Extremadura - Extremadura Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura (image) (In Detail) (In Detail) Capital Mérida Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 5th 41 634 km² 8,2% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 13th 1 073 050 2,6% 25,77/km² Demonym - English - Spanish -- extremeño/a Statute of Autonomy February 26, 1983 ISO 3166-2 EX Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 11 2 President Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) Junta de Extremadura Extremadura is an autonomous community of Spain. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz. Some important cities are Cáceres, Badajoz, and Mérida, the capital of the autonomous community. For other municipalities, see lists by province: List of municipalities in Badajoz List of municipalities in Cáceres Extramadura borders Portugal to.
Jerez de la Frontera - there is also a smaller place Jerez de los Caballeros in Extremadura, Spain. Jerez de la Frontera is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is where sherry originated and it is one of the original centres of Flamenco. Frontera refers to its former location on the frontier between the Moorish and Christian regions of Spain. It is the home of the Xerez Club Deportivo football team. You can enjoy the best local party in May: "La feria del Caballo".
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Hernán Cortés - conquered Mexico for Spain. He was born in Medellín, Province of Extremadura, Spain, to Martín Cortés and Catalina Pizarro Altamirano in 1485. He died near Seville, Spain, December 2, 1547. Cortés studied unsuccessfully to be a lawyer at Salamanca, then in 1502 decided to try his luck in the new Spanish colonies in the New World. He took part in the conquest of Hispaniola and Cuba and was granted a large estate of land and slaves for his efforts. Expeditions to Yucatan by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba in 1517 and Juan de Grijalva in 1518 returned to Cuba with small amounts of gold, and tales of a more distant land where gold was said to be abundant. Cortés eagerly sold or mortgaged all his lands to buy ships and supplies and.
History of Spain - law that revoked most of the historical rights and privileges of the different kingdoms that conformed the Spanish Crown, unifying them under the laws of Castile, where the Cortes had been more receptive to the royal wish. Spain became culturally and politically a follower of France. The rule of the Spanish Bourbons continued under Ferdinand VI and Charles III. His son Charles IV was truly incompetent (some say mentally handicapped), and under his reign Spain fell to the armies of Napoleon. Under the Bonapartes, Spain failed to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions of the 18th century, and also failed to absorb the ideals that of the Enlightenment that were revolutionizing European thought. These missed opportunities, combined with the economic failures of the 17th century, caused the country to fall desperately.
Huelva - in southwestern Spain, in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The province borders on Portugal to the west, the autonomous region of Extremadura to the north, and the provinces of Seville to the east and Cadiz to the south. It is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The economy is based on agriculture and mining. The province contains Palos de la Frontera, where Christopher Columbus sailed out of on his first voyage in 1492, and parts of the Doñana national park. The city was called Onoba during Roman times. It suffered substantial damages in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake..
Galicia - especially Brazil and Argentina, that even today in Brazil anyone who is blond and light-skinned is called a "galego". In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, Spaniards are sometimes called gallegos, and jokes are made about them. In 19th century Madrid, the gallegos became a synonym for hardy, honest unskilled laborers; it was also used as a term of abuse, meaning country bumpkin. The Celtic heritage of Galicia is often celebrated, and it is sometimes claimed that the last Galician Celtic speaker died in the 15th century. In fact, the name Galicia (Galiza) comes from the name of the ancient Celtic tribe that resided there, the Gallaeci. Like many mountainous regions of Europe that are not easily accessible, Galicia has enjoyed many periods of cultural independence. The region was first entered.
Ferdinand II of Leon - less constant strife with Portugal, which was in process of becoming an independent kingdom. His relations to the Portuguese house must have suffered by his repudiation of his wife Urraca, daughter of Alphonso I of Portugal. Though he took the king of Portugal prisoner in 1180, he made no political use of his success. He extended his dominions southward in Extremadura at the expense of the Moors. Ferdinand, who died in 1188, left the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organizing faculty..
Escurial - Escurial Escurial is a village in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain..
Andalusia - AN Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 62 8 President Manuel Chaves González (PSOE) Junta de Andalucía Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Located in the south of the country, Andalusia it is bounded on the north by Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha, on the east by Murcia, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar, and on the west by Portugal. Its capital is Sevilla. The Spanish spoken in the Americas is largely descended from the Andalusian dialect of Castilian Spanish due to the role played by Sevilla as the gateway to Spain's American colonies in the 16th and 17th centuries. A lot of Moorish architecture is found in Andalusia, because it was the last stronghold of the Moors before they.
Andalusian dialect - just omitted. Final syllable 'l' or 'r' may be confused one another, but 'r' seems to predominate, as in 'arma' instead of 'alma'. Words of Latin origin starting with 'h' in writing (that is, that have kept the etymological 'H' in writing) are pronounced with an initial 'j' [h] sound. However, this characteristic is limited to rural areas and the flamenco culture. Many words of Arabic origin that have become obsolete or unknown in general Spanish Andalusia is the most populated region of Spain and there are other regions which have very similar dialects to the Andalusian such as Extremadura, Murcia or Canary Islands..
Aragon - historians usually call the kingdom the "Catalan-Aragonese Confederation" or, some of them, simply "Catalonia-Aragon". Barcelona was the center of what was in many ways a Mediterranean Empire, rulling the Mediterranean Sea and setting rules for the entire sea (for instances, in the Llibre del Consolat del Mar (in Catalan). See list of Kings of Aragon. The dynastic union of Castile and Aragón in 1479, when Ferdinand II of Aragon wed Isabella I of Castile, led to the formal creation of Spain as a single entity in 1516. See List of Spanish monarchs and Kings of Spain family tree See also Aragón River Aragonite Catherine of Aragon, 1st queen of Henry VIII of England External Links Government of Aragon (in Spanish) Basic statistical data on Aragon (in Spanish) Autonomous communities of Spain.
Asturias - by the Bay of Biscay. At one point, Asturias was one of the last remnants of Christian Spain; for this reason, the heir to the Spanish throne automatically takes the title of Prince of Asturias, much as the heir to the British throne is the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay. Asturias shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and with León province. See also Kingdom of Asturias External Links Government of Asturias (in Spanish) Autonomous communities of Spain Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is Basque Country Canary Is Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Plazas de soberanía.
Azuaga, Badajoz - Azuaga is a municipality in Badajoz province in southern Extremadura, bordering the Andaluz provinces of Sevilla y Córdoba. 140 kms. from the city of Badajoz, 125 kms. from the city of Córdoba, and 140 kms. from the city of Sevilla. It is located in the foothills of the Sierra Morena in the frontier region of Campiña Sur. With an area of 498 km2, Azuaga is the fourth largest municipality in area in province of Badajoz and includes the village of the Cardenchosa. The population as of January 1, 2002 was 8,580. The census of January 1, 1998 showed 9,226 inhabitants. People from Azuaga are known as azuagueños. History Prehistoric remains Azagua has archeological remains from the Megalithic era, the Copper Age, and Bronze Age. Roman Spain In the period of the.
Balearic Islands - but both groups are usually referred to as the Balearic Islands. List of municipalities in the Balearic Islands Historically they have been invaded by the Romans, the Vandals, the Byzantines, the Arabs, and the Catalan-Aragonese. The Catalan-Aragonese initially ruled the Balearics as the vassal Kingdom of Mallorca, later incorporating it directly into the Aragonese kingdom in 1344; that kingdom was later absorbed into Spain. Minorca was a British dependency in the 18th century. Autonomous communities of Spain Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is. Basque Country Canary Is Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Plazas de soberanía.
Badajoz - capital of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portuguese frontier, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway. The population in 1990 was 126,781; in 2002 it was 136,851. Badajoz is the see of a bishop. It occupies a slight eminence, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, and overlooking the Guadiana. A strong wall and bastions, with a broad moat and outworks, and forts on the surrounding heights, give the city an appearance of great strength. The river, which flows between the castle-hill and the powerfully armed fort of San Cristobal, is crossed by a magnificent granite bridge, originally built in 1460, repaired in 1597 and rebuilt in 1833. The whole aspect of Badajoz recalls.
Basque Country - Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia), capital Bilbao (Basque Bilbo) Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa), capital San Sebastián (Basque Donostia) Autonomous communities of Spain Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is Basque Country Canary Is Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Plazas de soberanía The larger Basque Country (the so called Euskal Herria in Basque) is formed by seven historical regions or territories, corresponding more or less with the historical area of Basque language. The common Basque slogan Zazpiak Bat means Seven make One. The southern or Spanish Basque regions (the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community, plus Navarre) form Hegoalde. The northern or French Basque regions form Iparralde. The French Basque regions are all part of the Pyrénées Atlantiques département. They are : Labourd (Basque Lapurdi) La Soule (Basque.
Badajoz (province) - province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Sevilla, and Huelva, and by Portugal. With its area of 21 766 sq.km, it is the largest province in Spain. The other province of Extremadura, Cáceres, is the second largest. Badajoz has a population of 662,808 (2002). Its capital is the city of Badajoz. Other cities in the province include Mérida, capital of the autonomous community. See also List of municipalities in Badajoz. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Please update as needed. Badajoz (formerly sometimes written Badajos), is a frontier province of western Spain, formed in 1833. Although in many districts there are low ranges of hills, the surface.
Canary Islands - dominated by Arabs, Norman adventurers and Portugal, the islands were finally conquered by Castile towards the end of the 15th century, and the local (possibly Berber) people —called guanches— subsequently diminished in number until their extinction or mixing with the immigrants. See also Tenerife disaster. Economy The economy is based on tourism and tropical agriculture (banana, tobacco) for exportation to Europe and the Americas. They receive about 10 million tourists per year. Ecologists are concerned that the resources, especially, in the drier islands are being overexploited. The combination of high mountains, belonging to Europe, and clean sky has made the Roque de los Muchachos (in La Palma island) peak a leading placement for telescopes like the Grantecan. The islands are outside European Union customs territory. The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code IC.
Catalonia - borders on Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast. Mountains: Catalan Pyrenees: Val d'Aran in the north face, Pica d'Estats 3141 m., Puigmal 2911 m., Cerdanya depression, Perthus pass (near the ancient Roman road). Catalan Litoral mountains: Montseny, Montserrat, Montsant. Iberic system: Maestrat. Major rivers: Fluvià Ter Llobregat Foix Francolí Gaià Ebre and its tributaries: Noguera, Segre, Valira. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Catalonia Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, Tarragona Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Parc Güell, Barcelona Palau Güell, Barcelona Casa Milà, Barcelona Poblet Monastery, Poblet, Tarragona province Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona See also: Famous Catalan People Catalan cuisine Traditions Catalonia's festivals and traditions unify.
