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Spain

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Country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea.

The Lady of Elche, possibly depicting Tanit, from Carthaginian Iberia, 4th century BCE

Reccared I and bishops during Council III of Toledo, 589. Codex Vigilanus, fol. 145, Biblioteca del Escorial

Votive crown of Reccesuinth from the Treasure of Guarrazar

The interior of the Great Mosque of Córdoba

In 1030, the Kingdom of Navarre controlled the Count of Aragon and the Count of Castile, who later became major kingdoms of its time.

Miniature from the 13th-century Libro de los Juegos depicting a Jew (left) and a Moor (right) playing chess.

Late 16th-century Seville, the harbor enjoying the exclusive right to trade with the New World.

Lienzo de Tlaxcala codex showing the 1519 meeting of conquistador Hernán Cortés and his counsellor La Malinche with Aztec emperor Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan.

The family of Philip V. During the Enlightenment in Spain a new royal family reigned, the House of Bourbon.

Ferdinand VII swears on the 1812 Constitution before the Cortes in 1820

Puerta del Sol, Madrid, after the Spanish Revolution of 1868

Demonstration in Barcelona during the Tragic Week events

Felipe González signing the treaty of accession to the European Economic Community on 12 June 1985

Demonstration against the crisis and high youth unemployment in Madrid, 15 May 2011

Teide, still active volcano in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands is the greatest peak in Spain

The coast north of the Cantabrian Mountains features an humid oceanic climate

The southeasternmost end of the Iberian peninsula features an arid climate.

The Iberian wolf in Castile and Leon. The region has 25% of the land covered by Natura 2000 protected natural spaces.

Palau Reial de Pedralbes in Barcelona, headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Aerial view showing the Rock of Gibraltar, the isthmus of Gibraltar and the Bay of Gibraltar.

Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102), a Spanish navy's F100 class frigate incorporating the Aegis Combat System.

WorldPride Madrid 2017. A summit on LGBTI human rights took place at the same time as World Pride celebrations.

Spain is a member of the Schengen Area, the Eurozone and the European Single Market.

A proportional representation of Spain exports, 2019

Benidorm, one of Europe's largest coastal tourist destinations

Solar power plant Andasol was the first parabolic trough power plant in Europe. Because of the high altitude (1,100 m) and the semi-arid climate, the site has exceptionally high annual direct insolation of 2,200 kWh/m2 per year.

The Port of Valencia, one of the busiest in the Golden Banana

GranTeCan reflecting telescope located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Population pyramid of Spain from 1950 to 2014

Geographical distribution of the Spanish population in 2008

Celebration of the Romani Day on 24 May 2018 in Madrid

Distribution of the foreign population in Spain in 2005 by percentage

University of Seville rectorate building

The interior of the Hermitage of El Rocío during a Catholic ceremony.

Manuscript of the 13th-century Grande e general estoria.

The Comb of the Wind of Eduardo Chillida in San Sebastián

Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz in Oviedo

Flamenco is an Andalusian artistic form that evolved from Seguidilla.

Spain or La Roja lineup in 2015. Football is the most popular and profitable sport in the country.

Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Bilbao.

Community of Madrid

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One of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain.

Peñalara: The Guadarrama mountain range's highest peak

The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) in La Pedriza

A fire salamander in the laguna de los Pájaros

An Algerian sand racer in Manzanares el Real

The summer drought is characteristic of the Madrid region's climate. Montejo Beech (part of the transnational Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe world heritage site) is a relict forest featuring a particular case of microclimate, allowing for Eurosiberian species that do not grow in the region in normal conditions.

Prehistoric vessel from Ciempozuelos, exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid

A mosaic of the House of Dionysus in Complutum

Panoramic view of Madrid, a 16th-century work by Anton van den Wyngaerde

Philip II supervises the works on El Escorial (by Luca Giordano)

Manufacturing of big clay pots in Colmenar de Oreja (by Ulpiano Checa)

Construction of the bridge-aqueduct of the chasm, part of the Canal de Isabel II in 1854 (by Charles Clifford)

Female workers in a phone-line factory managed by Ericsson in Getafe (1924)

Ruins of the headquarters of the provincial deputation in 1939

Hemicycle of the Assembly of Madrid, the autonomous legislature

A meeting of the Council of Government presided by Ángel Garrido

Municipal Map of the Community of Madrid.

Distrito Telefónica, the main headquarters of Telefónica, one of the multinational corporations located in the region

Airbus A330-A340 horizontal stabilizer near the Getafe Airbus factory

Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid, in the Ciudad Universitaria campus

The Severo Ochoa Centre for Molecular Biology, in the campus of the Autonomous University of Madrid

The Magerit supercomputer, located in the Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid, part of the Technical University of Madrid and located in Pozuelo de Alarcón

Flag of the Community of Madrid waving at the outdoors of a building

Catholic procession of the Virgen de Gracia at the plaza de la Cebada, Madrid (c. 1741)

Hare Krishna guru Giriraja Swami singing at the 1998 Ratha Yatra festival in Madrid

Jehovah's Witnesses literature in Madrid

Its capital and largest municipality is Madrid, which is also the capital of the country.

Köppen climate classification

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One of the most widely used climate classification systems.

Madrid, Spain (Csa, bordering on BSk)

Clockwise from top-left: members of the XI International Brigade at the Battle of Belchite; Granollers after being bombed by Nationalists aviation in 1938; Bombing of an airfield in Spanish Morocco; Republican soldiers at the siege of the Alcázar; Nationalist soldiers operating an anti-aircraft gun; The Lincoln Battalion

Spanish Civil War

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Civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

On 12 April 1931, the Republicans won the elections and the Spanish Second Republic was proclaimed two days later. King Alfonso XIII went into exile.

General Emilio Mola was the chief planner of the coup.

Murder of prominent parliamentary conservative José Calvo Sotelo was a major catalyst for the coup.

Republican and Nationalist conscription age limits

Republican forces during the battle of Irún in 1936

Manuel Azaña was the intellectual leader of the Second Republic and headman of the Republican side during most of the Civil War.

Militias of the Falange in Saragossa, October 1936

Italian troops manning a 10 cm howitzer at Guadalajara, 1937

German officer from the Condor Legion instructing Nationalist infantry soldiers, Ávila

The Etkar André battalion of the International Brigades

Polish volunteers in the International Brigades

Review of Soviet armored fighting vehicles used to equip the Republican People's Army during the Spanish Civil War

Loire 46 of the Spanish Republican Air Force.

Surrender of Republican soldiers in the Somosierra area, 1936

Leonese anarchist Buenaventura Durruti died after he arrived in Madrid to reinforce the morale of the Republicans during an unsuccessful Francoist siege in Madrid. His funeral, headed (in the image) by Lluís Companys, president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and Joan García i Oliver, Minister of Justice of the Spanish Republic, was in Barcelona.

Franco arriving in San Sebastian in 1939

Franco declares the end of the war, though small pockets of Republicans fought on.

Children preparing for evacuation, some giving the Republican salute. The Republicans showed a raised fist whereas the Nationalists gave the Roman salute.

Women pleading with Nationalists for the lives of prisoners, Constantina, 1936

Twenty-six republicans were assassinated by Franco's Nationalists at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, between August and September 1936. This mass grave is located at the small town of Estépar, in Burgos Province. The excavation occurred in July–August 2014.

Victims of the Paracuellos massacre committed by the Republicans. The Republicans committed many acts of torture, murder, and war crimes throughout the war known as the Red Terror (Spain).

Spanish Civil War grave sites. Location of known burial places. Colors refer to the type of intervention that has been carried out. Green: No Interventions Undertaken so far. White: Missing grave. Yellow: Transferred to the Valle de los Caídos. Red: Fully or Partially Exhumed. Blue star: Valle de los Caídos. Source: Ministry of Justice of Spain

Nationalist SM.81 aircraft bomb Madrid in late November 1936.

Children take refuge during the Francoist bombing over Madrid (1936–1937). In spite of that Republicans managed to repulse this siege.

The Puente Nuevo bridge, Ronda. Both Nationalists and Republicans are claimed to have thrown prisoners from the bridge to their deaths in the canyon.

"Execution" of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Communist militiamen. The photograph in the London Daily Mail had the caption "Spanish Reds' war on religion".

Two women and a man posing at the Siege of the Alcázar in Toledo, 1936

Women from FAI during the Spanish Social Revolution.

In Catalonia, a square near the Barcelona waterfront named Plaça de George Orwell.

Tribute and plaque in memory of murdered or persecuted teachers, Navarre, 1936 and later

However, rebelling units in almost all important cities—such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, and Málaga—did not gain control, and those cities remained under the control of the government.

Museo del Prado

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In the main exhibition hall, first floor

A main promenade entrance is dominated by this 1899 bronze statue of Diego Velázquez, by Aniceto Marinas

The cafeteria in the underground extension by Rafael Moneo

The Goya Gate in the north façade of the museum.

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, between 1480 and 1505.

Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, between 1656 and 1657.

Diego Velázquez, The Triumph of Bacchus, 1628–29

Raphael, Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary, 1517

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Triumph of Death, c. 1562

Peter Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Magi, 1609/1628-1629

Peter Paul Rubens, The Three Graces, c.1635

Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross, c. 1435

Andrea Mantegna, Death of the Virgin, c. 1461

Antonello da Messina, The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel, c. 1475

Raphael, Portrait of a Cardinal, c. 1510–11

Tintoretto, Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet, c. 1518

Titian, Bacchanal of the Andrians, c. 1523–1526

Titian, Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, c. 1548

El Greco, The Knight with His Hand on His Breast, c. 1580

Paolo Veronese, Venus and Adonis, c. 1580

Georges de La Tour, Ciego tocando la zanfonía, 1610–1630

Guido Reni, Hipómenes y Atalanta, 1618–19

Joos de Momper, Landscape with Sea and Mountains, c. 1623

Gaspar de Crayer, Caritas Romana, ca. 1625

Anthony van Dyck, Self-portrait with Endymion Porter, c. 1635

Diego Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda, 1634–35

Diego Velázquez, Mars Resting, 1639–1641

Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris, 1638–39

Claude Lorrain El embarque de santa Paula, 1639–40

Francisco de Zurbarán, Agnus Dei, 1635–1640

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, La Inmaculada de Soult, 1678

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Immaculate Conception, 1767

Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814

Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819–1823

Paul Baudry, The Pearl and the Wave, 1862

Antonio Gisbert Pérez, Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga, 1882

The Prado Museum (Museo del Prado ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.

Barcelona

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City on the coast of northeastern Spain.

A marble plaque in the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona, dated from around 110–130 AD and dedicated to the Roman colony of Barcino

The Mare de Déu de la Mercè statue on the Basílica de la Mercè

The fortress at Montjuïc, the most southerly point from which measurements were made when calculating the meridional definition of the metre

Barcelona was the capital of the Republic of Spain from November 1937 until January 1939, Spanish Civil War. In that time, both Barcelona and Madrid were still under the rule of the republic. In the image Azaña and Negrín on the city outskirts.

Supporters of Catalan independence in October 2019

Barcelona as seen by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission

Demographic evolution, 1900–2007, according to the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística

Aerial view of the centre and the Eixample, with the Serra de Collserola at the background.

Part of the beach promenade and the beach of La Barceloneta towards Port Olimpic

The Saló de Cent, in the City Hall of Barcelona

Main hall of the University of Barcelona

Roger de Llúria building at Campus de la Ciutadella, Pompeu Fabra University

Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (Barcelona Olympic Stadium) built for the 1936 Summer Olympics named People's Olympiad, main stadium of 1992 Summer Olympics

The Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe

Palau Sant Jordi (St. George's sporting arena) and Montjuïc Communications Tower

Circuit de Catalunya/Circuit de Barcelona, race track of Formula 1 and MotoGP on the suburb of Barcelona

Barcelona–El Prat Airport as seen from the air

The main railway station Estació de Sants

Sagrada Família church, designed by Gaudí

Barcelona Cathedral (original) - Cathedral at night

The National Museum of Art of Catalonia stands out for its collection of Romanesque painting, considered one of the most complete in Europe.

Parc de la Ciutadella north of La Barceloneta

Hotel Arts (left) and Torre Mapfre (right)

thumb|Barcelona's beach promenade in La Barceloneta and Somorrostro Beach

Barcelona's old Customs building at Port Vell

With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan.

Paseo del Prado

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Paseo del Prado with Palacio de los Alcañices

The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain.

Portrait of Prince John of Braganza by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1817).

Peninsular War

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The military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

Napoleon Bonaparte by Andrea Appiani (1805).

Vicent López Portaña: Prince Fernando VII of Spain.

Francisco Goya: King Charles IV of Spain.

The Portuguese royal family escaping to Brazil

François Kinson: Joseph I of Spain (1811)

Second of May 1808: the defenders of Monteleón make their last stand

Goya: The Third of May 1808 French soldiers execute civilians

Joaquín Sorolla: Valencians prepare to resist the invaders (1884)

The Spanish Army's triumph at Bailén was the French Empire's first land defeat. Painting by José Casado del Alisal

Portuguese and British troops fighting the French at Vimeiro

La bataille de Somosierra by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune (1775–1848). Oil on canvas, 1810

Death of Sir John Moore, 17 January 1809

Saragossa: The assault on the Santa Engracia monastery. Oil on canvas, 1827

Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult at the First Battle of Porto by Joseph Beaume

Juan Martín Díez, El Empecinado, a key guerrilla leader

The Proclamation of the Constitution of 1812 by Salvador Viniegra

Silver coin: 1000 reis Manuel II of Portugal, 1910 - commemorating the Peninsular War

The Battle of Chiclana, 5th March 1811 (1824) captures the fight between British redcoats and the French troops for Barrosa Ridge.

Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish officer at La Albuera (16 May 1811)

British infantry attempt to scale the walls of Badajoz, 1812

Thomas Lawrence: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

The Battle of St Jean de Luz, 10 December 1813 by Thomas Sutherland

The sortie from the besieged city of Bayonne, on 14 April 1814

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The Disasters of War by Francisco Goya, 1810–1820

French victories of the Peninsular War inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

Statue of Juana Galán in Valdepeñas, by sculptor Francisco Javier Galán

Agustina, maid of Aragón, fires a gun on the French invaders

In 1812, when Napoleon set out with a massive army on what proved to be a disastrous French invasion of Russia, a combined allied army defeated the French at Salamanca and took the capital Madrid.

Toledo, Spain

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City and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Toledo and the de jure seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha.

Visigothic decorative reliefs in the Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador

Puerta de Alarcones, Visigothic city gate

Depiction of people from Toledo in AD 976, from the 10th-century Codex Vigilanus.

View and Plan of Toledo by city resident El Greco c. 1608.

Toledo as depicted in the Civitates orbis terrarum (1572).

Republican militia women besieging the alcázar, controlled by the Nationalist faction.

Opening of the railway in Toledo in June 1858.

Plaza de Zocodover after the Corpus Christi festivities.

Museum of Santa Cruz, a former hospital.

Puerta del Sol, built by the Knights Hospitaller.

A gargoyle of the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes

Synagogue of El Transito next to the Sephardic Museum

Castle of San Servando, formerly occupied by the Knights Templar

AVE class 112 entering the Toledo Railway Station.

A football fixture between CD Toledo and Real Murcia at the Estadio Salto del Caballo.

alt=|City walls of Toledo. Originally built by Romans, but rebuilt and enlarged by the Visigoths

alt=|Roman Cave of Hercules, part of the site Subterranean Toledo

Territory controlled by the Taifa of Toledo circa 1037

Carcamusas (made of lean pork with seasonal vegetables) are considered a local specialty.

The manufacture and selling of swords was affected by the resulting blow on tourism caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 1561, during the first years of his son Philip II's reign, the Royal Court was set in Madrid.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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Spain's national museum of 20th-century art.

Pablo Picasso, 1912, Les oiseaux morts (Los pájaros muertos), oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm

Juan Gris, 1913, Violin and Guitar, oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm

Juan Gris, October 1916, Portrait of Josette, oil on canvas, 116 x 73 cm

María Blanchard, 1917, Woman with guitar, oil on canvas, 100 x 72 cm

Joan Miró, 1918, La casa de la palmera (House with Palm Tree), oil on canvas, 65 x 73 cm

Wassily Kandinsky, 1923, Delicate Tension, watercolor and ink on paper

Robert Delaunay, 1923, Portrait of Tristan Tzara, oil on cardboard, 104.5 x 75 cm

Paul Klee, 1927, Omega 5, Dummy, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Close up of the front of the Reina Sofía in Madrid Spain.

Interior gallery photo inside the Reina Sofía Museum

Crystal Palace in the Retiro Park, a Reina Sofía exhibition centre

It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern end of the so-called Golden Triangle of Art (located along the Paseo del Prado and also comprising the Museo del Prado and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza).

A report on Madrid

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