4. A lot of pilgrims come It has a lot of important
here to pray to the monuments, like the
Apostle. Giralda.
5. It’s a very important city. It’s in the South of Spain.
The King Alfonso X El Sabio lived It was one of the last cities of
here in the XIII century. the Muslim period in Spain. It
was reconquered by The
Catholic Monarchs in 1492.
6. The writer Miguel Cervantes
He wrote Don Quixote (The Ingenious
Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
He studied the nervous system.
He discovered the neurons.
Severo Ochoa
He won the Medicine Nobel in 1959.
He discovered the mechanisms
of ribonucleic acid
and deoxyribonucleic acid. He opened
the doors to
the Genetic Engineering
7. Camilo José Cela Penélope Cruz
won the Nobel Prize won an Oscar in
in Literature in 1989. 2011.
Andrés Iniesta Rafael Nadal
obtained the prize to is considered the
the best football in best tennis
Europe player in player in Clay
2012. He is from a Court
town near
Manzanares.
8. • It´s a province of
Castilla-La
Mancha.
• It´s in the centre
of Spain, ¡and it´s
very hot in
summer!
10. It’s between Ciudad Real and
It’s a nature reserve, there are Toledo. It is the best and
lakes and a lot of animals. largest area of Iberian
Mediterranean forest, with
an enormous variety of
plants species.
11. The main activity is the
The main activity is agriculture.
cultivation of grapes.
13. In the city of Ciudad Real
there are lots of
monuments:
Puerta de
Toledo
The Cathedral (which is
the Silla Maestral of
Santiago)
The City
Council
14. But the best place (for me),
is my town,
Manzanares.
The City
Council
The
Church
The castle of
Pilas Bonas
15. The convent
of the
Franciscanas
The Ermita of
The Vera
Cruz and our
Patrón Jesús
del Perdón
16. Gran Teatro
Casa del Santo Plaza de Toros
Parador de Turismo Fábrica de Harinas
Parque del Polígono
17. The main schools are: “Don Cristóbal”,
“Altagracia”, “ San José”, “Candelaria” …
The high-schools are: “Azuer” and “ Pedro
Álvarez de Sotomayor”
Our high-school is “Pedro Álvarez de Sotomayor”:
18. Gachas
Migas Paella
Tortilla
española
Fabada
Cocido
19. El mastro D. Rodrio
Isaac Albéniz
Manuel de Falla José carreras Montserrat Caballé
Rocío Jurado
Raphael
Alejandro Sanz
Julio Iglesias
Marta Sánchez David Bisbal
Jota Sevillana
Zarzuela
