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PRESENTATION OF SPAIN FOR
THE COMENIUS PROJECT

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE
IN SPAIN

1. Alcázar; 2. Catedral de Sevilla;
3. Archivo de Indias; 4. Giralda; 5.
Torre del Oro; 6. Plaza de España
Radka Jahnová

The Escorial is a palace, basilica and a monastery.

TOLEDO
Alcázar
Museo del Greco
Catedral de Santa María
Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

GRANADA
Albaicín: historical
neighbourhood
Alhambra: medieval muslim
palace
Generalife: summer
palace

Segovia founded by celts and then
populated by romans

Antonio Gaudí
1852-1926
His most important architecture was la Sagrada familia
(Barcelona). Others well-known are el Parque Güell, el
Palacio Güell, la capilla en la colonia Güell en San Coloma
de Cervelló, Casa Milà, Casa Batló, y el Palacio Episcopal
en Astorga.

El PARQUE NACIONAL DE DOÑANA
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Located in the south-west of Iberia Peninsula in the part of Andalucia
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Is important because of the migration of the birds, and animals in danger
of extinction.
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The typical nature are lakes, dunes of sand, bushes, bogs, de la

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Salamanca is a city located in the region of
Castle an Lion. Their inhabitants are 154.462
Their best monuments are: la
Catedral Vieja y la Nueva, la
Casa de las Conchas, la Plaza
Mayor, el Convento de San
Esteban.
Salamanca has the oldest university in Spain, and
the first in Europe with the title f university that had
been given by Alfonso X de Castilla y de León in an
edict of 1253 de and a bula from the pope Alejandro
IV in 1255.

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El camino de Santiago
This pilgrimage route symbolise the
Camino de Santiago were is buried saint
Santiago in Santiago de Compostela.
This pilgrimage route is a system of routes
thar covers all Europe
The more well-known is the french route,
that go across Pirineos.
During the route you can discover a lot of
historical monuments and beautiful
nature.
The symbol of the route is the shell of
vieira.
This pilgrimage has a magic influence, it is
said that heals and bring you happiness.
Nowadays is more well-known thanks to
Paulo Coelho and his book about the
rout..

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- Region: Castilla-La
Mancha
- Population : 52 980
(2007)
- Área : 954,00 km2
Hanged houses:
Building on the
rocks.
Bridge of saint
Paul building
between 1533
and 1589
Nuestra Señora
de Gracia: the
cathedral of
Cuenca builded
between 1182
and 1270

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The Teide is the name of the mountain and also for the national park.
Located in Tenerife island, that is one of the Canary Island.
The peak of Teide, is the highest mountain of Spain (3.718meters)
In the past it used to be an active volcano, this is the main reason why the sand of
the beach is black.

Marie Blinková
biodiversity
and culture
• SALINAS PARK
• THE WALLS OF THE CITY:
• Medieval part: during muslim era
• Renaissance part: during the kingdom of Felipe II has been built two
protection towers to prevent the pirates come into the island.
Is located in the Mediterranean see
Their inhabitants are: 129.562

Ávila
-Ávila es la ciudad donde se encuentran el patrimonio, la
historia y el arte, la gastronomía, la fiesta y la mística, la
cultura y la naturaleza.
-Está situada en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León,
y es la capital de la provincia de Ávila.
-Su casco histórico medieval, en excelente
estado de conservación, fue
declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1985.
-Murallas, casas, palacios, templos y conventos
configuran el rico patrimonio artístico de la ciudad.
Ávila tiene las murallas mejor conservadas en el mundo.
Markéta Čandasová

Speaking the Spanish Language.
The Monarchy and the Government President.
Respecting the rights and obligations in
the “Spanish Constitution”
We eat three times a day.
We really like going out
with friends to drink a
coffee and talk, talk and
talk.
It is said that we speak
very aloud.
Our Mediterranean Diet (with
vegetables, meat, fish, olive
oil, garlic, onion and fruit…)
We like to eat Chocolate with
Churros, Tapas, Potato’s
omellete and ham.
We are said to be familiar,
tolerant and gentile, we like to
receive people over the world.
Spain is a multicultural country
full of European influences.
The shops are
closed to 14.00 till
17.00 to have a
nap, we really
enjoy to have a
nap after lunch.
We have an
Spanish Square
and a Bull
Fighting Square
in every city!!!

SPANISH
CONSTITUTION
6th December.
We are known to celebrate
everything!!!!!
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day,
New Year„s Eve (when we eat 12
grapes), New Year„s Day and
The Three Wise Men Day (when
we eat Roscón, delicious!!!)
THE CARNIVALS in
February.
In every village we have
festivals in summer with
bulls, real music concerts,
typical dancing, tradional
clothing...
We have a great celebration
at Easter Time. We feel very
strongly the Holly Week
with processions the whole
week.

Provincias
¡Benvido a
Galicia!
You can arrive to Spain through the
famous Camino de Santiago
that is finished in Santiago de
Compostela, Galicia’s capital. There you
can visit the beautiful Cathedral.
In Galicia you can eat: empanada
gallega,
pulpo, lacón con grelos y mariscos,
delicious!!!
green
There are beautiful
m
mountains and
vineyard. There
are great beaches
and very fresh
fishes.
It’s frightening!
There are many
stories about the
meigas, the
famous Gallega’s
witches.

Asturias was the first
Cristian Reign in Spain.
The capita is
Oviedo, a
beautiful city full
of monuments and
history.
Galicia and Asturias are linked
with Great Britain because of
the celtic roots. Consequently,
the tradicional music is very
similar. There is a typical
intrument called
The prince of Spain is
called Príncipe de
Asturias.
People in
Asturias
speak Bable
o asturiano.
gaita.
In Summer Asturias is full of
festivals. In august you can
canoying
festivals in the famous Sella
River.
enjoy during the
The most typical food is
FABADA ASTURIANA and
you can drink the special
SIDRA.

The capital isSantander
Cave painting in
Altamira, in the XIX
century.
The Flower’s
Battle is a
beautiful
festival where
people
decorate floats
with fresh
flowers.
In February you
can enjoy the
FISHERMAN
CARNIVALS.
National Park
“The European
Peaks”
Cocido
Montañés,
Eat the
prepared with
beans, potatoes
and meat.

In this region the people speak
Euskadi.
It is a very rich province because of
the wealth of natural resources.
Fishing is the main job for men and
it gives them a great variety of
species.
In Bilbao we have the
Guggenheim Museum, very
important one because of its
modern artworks.
Vitoria is a very ecologic
city with everybody riding
bikes as a medium of
transports.
They’ve got rural sports such as sokatira and pelota
vasca (above).

You can run in
front of the
bulls…
They have NATIONAL
FESTIVALS with SAN
FERMIN. People run
in front of the bulls
around the streets of
the city.
We have very good asparagus. A
typical recipe is
pimientos del piquillo.
(pepper with sauce)
As a typical drink we have
pacharán, a black licour.
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La Rioja is the most important
region of Spain with the wine
matters. It produces the best wine
in the whole world because the
weather conditions really fit with the
grapes’ growing and the wine
production.
The landscapes
diversity makes
people practise a
high number of
sports such as
trekking, climbing,
speleology,
cycling…

One of the most important dances in
Spain is danced in Aragón, we call it
“Jota Aragonesa” and we use the
castanets to dance it and sing it.
In the 12th of October, we celebrate an important festival in Spain,
we calle it “El Día de la Hispanidad”, In these festivals people in
Aragón offer flowers to the virgin and they create a very high
statue with flowers about the virgin.

In Cataluña there are two official languages:
Spanish and catalán.
There is a piece of
the Pyrenees called
Aigüestortes.
Along the festivals they
bring the “castells”
that are human towers.
This is the monument that
represents the sardana,
typical dance that
represents union between
the world.
There is a great park
called Parque
Güell (Barcelona)
from Gaudí, the
artist that created
Sagrada Familia
(the main cathedral
in Barcelona).
There is the sunny
Costa Brava.
They have the typical “pa amb
tomàquet” (bread with tomato) and
cava catalán (a drink)

In Valencia there are
gorgeous theme parks such
as Terra Mítica. They have the
Sciences and Art City with
great museums.
A beautiful paradise!,
wonderful beaches in
They make a
tomato battle in
Buñol and it is
known around the
world. It is called
Costa Blanca o
Costa Azahar:
fun and amusement.
The most beautiful
city in the Coast.
You can visit La lonja and the
cathedral with the tower. In the
region they have many castles and
beautiful landscapes.
You can enjoy a
beautiful landscape with
the humidity of rice
called La Albufera.
They prepare the most
delicious dish in our
coutry called Paella.
La
Tomatina!
Many people around
the world come to
enjoy Las Fallas.
Great festivals in with
wooden statues are
made and people
burnt it one night.
Their typical drinks are
Horchata y Agua de
Valencia, two cold
drinks for summer.

BALEARES is a wonderful archipelago
of crystalline water, wooded mountains,
white small villages, caves and
prehistoric monuments. There are many
lively night clubs. It is a luxury for our
senses!!!
It is made up of five islands.
Menorca is a
paradise of nature.
Ibiza Is a present for hippy
lovers. There are the biggest
discos in Spain.
Mallorca is the biggest island.
It is the perfect turistic
destination for international
people.
Formentera:
beaches
with
crystalline water and
bright sand.
Cabrera is
a no
habitated
island, it is
declarated as
National
Park.
They have a
delicious desert: la
ensaimada.

Castilla y León is the biggest region in Spain.
its monuments, natural landscapes, castles
and rivers make it one of the most beautiful
community in Spain.
The Segovia’s
aqueduct
and Avila’s walls are
In Castilla y León there are nine
provinces.
The most typical dish is
suckling pig.
baked
incredible!
Valladolid is the capital of the
region and this is its cathedral.
Here you can dance
jotas castellanas
using the
castañuelas
(castanets)
In this region there is the oldest
university in our country and one of the
oldest in Europe with Oxford, Cambrige or
Sorbona.

It is one of the most visited city in Europe because
of its rich
culture and customes.
It is said that in Madrid
you can reach the
heaven!
It is said to be the city that never sleeps because
of its lively night.
There are a typical dance called el chotis.
Puerta del
Sol is a symbol of
The
Their football team is
This is a beautiful
REAL MADRID, one of
Park Buen Retiro
the most famous teams
in Spain.
They have a huge aveniu called Gran Via
which is said to be the small Brodway
because it is full of wonderful theaters
and auditorium
Madrid. The clock
shows the twelve rings
of bells in New Year’s
Eve when we eat the
twelve grapes.

Gorgeous monuments in Madrid

This is the famous place
where Miguel de Cervates
set his best novel called
“Don Quijote de la
Mancha” with the funny
adventures of Don Quijote
and Sancho Panza.
Our region is
famous also
because our
delicious cheese
called Queso
manchego.
This cheese has
been denominated
World Heritage
culture.
This is OUR REGION!!!!And
cuenca is our city!!!!
This region has got
two World
Heritage Cities
which are Toledo
and Cuenca.
CUENCA IS OUR
CITY!!!!
The
famous
Hanging
Houses in
Cuenca.

Murcia
It is known as Spain’s
orchad because it
grows a great variety
of vegetables.
It is said to be the
paradise city set
between two seas.
Caravaca de la
Cruz is a Saint City.
The Cathedral contains gotic,
reinassance and baroque styles.

It is a province made up of three
Mountains Ranges
full of olive trees.
They produce the best
ham: “jamón
de
bellota”, in the whole
Spain.
If you go you eat the best
ham in Spain and visit great
architecture.
Mérida is the capital city. It was
founded 25 b.c. and was designed
World Heritage City.
You can visit the Roman Theatre
in its old building.

Andalucía is a modern
region with very strong
monumental
and cultural
heritage caused
by its past roots.
Andalucía has a great
diversity of landscapes:
Citizens in Andalucía
live strongly and
specially religious
festival such as the
Holly Week.
Desert of
Tabernas in
Almería
Andalucia‟s territory is bigger that whole countries such as
Belgium, Holand, Denmark, Austria or Switzerland.
Three range
mountains:
Sierra Nevada in
Granada Sierra
Cazorla in Jaén and
Sierra Grazalema
in Cádiz.
Millions of tourists enjoy its
beaches in the
Mediterranean sea and
Atlantic Ocean.

They have a great tradition of the
growing of Olive trees. They
produce the best Olive Oil in Spain
and they include it in the delicious
traditional dishes they cook in
this region.
The flamenco represents Andalucia’s
folklore. The first artists grew in this region
and recently this kind of art has been
defined as World Heritage Culture.
Two important painters
internationally known are:
-Picasso (El
Guernica)
-Velázquez (Las
Meninas
The Bull Fightings were
grown in this region. Now they
are critized around the world but
they are a great part of the
Spanish Heritage.

In Ceuta people speak
Spanish, Arabian and Tamazid.
They have beautiful Royal Walls, arabian baths,
cathedral, castles and a dragon‟s house.
As some of them
belong to the Arabian
Religion they have
some great
synagogues and
mosques.
Mmmm, their
best recipe is
roasted
tuna
with
salad.
There are many people from Ceuta
who has their ancestors in Morocco,
India and Andalucía.

This city is situated in the African
Continent but belongs to the
Spanish government. It lives
with four cultures: cristian,
muslim, hebrew and indian.
As well as Ceuta,
Melilla is full of
typical places to
practise religions,
Cristian
Churches,
Synagogues
and Mosques. A
such as
mixture of religious
and cultures which
made Melilla a very
rich city.
Going to Melilla you can celebrate many
different kind of festivals such as the
Cristian festivals of Victoria‟s
virgin. You can also celebrate the
Muslim Ramadán, the Hebrew
Carnival and the Indian New Year.
It is part of Spain since 1497.

The Canarias Islands are made up of four
national parks and three biosphere natural
landscapes. There is a huge balance between
the humans and nature.
La Gomera, a small island
Lanzarote is a volcanic territory
discovered from Colón.
with Lunar Landscapes.
Provincias
Tenerife the island in
which you can reach the
highest mountain in Spain:
EL TEIDE (a huge volcano)
La Palma, is said to
be the Green Island.
Fuenteventura has many kilometres of
beaches and the most practised sport here is
Surfing with people coming from the whole world.
Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria is internationally known
El Hierro, where you can
visit hanging houses from
high cliffs.
by its Canivals, they are the
most important mundial carnivals
with the Brazilian ones.
In the whole island, you can enjoy baked
potatoes with a special sauce from the
islands called Mojo Picón.
In the Canarias Island they have a different time zone from Spain, that is, one hour less.