Sicily Holidays Guide Book: Unveiling the Treasures of Italy's Jewel
Spain by Ola n.
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2. Official name: Kingdom of Spain
Area: 504 750 km2
Population: 39 270 000, on a 77 km2
Capital: Madrid
Government: Parliamentary monarchy
Currency: Euro
Language: Castilian Spanish (official),
Catalan, Galician, Basque
Religions: Christianity (Catholicism 99%)
4. Spain is a large country on the Iberian
peninsula. The largest city and also the capital
city is Madrid. State is divided into 17
autonomous regions into each other, and
these in turn into 50 provinces. Spain is
separated from Europe by the Pyrenees, back
almost to the south of Africa. The state includes
two archipelagos: Balearic and Canary Islands.
Spain is an attractive country for tourists.
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7. Today in Spain uses the euro. Early Spanish
currency was the Spanish Peseta.
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8. Spanish cuisine is specific, because it is based
on the old rules. In Spanish cuisine are popular
snacks - tapas, sometimes called Pinchos,
which are present in the diets of the nineteenth
century. To this day, alive the tradition of eating
tapas are small pubs, usually standing at the
bar.
9. Best to choose a region of their choice at a
time when it is celebrated on one of the great
feasts, such as the carnival preceding the
Great Post.19 March is celebrated Feast of
Fire, and then piles on the streets of Valencia,
hundreds of huge puppets. In April, especially
the Spring Festival is celebrated in Seville. It
takes place when a famous Feria of parades
in colorful costumes, with lots of music, Sevilla
and bullfighting.
11. Full of temperament flamenco dance belongs to the
characteristics of the Iberian Peninsula. He was born
in the fifteenth century in the fiery Andalucia in
southern Spain. Today, rich clothes and jet-black hair
girls are famous throughout the world.
Corrida - bull fighting ritual, spectacle popular in
Spain. Once the custom popular among the
aristocracy, were involved in fights even kings (such
as Philip IV). According to sources, the first korrida
was held in honor of Alfonso VIII in 1133.
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