remained out, only I listen to frightening shouts, and it went out
in search of help … When the persons came to the place, they could not find the boys. But they untied his
anger against all those flasks of horrors, them breaking one after other one, alone to realize with
tremendous terror … that his children already were inside them, done also pieces … in the house that in
ancient epochs belonged to a doctor, accused of losing the reason.
11. Nature park
Gorbea Natural Park is a protected area that is
located between the provinces of Alava and Vizcaya
in the Basque Country, the highest Basque natural
park with an area of 20,008 hectares. It covers
Villaro municipalities, Castillo and Elejabeitia,
Orozco, and Ceberio Ceánuri in Vizcaya and Cigoitia,
Zuya and Urcabustaiz in Álava. Gorbea Natural
Park, along with the nearby natural park of Urkiola,
form an important environmental unit. Natural Park
was declared by the Basque Government Decree on
21 June 1994 with the purpose of protecting their
natural heritage while promoting rural development,
understanding and enjoyment. It takes its name
from its highest peak, the Gorbea of 1,482 metres.
Other peaks of interest are Aldamin Peña of 1,373
metres and the Peñas de Itxina.
