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Spain is in Europe. It is next to Portugal and France. The actual

coin is the Euro, but before it was the PESETA.

Spanish is the language spoken in the country and it is own of

the most spoken in the world. South America, Spain, Cuba or

even USA, speak our language.

The Capital City is Madrid. But Barcelona, Valencia, Seville or

Bilbao, are also important cities

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Spain is divided into 18 Regions. Although our language is Spanish, in

our country there are also more official languages. For example; in Galicia

the people speaks Gallego. In the Basque Country, they speak Vasco. And in

Cataluña and Valencian Community we speak valenciano.

Part of our country has beaches, and in the center of the country we

can find big mountains.

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It was acquired on 19th December 1981. It’s comprised with three

horizontal strips. Our colours are Red and Yellow. These two colours are

derived from the Ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Spain has a democratic monarchy.

Mr. Juan Carlos of Borbón and Ms. Sofia

of Greece are our King and Queen.

They have three sons, Cristina, Felipe and

Felipe and Leticia are the next King and

Queen of Spain.

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The Mosque of Córdoba, is

one of the most beautiful

Mosques in all Europe. It

was considered a wonder of

the medieval world by both

Muslims and Christians. Built

on a Visigothic site, which was

probably the site of an earlier

Roman temple, the Great

Mosque of Cordoba was begun

between 784 and 786 during

the reign of 'Abd al-Rahman I,

The Alhambra is in Granada. It is divided into the Generalife, the

Narazies Palace and the Alcazaba. The Alhambra is located on a strategic

point, with a view over the whole city and the meadow (la Vega), and this

fact leads to believe that other buildings were already on that site before

the Muslims arrived.

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The Expiatory of Holy Family, in

Barcelona.

It was open by the Pope in

November at a biggest ceremony.

It was created by Gaudí and is one

of the last big Cathedrals in Europe.

The Aqueduct of Segovia is a Roman building. One of the greatest

surviving monuments of Roman engineering, this aqueduct stretches from

the walls of the old town to the edges of Sierra de Guadarrama. It is about

2950 feet long although the section where the arches are divided in two

levels is about 900 feet. It is made of rough-hewn massive granite blocks,

joined without mortar or clamps.

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The Guggenheim of Bilbao

is a modern and

contemporary art design

museum. It was designed by

Frank O. Gehry. The mission

of the Guggenheim Museum

Bilbao is to collect,

conserve, and study

modern and contemporary

art, to exhibit the art of our

times from a variety of

perspectives in the context

of art history, and to reach

a broad and diverse

audience .

The Seville Cathedral is a religious building at the south of the

country.

It is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the

world. The cathedral was built to demonstrate Seville's wealth, as it had

become a major trading center in the years after the Reconquista.

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Velazquez painted many different

important Pictures. The Meninas or

the Aguador of Seville.

He died at the age of 61 after

having painted many paintings.

Goya was born closed to

Zaragoza. He developed a

spontaneous painting method.

Over a long career Goya

completed a whole range of

paintings, drawings and

engravings.

Picasso was born in 1881 in

Malaga. He is the most

famous of the Modern

Artist of the 20th Century.

The Guernica was painted in

1937. This is a protest

against the bombing of the

Basquet village in the

Spanish Civil War.

Spain has produced a wide variety of World class

artist over the last millennium

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Cervantes

Don Quijote is one of the

most important and known

literature story written by

Cervantes.

Quijote and Sancho Panza are

the main characters of this

story,.

Julio iglesias, David Bisbal or Palacido Domingo are

important singers. They are famous out of Spain.

But there are more famous important singers.

Monserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Dover…

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The festivals take place in various parts of the Country at different

times of the Year.

The flamenco, which is a traditional dance in where the Spanish

guitar and a dancer, represent the culture of the country. Also we can find

the Zarzuela, which is a kind of opera.

Bulls fighting are important all over the country. Furthermore, the Castells

are famous in Cataluña or Valencia.

Finally, the Semana Santa (Easter) is famous, because the people

bring sculptures of Jesus or Maria around the cities.

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Contador in Cycling, Rafa Nada in Tennis, Fernando Alonso

in Formula I, Dani Pedrosa or Jorge Lorenzo in Moto GP are

important in the Sports World.

All of them are famous because they won important titles

like The Tour of France, Wimbeldorm, Roland Garros, Formula

I…..

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The Spanish team basket with Pau

Gasol, are the winners of the World

in this sport.

We love this team because their

Strength and their spirit of

competition.

We were second at the

Synchronized Swimming

champions Cup. Gemma

Mengual is the captain

This 2010 we became the winners of the World Championship. Our football

team became the best of the world and we were so proud of them.

Casillas is the Captain of the group and Vicente Del Bosque is the coach.

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There are different landscapes in our Country. We have

wonderful beaches, amazing mountains or even fantastic rivers.

The north of the country is green and humid. The south of it, is

dry and brown, although has is own charming.

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The traditional food in Spain is varied and delicious. The Gazpacho

Andaluz, the Cocido Madrileño, Fabes, the Tapas and the Spanish Omelette,

are some examples of these.

A big part of these dishes are included in the Mediterranean Diet.

Nowadays, they are included at the UNESCO certificate.

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The Valencian Community is the East of the country. It is

divided into 3 regions.

Here we speak two languages; the Spanish and also the

valenciano. Our actual president of the Community is Francesc

Camps.

Important sports competitions are done at the community, for

example the Formula I or the American’s cap.

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It is divided into 3

regions; Castellón,

Valencia and Alicante. The

capital of the Community

is Valencia.

An important part of our

territory is the beach,

but also we have

mountains, rivers, lakes…

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La SENYERA is the flag

of Valencia Community.

It is also named

CROWNED SEÑERA.

It is one of the oldest

flags in all Europe. It was

used by the King of

Aragon, James I of

Aragon.

James I the Conqueror, was de

King of Aragon, count of

Barcelona and Lord of

Montpellier.

His long reign saw the

expansion of Crown of Aragon

on all sides: into Valencia to the

south, Languedoc to the north

and the Balearic Islands to the

east.

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The City of the Arts and Sciences is situated in Valencia. Here we

can find the Oceanogràfic and the Hemisferi. The entire complex, designed

to celebrate the arrival of the 21st Century, looks as though it might have

been beamed down to earth from another planet.

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Joaquin Sorolla was a

Spanish Artist, born

in Valencia. His most

typical works are

characterized by a

dexterous

representation of the

people and landscape

under the sunlight of

his native land.

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Vicente Blasco Ibañez was

a Valencian realist novel, a

screenwriter and occasional

film director.

Nino Bravo was one of

the most famous singers

in all Spain.

America is America or

Free (libre) are songs of

him.

He died in 1963, when he

was just 28 years old.

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The Fallas is probably the most

famous festivity of our community.

Las Fallas literally means "the fires" in

Valencian. The focus of the fiesta is

the creation and destruction of ninots

(“puppets” or “dolls”), which are huge cardboard, wood, paper-machè and

plaster statues. The ninots are extremely lifelike and usually depict bawdy,

satirical scenes and current events. . Each year, one of the ninots is spared

from destruction by popular vote. This ninot is called the ninot indultat (the

pardoned puppet) and is exhibited in the local Museum of the Ninot along

with the other favorites from years past.

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The Moors and the Christians are other important festivity, which is

practice by the many cities, towns and villages around the community.

This festival acts out a part of Spanish history demonstrating the

battles between the Arabs and the Christians that took place in the region

centuries ago. One of the best places to see this fiesta is Alcoy, in

Alicante, where the celebrations take place between the 22 and the 24 of

April

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Valencian Pilota, is a traditional

handball sport played in the Valencian

Community.

Its origins are not known, but it seems

to be related to the French Jeu de

paume.

He is David Ferrer. He practices

tennis. He was born in our community. He

didn’t win any champion, but we are proud of

him.

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Beach, mountains and lakes are an important part of our landscapes. It is

true that the Valencian Community it’s one of the driest parts of the

country, but it’s not important. We have many many landscapes that are

fantastic. We have many important beaches and most of them are

incredible.

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Paella, the buñuelos, the horchata and fartons, the churros with chocolate

or the sausages are the tradicional food of the Valencian Community.

If you came you can try many kinds of these dishes. All of them are done

with olive oil and are included in the Mediterranean diet.

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Elche is in the south of the Community, in the Alicante’s Region. Near

of Alicante and near of the beach. Our city has a good weather all the year,

sunny and warm. Although Elche a few years ago was a town, nowadays is

the third big city of the Valencian Community.

The people who live in Elche, it is called Ilicitano or Ilicitana, because at

the ancient time (Romans) Elche was called Illice, and was an important city.

The municipality of Elx has 9 km of white beaches, equipped with all of the

facilities necessary for visitors to enjoy nature to the full. With beaches

of fine white sand, exotic dune systems and sandy semi-urban beaches, Elx

has a varied and highly interesting coastline to offer visitors.

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If you look carefully the map, you can see that Elche is really close

to the beach, and is also close to Murcia and Alicante.

It is very well communicated because has its own airport, which is call El

Altet.

The motorway A-7, connects you with Madrid, Valencia, Alicante,

Murcia and the South of Spain.

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The Iliciant Flag has three

colours, red, blue and yellow. It

can remind someone to the

Señera.

The Palmeral of Elche is a plantation of

palm trees in the Spanish province of

Alicante.

It is the largest palm grove in Spanish, we

call palmeral in Europe and one of the

largest in the world, surpassed in size only

by some in Arab countries.

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The principal monuments are Santa Maria which is a Church, The Altamira

Palace, The Calahorra and the Arabic bathrooms. All of them play an

important role in our history.

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Miguel Hernandez is a

poet. He was born in

Orihuela, but he lived in

Elche during his live. He

died during the Civil

War.

Dame of Elche is one of

the most important iberic

sculptures. It was

discovered at the Alcudia.

Nowadays it is at the

Nacional Museum in Madrid.

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Sixto Marco, is an important painter in

Elche. He has a monument at the Rabal.

His passion for the MISTERI have always

been a cornerstone in SIXTO's life work.

His first individual exhibition of art 16th

april 1956 in Alicante.He exposed 30 oil

paintings and focused around the

MISTERI theme.

Sculpture of Sixto Marco.

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The procession of the Resurrection, also known as the Sunday of Glory

procession, takes place on the morning of Resurrection Sunday, the eighth day

after Christ’s entry into Jerusalem.

In Elche, this procession has a unique feature: as the floats pass through

the streets, they do so amid a flurry of “hallelujahs” – small religious

images on coloured paper that the townspeople throw from the balconies

and roof terraces of their houses. Among the faithful it is customary to

collect and keep their favourite images as a sign of their faith.

On the 13th of August is the date of a

celebration in Elche called Nit de l'Albà

(Night of the Dawn) in which a city-wide

night-long show of fireworks takes place

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The Mystery Play of Elx or Misteri d’Elx, is a sacral-lyrical medieval

drama, dated from the 15th century, which was declared a Masterpiece of

the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2002. It is

played every year in mid August, in the context of the local holidays

dedicated to the Assumption of Virgin Mary..

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The Imperial Palm Tree is famous, because SiSi the

Emperor went to Elche and visited it!

The Palm tree is part of our

life.

We are famous for having the

biggest ana the oldest palm

tree camp in Europe

The Pope every year in Easter time,

receive a White palm tree, which is

decorate.

Also the King and the Queen of Spain

receive it.

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Elche’s footwear factories produce almost half of the footwear

manufactured in Spain today. A large proportion of their production is

exported to EU countries and to the USA.

The footwear manufacturing industry and that of its component

parts have undeniably been the city’s economic motor for decades with over

2,100 production and sales centres. Indeed, these centres constitute 12%

of the city’s 12,400 registered businesses.

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As well as its rich cultural heritage, Elx also offers a wide range of

local dishes using the area’s great variety of produce

For dessert, we can enjoy locally grown fruit (dates, figs,

pomegranates etc.) as well as the “Tortada de Elche”, a delicious local

sweetmeat, and “Pan de Higo”, a cake of compressed figs with slivers of

almond. Traditional drinks include the distilled flowers of Arabian lavender,

distilled aniseed (the popular “Nugolet”) and date liquor.

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Las Salinas has three

different types of plant

formations: salt marsh,

reed beds and dune

vegetation. It is populated

by plant species specially

adapted to survive in an

extreme environment

caused by the soil’s high

concentration of salts.

Clot de Galvany is home to an

interesting grassland

formation where the dominant

species are feather grass and

(Lygeum spartum) spatices

(Limonium spp.)

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La Torre del Gall is the most important monument. It used to be a house.

But when the owner died it became part of La Hoya. Nowadays, it is used as

a cultural centre in where the students can do many formative courses and

the parks around it, are used as place in where they can run and play freely.

La Torre del Gall, is the symbol of the school and you can find it at the

uniform or at the webside.