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Famous places in Spain 1. Madrid: is the capital and largest city of Spain. is located in the middle of Spain. was only named capital in the 16th century.

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1 Famous places in Spain 1. Madrid: is the capital and largest city of Spain. is located in the middle of Spain. was only named capital in the 16th century and struggled to live up to the reputation of other great European hubs. Nowadays - finally - Madrid rests self assured with world class museums and architecture.

2 Plaza de España (or "Spain Square" in English) is a large square, and popular tourist destination, located in central Madrid. It features a monument to Spanish novelist, poet and playwright Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote.

3 Plaza De España

4 Do you know Don Quixote?

5 Prado Museum is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and unquestionably the best single collection of Spanish art.

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7 God presenting Eve to Adam Left panel: Central panel: a picture of socially engaged figures, fantastical animals, oversized fruit and hybrid stone formations Right panel torments of damnation

8 Las Meninas is a 1656 old painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. The word “Menina” means “Maid of Honour”, i.e. a girl who serves in a royal court. There is a lot of detail in the painting, and more has been written about it than about almost any other Western painting because it is quite complicated. For example: people do not always agree about who is looking at whom and why they are standing there. Las Meninas

9 More about Madrid !

10 Barcelona: 2 nd largest city of Spain Where is Barcelona?

11 What do you know about Barcelona? Holy Family Cathedral ( La Sagrada Familia) by Gaudi

12 La Sagrada Familia, or Holy Family Church, is Antoni Gaudi's most ambitious work, and construction is still ongoing. La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain is one of Antoni Gaudí's most impressive works. This enormous church, as yet unfinished, is a summary of everything that Gaudí designed before. The ongoing construction of Sagrada Familia is paid for by tourism. When Sagrada Familia is complete, the church will have a total of 18 towers, each dedicated to a different religious figure, and each one hollow, allowing the placement of various types of bells which will sound with the choir.

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14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3p_ cGw9dA bull fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzWWh ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtA8zS3 nlrchqL0ruY food fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzWWh qL0ruY running with bull


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