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70 unusual facts about Spain


Al-Qaeda involvement in Europe

The March 11, 2004 Islamist terrorist attack in Madrid (Spain), killed 191 people and wounded more than 2,000.

Alejandro Cercas

Alejandro Cercas Alonso (born 25 May 1949, Cáceres) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Alfa Romeo Romeo

They continued to be made until the beginning of the 2000s at the Ávila plant in Spain.

Alfonso Escámez

Alfonso Escámez (1 January 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Spanish banker.

Almonte

Almonte, Spain, a town and municipality in Huelva province, Spain

Alphonsus a Sancta Maria

Alphonsus a Sancta Maria, or Alphonso de Cartagena (1396 – July 12, 1456), Spanish historian, was born at Cartagena, and succeeded his father, Paulus, as bishop of Burgos.

Antonio Castillo Lastrucci

Antonio Castillo Lastrucci (February 27, 1882 - November 29, 1967) was a Spanish sculptor, focused in religious works.

Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt

There he took Cuenca (3 July 1808) and fought in several other skirmishes which brought him the rank of général de division (general of division) and the command of all dragoon regiments in Spain.

Avila Convent

The patron saint is Saint Teresa of Avila, christened after the province Avila in Spain and the convent motto is "Love,Truth and Service".

Baltasar Lobo

The Museo Baltasar Lobo (museum) is in the city of Zamora, Spain near his birthplace.

Battle of Montijo

The Battle of Montijo was fought on 26 May 1644, in Montijo, Spain, between Portuguese and Spanish forces.

Berdín Palace

The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Asturian: Palaciu de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto

In this first year, playing as Cáceres 2016, the team achieved the promotion semifinals but, after beating CajaRioja in the quarterfinalis series, lost against CB Illescas in the semifinal played at Cáceres.

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Cantueso

Its production is regulated by the denominación de origen "Distilled spirits of Alicante," along with anise paloma, herbero, and the café licor of Alcoy.

Casetas

subdivision type1 = Autonomous community

Coiba

Coiba was home to the Coiba Cacique Indians until about 1560, when they were conquered by the Spanish and forced into slavery.

Colegio de Doncellas Nobles

The Colegio de Doncellas Nobles was a school for girls founded in 1551 in Toledo, Spain, and placed under royal patronage.

Darro Solar Park

Darro Solar Park, also referred to as Solarpark Darro, is a 5.8 MWp photovoltaic power plant located in Darro, Spain.

Democratic elements of Roman Republic

Octavian on the other hand received the Roman provinces of the west: Italia (modern Italy), Gaul (modern France), Gallia Belgica (parts of modern Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), and Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal), these territories were poorer but traditionally the better recruiting grounds; and Lepidus was given the minor province of Africa (modern Tunisia) to govern.

El Chorro

El Chorro ("The Spurt") is a small village located in Málaga (Andalusia) in southern Spain, near the town of Álora.

File sharing in Canada

In 2009, Canada's music sales went down by 7.4%, second only to Spain, according to a report released in April 28, 2010 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, reported by an organization that has interest in stopping peer 2 peer.

Francisco de Paula Martínez

Francisco de Paula Martínez y Sáez (March 30, 1835 – 1908) was a Spanish zoologist.

Francisco del Plano

Francisco del Plano (1658 – September 15, 1739) was a Spanish painter who was active in Navarra and the Basque Country.

Francisco María Píccolo

Arrived at the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the year 1684 and was assigned to missions in northern Mexico.

Francisco Ximénez de Urrea

Francisco Ximénez de Urrea (January 28, 1589 – January 6, 1647) was a Spanish historian and writer.

Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás

Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás (1593–1679) was a Spanish friar and architect.

Fuente del Ángel Caído

The Fountain of the Fallen Angel (Spanish: Fuente del Ángel Caído) or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.

Gabriel Alonso de Herrera

Gabriel Alonso de Herrera (1470–1539) was a Spanish author, best known for his Obra de Agricultura (Treatise on Agriculture), published in 1513 under the patronage of Cardinal Cisneros.

Geography of Manila

The Tondo Province annexed to this new district the towns of Cainta, Taytay, Antipolo and Boso-boso, while Laguna contributed the towns of Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla and Jalajala.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Habsburg–Persian alliance

Finally, on 18 February 1529, Charles V, deeply alarmed by the Ottoman progression towards Vienna, again sent a letter from Toledo to Shah Ismail, who had died in 1524 and had been replaced by Shah Tahmasp, pleading for a military diversion.

Hasdrubal the Fair

Thus, he extended the newly acquired empire by skillful diplomacy, consolidating it by founding the important city and naval base of Qart Hadasht, who would be lately called, by the Roman, Carthago Nova (Cartagena) as the capital of the new province, and by a treaty with the Roman Republic which fixed the River Ebro, Iberus in those time, as the boundary between the two powers, establishing Carthage's zone up to his south.

HP Labs

In addition to the seven major sites, other HP Labs offices can be found in Princeton, New Jersey, and Barcelona, Spain.

Jacques-Nicolas Gobert

He set out from Madrid with a division on 2 July 1808 to join General Dupont in Jaén.

Jaen, Nueva Ecija

Father Martínez marked the document as approved but later wrote in his own wish that the name "Ibayong Ilog" be changed to the name of his birthplace of Jaén, Spain.

Joaquín Luque Roselló

Joaquín Luque Roselló (September 27, 1865 - January 23, 1932) was a Spanish painter.

José Manuel Puelles de los Santos

José Manuel Puelles de los Santos (January 16, 1894 – August 5, 1936) was a Spanish physician.

José María Luengo Martínez

José María Luengo Martínez (1896–1991) was a Spanish writer and archaeologist.

Joseph ibn Abitur

Abitur was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of Mérida.

Juan Carlos de Aréizaga

Aréizaga however was not able to stop the French invasion, and most of his forces were disbanded at Jaén in January 1810.

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1489 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher and theologian.

Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

He is to be distinguished from a younger Juan de Padilla, who was maestro de capilla at Zamora, Spain (1661-1663), and Toledo (1663-1673).

Katharine Waldo Douglas

She died of injuries received in the crash of the Sud Express near Tolosa on March 29, 1939.

La Foncalada

The Foncalada is a fountain of potable water located outside the city walls of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; it was built by king Alfonso III of Asturias in the 9th century.

Lekunberri

Lekunberri, Spain - a municipality in the province of Navarre (Navarra), northern Spain.

Madrid–Levante high-speed rail line

The Madrid–Levante high-speed line connects Madrid with the Mediterranean coast of the Levante Region, specifically with Castile–La Mancha, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region autonomous communities.

Manuel Mindán Manero

Manuel Mindán Manero (1902 in Calanda, Spain – 2006 in Madrid) was an Aragonese philosopher and priest.

Máximo Macapobre

The new town and its present location is called Toledo upon suggestion of the alcalde mayor of Cebu whose place of origin was Toledo, Spain.

Menahem ben Saruq

Menahem was a native of Tortosa, and went, apparently at an early age, to Cordoba, where he found a patron in Isaac ben Ezra ibn Shaprut, the father of the subsequent statesman Hasdai ibn Shaprut.

Moise Vauquelin

Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667.

Mora Municipality

Mora, Spain, a municipality in the province of Toledo, autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Nada Es Lo Que Crees

Nada Es Lo Que Crees is the fourth album of Spanish singer Natalia.

Oia

Oia, Spain, a municipality in Galicia, in the province of Pontevedra

Paredes

Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Peter Kollock

Kollock was born on November 1, 1959 in Zaragoza, Spain but came to the United States when he was a year old.

Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria

The 7th Countess Maria de la O, married then an Andalusian lawyer from Mancha Real, Jaén, Spain, named Martinez Ortega, grafting thus the new family name "Martinez-Bordiu".

Puerta Bab al-Mardum

The Puerta Bab al-Mardum, or Puerta de Valmardón, is a city gate of Toledo, Spain.

Ramón Carande

Ramón Carande (May 4, 1887 - September 1, 1986) was a Spanish historian.

Ramón López Soler

Ramón López Soler (Manresa, 1806 - Barcelona, 1836) was a journalist and writer of the Spanish Romantic Movement.

Roman bridge

This was to be the longest arch bridge for a thousand years both in terms of overall and individual span length, while the longest extant Roman bridge is the 790 m long Puente Romano at Mérida.

Roman temple of Alcántara

The Roman temple of Alcántara is located at one side of the Alcántara Bridge, Cáceres, Extremadura (Spain).

San Salvador de Oña

Count García Sánchez of Castile (1009-1028), their son, the last independent Count of Castile, assassinated in Zamora

Scipione

The setting is New Carthage (Cartagena), 210 BCE, after the Roman army, led by Scipione has captured the city from the Carthaginians and their Spanish allies.

The Falling Soldier

He then e-mailed images to librarians and historians in towns near Córdoba, asking if they recognized the landscape, and received a positive response from a community called Espejo.

The Interior Castle

It is also not unduly speculative that living in a walled city like Ávila, not to mention a Carmelite monastery, must have influenced her thinking from an interior perspective.

The Tudor Consort

Under Alastair’s guidance the group toured overseas and claimed silver and bronze awards at the 35th International Choral Competition in Tolosa, Spain in 2003.

Volver a empezar

Volver a empezar, an award-winning Spanish film of 1982 also known as Begin the Beguine.

Winter in Madrid

Meanwhile, Barbara meets Luis, an unemployed Nationalist Spain veteran, who tells her that Bernie is still alive and is being held in a brutal Military Prison near Cuenca.

Women's World Chess Championship 1996

The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.


2010 European Marathon Cup

The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.

Acolman

To the back of the atrium area is the main church, with its rose/tan Plateresque facade reminiscent of the Colegiata de Santa María in Calatayud, Spain.

Active Space Technologies

Founded in 2004, the company's work and expansion has been reported in several media, including Expresso, Correio da Manhã, The Wall Street Journal, Diário As Beiras, Público, Diário de Coimbra, RDP Antena 1, Jornal de Notícias, TSF, Agência Lusa, Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, El Mundo, RTP 2, Rádio Renascença, etc.

Alexander Dennis Enviro350H

Alexander Dennis had since received orders of 22 buses from Stagecoach for use in Scotland (19 introduced in 2012, 3 introduced in 2013), 4 buses from First Essex (introduced in 2013) and 12 buses from Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain.

Arnold de Jode

He worked in the Netherlands and in Spain, and was in England in 1666, the year of the great fire in London, and in 1667.

Bartholomew Columbus

He was imprisoned together with Christopher and another brother, Giacomo (also called Diego), by Francisco de Bobadilla and returned to Spain in December 1500.

Battle of Callao

Spain began its campaign by seizing the Chincha Islands, which were rich in guano, and demanding indemnity as recompense for the murder of two Spanish citizens in Lambayeque.

Brutus of Troy

The Historia Britonum states that "The island of Britain derives its name from Brutus, a Roman consul" who conquered Spain.

Castilian-Leonese cuisine

Major wines in Castilian-Leonese cuisine include the robust wine of Toro, reds from Ribera del Duero, whites from Rueda, and clarets from Cigales.

CD Mirandés

Additionally, it also held other sporting events, most notably the under-21 match between Spain and Poland in 2006 (0–1).

Ceol an Ghrá

At the Contest, it was performed third on the night, following France's Betty Mars with "Comé-comédie" and preceding Spain's Jaime Morey with "Amanece".

Christina Stead

Stead also became involved with the writer, broker and Marxist political economist William J. Blake (formerly Wilhelm Blech), with whom she travelled to Spain (leaving at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War) and to the USA.

City Solar

City Solar has produced over a dozen power stations including the world's largest photovoltaic power plant located in Beneixama, Spain.

Dutch Brazilian

The Dutch West India Company was established in Amsterdam in 1621 and soon came into contact with the overseas domains of Portugal and Spain.

Eduardo Ferreira

Ferreira was naturalized in 2013 and made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea on 16 November 2013 against Spain as an 81st minute substitute for Viera Ellong.

Éric Caritoux

A promise he had forgotten about but the organisers had not, de Gribaldy was threatened with a £50,000 fine if the team did not ride, he had to scrape together a squad for the Vuelta at the last minute, this included the holidaying Caritoux, who was told to get to Geneva and then fly to Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain where the Vuelta was starting.

Fabio Díez

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán

He conquered in 1674 Bellegarde Fort, 42° 27′ 31″ N, 2° 51′ 33″ E, French since the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 between France and Spain, but it was taken back by the mercenary Troop Commander Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, (Heidelberg, Germany, 1615 - Battle of the Boyne, near Drogheda, Ireland, 1 July 1690 1690) on behalf of king Louis XIV of France.

Francisco Goya

They were owned by Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain and a favorite of the Queen, María Luisa.

Fritz Knipschildt

After training at the Hotel and Restaurant School of Denmark, Knipschildt worked in the Mont Blanc area of France twice, and also in southern Spain.

Ibero-German

Ibero-German means of or pertaining to people of Spanish or Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries.

Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez

She is the foundress of The Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.The actors for her cause is Hermanas de la Caridad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús of Spain.

Jervis B. Webb Company

The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.

John Hollowbread

In 1994 he retired to Spain - he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.

Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales

Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales (Reinoso, Spain, June 13, 1770 - Moraya, Bolivia, December 4, 1831) was an Argentine general of Spanish origin (considered also a Bolivian for his activities in Bolivia) that fought in the war for the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Chile and Peru.

Juan de Castellanos

Juan de Castellanos (born in Spain in the first half of the sixteenth century; date of death unknown) was a Criollo poet, soldier and Catholic priest.

Juan Manuel Molina

Juan Manuel Molina Morote (born March 15, 1979 in Cieza, Murcia) is a male former race walker from Spain.

Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics

The institute has one solar telescope on the Schauinsland Mountain near Freiburg and, in collaboration with other institutions, uses solar telescopes of the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain.

La Spagna

The work is an adaptation of the story of Charlemagne's battles in Spain and the adventures of his nephew, the paladin Orlando (Roland), including the tale of his mortal duel with Ferraguto and his ultimate death at Roncesvalles.

Las Bovedas

Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in Andalucia, Southern Spain.

Las Supremas de Móstoles

Las Supremas de Móstoles (or The Supremes of Móstoles, in English) is a Spanish pop band made up of three sisters, Susi, Vicky and Luisi (two of them are twins).

Lechón

Lechón, a municipality in Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain

Ludwig Hans Fischer

A pupil, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, of Eduard von Lichtenfels in painting, of Louis Jacoby in engraving, and of William Unger in etching, he completed his studies traveling in Italy, Spain, North Africa, Egypt, and India, and afterwards settled in Vienna.

Manuel Freire de Andrade

Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1767 – 7 March 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister.

Manuel Orallo

Manuel Orallo was mayor of Fabero, León, in north-west Spain from 1965 until 1977 and a provincial deputy during the 1960s and 1970s.

Mount Abantos

On the wast side of Abantos is the port of Malagon, one of the toughest mountain stages of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain).

Pablo Saavedra Reinado

Pablo Saavedra Reinado (born January 29, 1975 in Pontevedra) is an S9 swimmer from Spain.

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Alvarez de Toledo, Count of Fuentes de Valdepero (Zamora, Spain, 1525 – Milan, Italy, 22 July 1610, aged 85) was a Spanish general and statesman.

Puente Colgante

Vizcaya Bridge, a bridge commonly called Puente Colgante, which spans the Nervion River in the Biscay province of Spain.

Quely

Quely is a family-run company founded in Majorca, Spain, in 1853, that manufactures biscuits, baked goods, and chocolate-coated products.

Ranon

Ranón, one of five parishes in Soto del Barco, a municipality in Asturias, in northern Spain

Sabiha Al Khemir

Between 1991–1992 Al Khemir was a consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for the exhibition ‘Al-Andalus: Islamic Arts of Spain.’ She traveled in Europe and North Africa in search of objects and history that would provide the basis for the show.

Sancho Gracia

He became famous in Spain for interpreting the role of Curro Jiménez, in the TV show of the same name, that was broadcast by TVE from 1976 to 1979, being rebroadcast several times since then.

Sergio Mendizábal

Sergio Mendizábal (3 July 1920, San Sebastián, Spain) is a retired Spanish film actor who made over 100 appearances in film between 1955 and 1996.

Summer capital

The location of San Sebastián in the cooler, northern part of Spain close to the French border ideally placed it as a summer capital alternative to Madrid.

Vallecillo

Vallecillo, town in the province of León, Castile y León, Spain

Veremonda

The opera was first performed at the Nuovo Teatro del Palazzo Reale in Naples on 21 December 1652, to celebrate the Spanish capture of Barcelona, which put an end to the revolt of Catalonia (Naples was also a Spanish possession).

VP-8

From February to August 2003, VP-8 deployed to NAF Sigonella and Souda Bay, Crete, to provide 24-hour P-3 support for the two carrier battle groups in the Mediterranean during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), flying nearly 100 overland combat missions and over 4,000 flight hours from Italy, Greece, Germany, Spain, and Senegal.

Wartenberg Trust

WartenbergTrust is a global multi-family office, wealth management and investment advisory firm established in 1921 to manage financial and other assets of the Wartenberg family in German-speaking Europe and from 1931 also in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the US and Italy.

Zuazo

Puente Zuazo, bridge located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain