SPAIN • Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain,is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla. WHERE DO WE LIVE?

• Spain's autonomous communities are the first level administrative divisions of the country. • We live in . GRANADA

• We live in Granada. • Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Beiro, the Darro, the Genil and the Monachil. It sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. FAMOUS PLACES IN GRANADA

• The alhambra is a Nasrid "palace city". It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. It is certainly Granada's most emblematic monument and one of the most visited in Spain. It consists of a defensive zone, the Alcazaba, together with others of a residential and formal state character, the Nasrid Palaces and, lastly, the palace, gardens and orchards of El Generalife. • The Albayzin is a neighborhood of Al-Andalus origin, much visited by tourists who flock to the city because of its historical associations, architecture, and landscape. This neighborhood had its greatest development in the Nasrid era, and therefore largely maintains the urban fabric of this period, with narrow streets arranged in an intricate network that extends from the upper area, called San Nicolás, to the river Darro and Calle Elvira, located in the Plaza Nueva. The traditional type of housing is the Carmen granadino, consisting of a free house surrounded by a high wall that separates it from the street and includes a small orchard or garden. • The Generalife is a garden area attached to the Alhambra which became a place of recreation and rest for the Granadan Muslim kings when they wanted to flee the tedium of official life in the Palace. It occupies the slopes of the hill Cerro del Sol above the ravines of the Genil and the Darro and is visible from vantage points throughout the city. It was conceived as a rural village, consisting of landscaping, gardens and architecture. The palace and gardens were built during the reign of Muhammed III (1302–1309) and redecorated shortly after by Abu l-Walid Isma'il (1313–1324). It is of the Islamic Nasrid style, and is today one of the biggest attractions in the city of Granada. The Generalife was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. THE TYPICAL COSTUMES OF SPAIN

• In Spain we have different important costumes

Andalusia’s costume Catalan’s costume Galicia’s costume THE TYPICAL COSTUME OF GRANADA • The typical costume is the ‘’ costume, we can call it, also, the ‘gitana’ costume • It’s the dress traditionally worn by women at Ferias (festivals) in Andalusia, Spain. There are two forms: one worn by dancers and the other worn as a day dress • The traje de flamenca has undergone changes over the century or more that it has been in widespread use FAMOUS PAINTERS OF SPAIN

• In Spain we have a lot of famous painters like Pablo Picasso, El Greco, Salvador Dalí…

Salvador Dalí’s painting

Pablo’s painting Greco’s painting FAMOUS PAINTERS IN GRANADA

• In Granada we have had very good painters throughtout history like Alonso Cano, he also was a architec and a sculptor • Alonso Cano learned painting in the academy of Juan del Castillo, and from Francisco Pacheco the teacher of Velázquez • His famous paintings are the ‘Virgin of the milk’, ‘Saint Jerónimo’ Literature

Here in Spain we have a lot of famous writers.

Miguel Cervantes Juan Ramón Jiménez Lope de Vega

(1547-1616) (1881-1958) (1562-1635)

Known for write Known for write Known for write “Don Quijote de la Mancha” “Platero y yo” “Fuenteovejuna” Literature in Granada

Federico García Lorca

García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting of mostly poets who introduced the tenets of European movements into Spanish literature.

He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. His body has never been found. In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into Lorca's death. The García Lorca family eventually dropped objections to the excavation of a potential gravesite near Alfacar, but no human remains were found.

(5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) Music

Here are some famous artists from Spain

Camarón Alaska y Dinarama Estopa

https://youtu.be/-I1Yf8RHsZc https://youtu.be/paccyHqIAoo https://youtu.be/JmP89cIGJZM Music in Granada Estrella Morente

Estrella Morente (Estrella de la Aurora Morente Carbonell) is a Spanish flamenco singer. She was born on 14 August 1980 in Las Gabias, Granada in southern Spain. She is the daughter of flamenco singer and dancer Aurora Carbonell.

She has performed with her father since age seven and recorded her first album in 2001, Mi Cante Y Un Poema (My Songs and A Poem). This was followed the same year by Calle del Aire, which was well received by critics and flamenco fans. She released her third album, Mujeres (Women) in 2006, which her father produced. On 14 December 2001 she married bullfighter Javier Conde in Nuestra Señora de las Angustias basilica in Granada. They have two children, Curro (2002) and Estrella (2005).