Spain

National flag

Coat of arms

Basic information• People - 46,063,000 people• Area - 505,000 km²• The capital city - Madrid • Language - Spanish• Currency - Euro• Religion - Catholicism• The King, the government and the parliament

Palacio Real, Madrid

Climate

Spanish climate is divided into four areas:• Land near Meditteranean Sea – rainy spring and autumn, warm summer and cold winter• Centre of peninsula – very cold winter, dry and hot summer• North Atlantic waterside – sharp winter, cool summer• Canary islands - warm and pleasant weather through the whole year

• Pyrenean peninsula• The highest mountain - Pico de Teide - 3,718m

Madrid• Madrid is the capital city of Spain• In Madrid there live over 3 million people• It lies in centre of the country• The town is famous for its large streets, big squares and high skyscrapers• We can find there Palacio Real (page 2) where the King lives• Palacio Real is 10 times bigger than Buckingham Palace• In Madrid there were born some famous persons: Filip III. Spanish, Elen Bourbon, Enrique Iglesias and so on

Photography of Madrid

Barcelona• The second biggest city in Spain (over 1.5 million inhabitants)• People that live in Barcelona are mostly Spanish, Catalan and South-American• The capital city of Catalonia• Barcelona lies near Mediterranean Sea• It was created as a colony during the reign of Romanian emperor, August• In 1992 Barcelona hosted Olympic games• There are many old buildings and monuments: for example Sagrada Familia, park Grüell and square Plaça del Rei

Football stadion, Barcelona

Nation Habits

Bullfighting• We can also say Corrida• The goal is to agonize a bull to death• Because of bullfighting, around 10,000 bulls die per year• Animal protectors want to make bullfighting forbidden

Flamenco

• Flamenco is a famous Spanish dancing style• It connects Spanish, Romany and Arabic culture • Flamenco is very lively, as well as fire; because of this characteristic colour is red

ArtPablo Picasso

• Artist and sculptor• Lived in years 1881 – 1973 • His full name is Pablo Diego José Santiago Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco y Picasso López• He drew 150,000 pictures

Salvador Dali• Surrealistic artist• 1904 – 1989• In Figueres there is Dali‘s Museum of Art

Guernica

Salvador Dali – Meditative Rose

National Food

Gazpacho • Cold soup made of mixed tomatoes, garlic, onion and other vegetables• Most eaten in hot areas

• The most famous Spanish food• Croceated risotto of yellow colour

• Potato omelette with eggs and onion

• Small tree with fruits

Tortilla de patatas

Medlar

Paella

SportsFootball

•Another famous footbal team, Football Club Barcelona has been known since 1889• They also compete in Premiera División

Tennis

• Rafael Nadal is one of the most succesful tenis-players in the world• In 2010 he was the best tennis-player in the whole world

Rafael Nadal

• Famous football team Real Madrid is the most famous and the most succesful team in the whole world• RM was created in 1905 and since then it has won 120 trophies

ResourcesInformation from: www.wikipedie.czPictures from: www.deviantart.com

Information were gathered by Barbora Bučková, Silvie Bahnerová and Eliška Galiová (Kvarta 2010/2011).The presentation was made by Barbora Bučková.It was made on 28th of March 2011.

This presentation may not be used for any purpose without my written permission.Copyright 2011 Barbora Bučková

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