1. SPAIN España

2. SPAIN Population (2010) 47,000,000 - 12% immigrants

3. SPAIN Madrid

4. SPAINSignificantevents Sevilla 1992 Universal Expo Calatrava bridge Barcelona 1992 OlympicGames Soccer- national sport- WorldCup Champion2010!!!! Madrid 2011 WYD

5. SPAINImportant Figures Eugenio Salvador Dalí ByJoan Miró Las Meninas (Velazquez) La Maja (Goya) Guernica (Picasso)

6. SPAINImportant Figures Don Quixoteby Miguel de Cervantes

7. SPAINImportant Figures St. John of the Cross St. Theresa of Avila

8. SPAINFirstPeoples: theCelts and theIberians(32,000 yearsago) paintings in the Altamira cave (Cantabria) in northern Iberia, which were created about 15,000 BCE by cro-magnons

9. SPAINA region of theRomanEmpire RomanAqueduct City of Segovia 2nd Century

10. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theGothickingdom GothicCathedral City of Segovia 16nd Century

11. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theMuslim Iberia Alcazar (Castle) City of Segovia. TheMoorishMuslimfrom North AfricaconqueredSpain in theyear 711

12. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theMuslim IberiaAl-Andalus (Andalucia) La Alhambra (Granada)

13. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theMuslim IberiaAl-Andalus (Andalucia) La Alhambra (Granada)

14. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theMuslim IberiaAl-Andalus (Andalucia) City of Sevilla

15. SPAINin theMiddleAges- theMuslim IberiaAl-Andalus (Andalucia) City of Sevilla- La Giralda tower

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

17. SPAINin theMiddleAges- the Christian Reconquest City of Toledo Christians-Muslims-Jewishlived in harmony

18. SPAINin theMiddleAges- the Christian Reconquest Castle of Coca

19. SPAINyear 1492 1- last Muslim remnant extinguished in Granada 2- Jewishdrivenout of Spain 3- Columbus reached the Americas

20. SPAINSpanishEmpire - 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.

21. SPAINSpanishEmpire - 18th century ...the first empire of which it was said that the sun never set. After that, Spain went into a gradual relative decline

22. SPAINFrenchInvasion- 19th century Napoleon Bonaparte

23. SPAINCivil War1936-39 -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.

24. SPAINtourism paella GASTRONOMY SUN&BEACH CULTURE AND HISTORY flamenco

25. SPAINtourism Camino de Santiago- PilgrimeWayto St. James tomb The Way of St. James, pilgrimageto the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galiciawhere the remains of the apostleSaint James are buried.

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