No stereotype but diversity

1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites
in Spain

2. Spain is located in the South West
of Europe and is a very large part of
the Iberian Peninsula. To the west
of Spain is Portugal and to the
north is France. Spain has the
thirteenth largest economy in the
world and is the fifty-second largest
country.

3. Points of Interest/Landmarks

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5. There are 46 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
in Spain. It has the third highest number of
UNESCO sites of any country.

6. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1984)

7. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1984)
Rising above the modern
lower town, the Alhambra
and the Albaycín, situated on
two adjacent hills, form the
medieval part of Granada. To
the east of the Alhambra
fortress and residence are
the magnificent gardens of
the Generalife, the former
rural residence of the emirs
who ruled this part of Spain
in the 13th and 14th
centuries. The residential
district of the Albaycín is a
rich repository of Moorish
vernacular architecture, into
which the traditional
Andalusian architecture
blends harmoniously.

8. Historic Centre of Cordoba (1984)
Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest,
when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival
the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under
Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new
defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Torre
Fortaleza de la Calahorra, were erected

9. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
(1987)
Together these three buildings form a remarkable monumental complex in the heart
of Seville. The cathedral and the Alcázar – dating from the Reconquest of 1248 to the
16th century and imbued with Moorish influences – are an exceptional testimony to
the civilization of the Almohads as well as that of Christian Andalusia. The Giralda
minaret is the masterpiece of Almohad architecture. It stands next to the cathedral
with its five naves; the largest Gothic building in Europe, it houses the tomb of
Christopher Columbus. The ancient Lonja, which became the Archivo de Indias,
contains valuable documents from the archives of the colonies in the Americas.

10. Doñana National Park (1994)
Doñana National Park in
Andalusia occupies the right
bank of the Guadalquivir
river at its estuary on the
Atlantic Ocean. It is notable
for the great diversity of its
biotopes, especially lagoons,
marshlands, fixed and mobile
dunes, scrub woodland and
maquis. It is home to five
threatened bird species. It is
one of the largest heronries
in the Mediterranean region
and is the wintering site for
more than 500,000 water
fowl each year.

11. Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (2003)
The urban morphology of the
two small cities of Úbeda and
Baeza in southern Spain dates
back to the Moorish 9th century
and to the Reconquista in the
13th century. An important
development took place in the
16th century, when the cities
were subject to renovation
along the lines of the emerging
Renaissance. This planning
intervention was part of the
introduction into Spain of new
humanistic ideas from Italy,
which went on to have a great
influence on the architecture of
Latin America

12. Antequera Dolmens Site (2016)
Located at the heart of Andalusia in
southern Spain, the site comprises
three megalithic monuments: the
Menga and Viera dolmens and the
Tholos of El Romeral, and two
natural monuments: La Peña de los
Enamorados and El Torcal
mountainous formations, which are
landmarks within the property.
Built during the Neolithic and
Bronze Age out of large stone
blocks, these monuments form
chambers with lintelled roofs or
false cupolas. These three tombs,
buried beneath their original earth
tumuli, are one of the most
remarkable architectural works of
European prehistory and one of the
most important examples of
European Megalithism.

13. Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018)

14. Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018)
The Caliphate city of Medina Azahara
is an archaeological site of a city built
in the mid-10th century CE by the
Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the
Caliphate of Cordoba. After
prospering for several years, it was
laid to waste during the civil war that
put an end to the Caliphate in
1009-1010. The remains of the city
were forgotten for almost 1,000 years
until their rediscovery in the early
20th century. This complete urban
ensemble features infrastructure such
as roads, bridges, water systems,
buildings, decorative elements and
everyday objects. It provides in-depth
knowledge of the now vanished
Western Islamic civilization of
Al-Andalus, at the height of its
splendour.