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País Vasco. Es una comunidad española situada al norte del país y que limita con Francia. Está formada por las provincias de Álava, Vizcaya y Guipúzcoa y sus ciudades más pobladas son Bilbao, Vitoria y San Sebastián. Los idiomas oficiales del País Vasco son el euskera y el español. In terms of geography, it would make more sense if continental Spain observed the same local time as the Canary Islands. In fact, the country did so for decades—from 1900, when time zones were introduced there, to 1940, when the dictator Francisco Franco moved Spain to the time zone it uses today. On 1 January 2002, Spain fully adopted the euro, and Spain experienced strong economic growth, well above the EU average during the early 2000s. However, well-publicised concerns issued by many economic commentators at the height of the boom warned that extraordinary property prices and a high foreign trade deficit were likely to lead to a painful economic collapse. [69]

A series of Viking incursions raided the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula in the 9th and 10th centuries. [33] The first recorded Viking raid on Iberia took place in 844; it ended in failure with many Vikings killed by the Galicians' ballistas; and seventy of the Vikings' longships captured on the beach and burned by the troops of King Ramiro I of Asturias. Castilla y León. Es una comunidad española situada en el norte de la península y que está dividida en nueve provincias: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid y Zamora. La Comunidad de Cataluña se sitúa en el noreste peninsular y la forman las provincias de Barcelona, Girona, Lleida y Tarragona. Su capital regional está en Barcelona.La agricultura. Se destaca la producción de cebada, trigo, avena, centeno y maíz. Una característica destacable del sector agrícola español es que es el líder europeo en producción agroecológica ya que produce el 17 % del total de este tipo de productos de toda la Unión Europea. Extremadura. Es una comunidad española ubicada en el sudoeste del país y con capital en la ciudad de Mérida. Está compuesta por dos provincias: Cáceres, situada al norte, y Badajoz, al sur, que suman en total 388 municipios. Sadurni, J.M (2023) El origen incierto de la Falla de Valencia. https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/ Su religión oficial es el catolicismo, profesado por más del 80 % de la población. El islam y el judaísmo son algunas de las religiones minoritarias del país.

Joan Miró (1893-1983). Fue un pintor y escultor español nacido en Barcelona que se caracterizó por su arte abstracto y formó parte de la corriente surrealista. Algunas de sus obras más reconocidas son La masía, Carnaval de Arlequín, Paisaje catalán y Despertando al amanecer. The ships' propulsion system consisted of four-shaft Parsons steam turbines and steam was provided by twelve coal-fired water-tube Yarrow boilers. [6] The turbines drove three-bladed screw propellers that had diameters of 2.4 metres (7feet 10inches). Two spare screws were kept aboard each ship. [18] The boilers were trunked into a single funnel that was placed amidships; the funnel's location far from the foremast kept the latter's spotting top free from smoke interference but still rendered the spotting top on the mainmast essentially useless. [19] The Protestant Reformation increased Spain's involvement in religiously charged wars, forcing ever-expanding military efforts across Europe and in the Mediterranean. [44] By the middle decades of a war- and plague-ridden 17th-century Europe, the Spanish Habsburgs had enmeshed the country in continent-wide religious-political conflicts. These conflicts drained it of resources and undermined the economy generally. Spain managed to hold on to most of the scattered Habsburg empire, and help the imperial forces of the Holy Roman Empire reverse a large part of the advances made by Protestant forces, but it was finally forced to recognise the separation of Portugal and the United Provinces (Dutch Republic), and eventually suffered some serious military reverses to France in the latter stages of the immensely destructive, Europe-wide Thirty Years' War. [45] In the latter half of the 17th century, Spain went into a gradual decline, during which it surrendered several small territories to France and England; however, it maintained and enlarged its vast overseas empire, which remained intact until the beginning of the 19th century. Fernández, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas; Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. Toledo: International Naval Research Organization. 44 (1): 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374.

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Dado que España es un país con una amplia diversidad de climas y relieves, su fauna y flora son de las más variadas del continente. Lope de Vega (1562-1635). Fue un dramaturgo y poeta y uno de los principales exponentes literarios del Siglo de Oro español. Abarcó muchos géneros literarios y revolucionó el género dramático. Son reconocidos sus libros de sonetos y poemas, y otras obras como Fuenteovejuna, El caballero de Olmedo, El perro del hortelano y El laberinto de Creta. The Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936: on 17 and 18 July, part of the military carried out a coup d'état that triumphed in only part of the country. The situation led to a civil war, in which the territory was divided into two zones: one under the authority of the Republican government, that counted on outside support from the Soviet Union and Mexico (and from International Brigades), and the other controlled by the putschists (the Nationalist or rebel faction), most critically supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The Republic was not supported by the Western powers due to the British-led policy of non-intervention. General Francisco Franco was sworn in as the supreme leader of the rebels on 1 October 1936. An uneasy relationship between the Republican government and the grassroots anarchists who had initiated a partial social revolution also ensued. Santa Teresa de Jesús (1515-1582). Fue una monja y escritora española. Es considerada una de las grandes figuras de la literatura española. Su Libro de la Vida es uno de los más importantes de la historia de la literatura del país. Camino de Perfección y Las fundaciones son otras de sus obras destacadas. La forma de gobierno de España es la monarquía parlamentaria: el rey es jefe de Estado pero quien gobierna es el presidente y el poder legislativo.

En la zona de Canarias muchas de las especies endémicas se extinguieron y hoy la mayoría de las especies que habitan allí fueron introducidas. Algunos animales autóctonos de estas islas son aves, como el pinzón azul de Tenerife, el mosquitero canario y la tarabilla canaria. In April 1904, Britain and France reached the Entente Cordiale, putting aside their traditional rivalry to oppose German expansionism. The agreement directly affected Spain because it settled matters of control over Morocco and placed Tangier under joint British–French–Spanish control. The agreement brought Spain closer with Britain and France, leading to an exchange of notes between the three governments in May 1907, by which time a strong cabinet led by Antonio Maura had come to power. The notes created an informal agreement to contain the German-led Central Powers; Britain would concentrate the bulk of the Royal Navy in the North Sea while Spain would contribute its fleet to support the French Navy against the combined fleets of Italy and Austria-Hungary. Britain and France would provide technical assistance to develop new warships for the Spanish fleet. Accordingly, Maura secured passage of the Fleet Plan of 1907, which proposed the construction of three battleships, several destroyers, torpedo boats, and other craft. The construction plan was to last for eight years. Debates over the plan took place in the Cortes Generales (General Courts—the Spanish legislature) until the end of November and a final approval vote on 2 December. The 1907 Fleet Plan was formally signed into law on 7 January 1908. [1] [2] Development [ edit ] HMS Dreadnought significantly affected development of the España class

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The French occupation of Mainland Spain created an opportunity for overseas criollo elites who resented the privilege towards Peninsular elites and demanded retroversion of the sovereignty to the people. Starting in 1809 the American colonies began a series of revolutions and declared independence, leading to the Spanish American wars of independence that put an end to the metropole's grip over the Spanish Main. Attempts to re-assert control proved futile with opposition not only in the colonies but also in the Iberian peninsula and army revolts followed. By the end of 1826, the only American colonies Spain held were Cuba and Puerto Rico. Algunos de los pintores más importantes de la historia, como Pablo Picasso y Salvador Dalí, fueron españoles.