Bienvenido!Welcome to Spain

GENERAL INFORMATIONOfficial name: Kingdom of SpainArea: 504 750 km2Population: 39 270 000, on a 77 km2Capital: MadridGovernment: Parliamentary monarchyCurrency: EuroLanguage: Castilian Spanish (official), Catalan, Galician, BasqueReligions: Christianity (Catholicism 99%)

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GEOGRAPHY OF SPAINSpain 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.

SPAIN ON THE MAP

CURRENCYToday in Spain uses the euro. Early Spanish currency was the Spanish Peseta.Before Now

THE SPANISH CUISINE

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.

CARNIVALS AND FESTIVALS IN SPAINBest 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.

Feast of Fire

Carnival

Corrida

FLAMENCO AND CORRIDAFull 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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