Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula and has Spanish as its primary language. Madrid is the capital city with over 3 million residents. Key facts about Spain include that it is a kingdom led by King Juan Carlos I, uses the euro as currency, and is famous for flamenco, bullfighting, and foods like paella and gazpacho. Major cities include Barcelona, known for landmarks like La Rambla, and Malaga, the birthplace of artist Pablo Picasso.

1. Welcome to Spain!

2. Something about Spain
• Spain is the biggest country from three
countries on Iberian Peninsula
• The language in Spain is Spanish
• Spain is a kingdom. The Spanish king is Juan
Carlos I

3. Flag

4. Currency
Spanish currency is EURO.

5. Capital
Spanish capital city is Madrid. Madrid is the
largest city in Spain (607km2). About 3 million
people live there.

6. King Juan Carlos I
He was born on
5th January
1938.He’s been
a king from 22
nd November
19’75.

7. FAMOUS PEOPLE
Antonio Banderas
He is a famous Spanish actor.
He was born 10th August 1960 in Málaga.
Penélope Cruz
She is a famous Spanish
actress. She was born on 28th
April 1974 in Madrid.

8. Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish painter.
He was born on 25th October 1881 in Málaga
and he died on 8th April 1973. He painted a
lots of works. But not many people know that
he was a great sculptor. Some people don’t
understand his paintings, because they are
strange. His most popular painting is Guernica.

9. Corrida
Corrida is traditional Spanish spectacle on the
special arenas. This is a fight between matador
and torres ( men and bull). This is very
dangerous. A men need to kill the bull. If he
win, he will get one ear, two ears or two ears
and a bull’s tail. It depends from his skills
and from people on the arena, especially
women, which wave by white
handkerchiefs.

10. Flamenco
Flamenco is traditional
Spanish show covering
dance, music and sing.
It is very beautiful.

11. Traditional food
• Tortilla á la espańola
• Jamón Iberico de Bellotto
• Paella
• Seafood
• Gazpacho
• Fishes
• Cuajada

13. Barcelona
Barcelona is a city in the north-eastern Spain. It’s
the capital of Catalonia. It is country's main
industrial centre. Barcelona has got a big harbour
and an airport. There are lots of monuments and
nice places to visit, inter alia:
La Rambla- the most popular avenue in Barcelona
 FC Barcelona’s stadium
Museo Picasso- there you can see his works

14. Madrid
It’s a city in the middle of Spain. It’s once of the
largest cities in EU, after London and Berlin. It’s a
government’s, parliament’s and ministry’s seat.
There you can see a lots of monuments:
Plaza de Toros- large corrida’s arena
Puerta de Alcalá- gate on the Independence Square
Puente de Segovia- this is the oldest Spanish bridge
Palacio de Cristal- „Cristal Palace”

15. Malága
Malága is a city in the south of Spain, in the
Andalucia region. It’s known from the Pablo Picasso’s
museum- he was born in Malága. Thanks to mild
climate in Malága grown
oranges, bananas, figs, cotton, vines and sugar cane.
There are a lot of monuments, too:
 Alcazaba- ruins of Roman fortress
 Gibralfaro- Castle ruins in Alcazaba
 Pablo Picasso’s museum- there you can see his works
and his house

16. Specific things from Spain!
Olives
Wines

17. Festivals and Holidays
celebrated in Spain:
Religious holidays, New Year’s Day
(1stJanuary), Feast of tapas (February), Feast
of Fire (9thMarch), Spring festival (April), The
World's Largest Festival and Show Corrida
(15thMay), Harvest festival-vintage
(September), Pilar festival
(October), anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus
(12thOctober), Slaughters Night of the
Innocents- Day of Innocents (28th December)

18. Sources
• http://caramba.bloog.pl/kat,0,m,11,r,2009,index.
html?ticaid=6d47e
• www.wikipedia.pl -informations
• www.ulub.pl - music
• Our brains!!!
• Polish-English dictionary, Wyd. Językowe Aneks
• http://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&tab=wT#pl|en|

19. Thank you!!!
Prepared by Julia Skowronek
and Magdalena Wachta
for EUrope eTwinning project
2011/2012