PowerPoint for the E-twinning project about Spain and England. Made by 5th grade students of Escola Splai.

1. LANDMARKS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
IN SPAIN

2. SPAIN By Alba
Spain is a country and member state of the
European Union located in southwestern
Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
Spain is seen as an exotic country because
of its friendly people, warm weather, laid-
back lifestyle, cuisine, exciting night-life, and
its world famous festivities and folklore.
The history of Spain is a compendium of
influences from the different cultures that
have lived in the country.

3. ALHAMBRA PALACE (GRANADA)
The Alhambra in Spain is called the red fortress
and it is located in Granada, Spain.
This place is a fort that is very complex in its
structure.
The Alhambra, the complete form of which was
Calat Alhambra, is a palace and fortress
complex located in the Province of Granada,
Spain.
It was constructed during the mid 14th century
by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada
in Al Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the
Assabica on the southeastern border of the city
of Granada.

4. ALHAMBRA PALACE (GRANADA)
Today, the Alhambra is one of the main tourist
attractions of the country.
The total length of the Alhambra is 740 meter
and it has one of the largest widths.
The best and the strongest position is the
citadel.
The Alhambra is a true reflection of the ruler
Nasrid Emirate of Granada.
In total, it has 13 towers.
The entire fortress is made up of red clay.
Their windows are fantastic !!
By Alejandro

5. AQUEDUCT OF SEGOVIA (SEGOVIA)
The Aqueduct of Segovia is the most important Roman civil
engineering work of Spain.
The Segovia aqueduct carried the water from Fuente Fría to the city of
Segovia.
In the deepest part is 28 meters.
From1992, cars are not allowed to run going under the arches of
acueduct. By Alex
It remains vulnerable to contamination.

6. AVILA’S WALLS (AVILA)
The Avila Walls were built in the 11th century.
The city is located 3665 ft above the sea level.
The main sites are built on the top of a hill.
The city covers an area of about 232 square kilometers and a population of
58,561.
The walls measure 3 meters wide with 9 entrance gates and 90 towers.
The cathedral was built between the 12th and 14th centuries and features a
collection of sculptures and paintings from the year 1571.
The Avila Walls were built in the 11th century. By Álvaro

7. SEVILLE CATHEDRAL (SEVILLE)
The Seville Cathedral is located in Seville,
Spain. The church was built in the 1500s
in Gothic styles.
It is the largest cathedral in Spain and the
world’s
third largest cathedral.
The Cathedral features the tomb of
Christopher Columbus.
In 1888, a massive earthquake hit the city
and the same dome collapsed, it was
rebuilt again.

8. SEVILLE CATHEDRAL (SEVILLE)
The Giralda is a former minaret that was converted
to a belltower for the Cathedral of Seville in Seville.
It was one of the most important symbols in the
medieval city.
The Giralda Tower is the Cathedral’s famous bell
tower. The tower measures 97.5 meters high was
the world’s tallest tower at the time of its
construction. The tower features a statue that
measures 4 meters high
By David

9. PARK GÜELL (BARCELONA)
Park Güell is a complex garden with
architectural elements.
It was designed by the catalan architect
Antoni Gaudí and built from 1900 to
1914.
Eusebi Güell bought a large farm in the
"Muntaya Pelada", Gracia. He wanted to
build a Garden-city, the works were
commissioned to Antonio Gaudí.
But they can only sell three parcels, and
the work was stopped in 1914 because it
had been a failure.

10. PARK GÜELL (BARCELONA)
Today the structures are designed to
community services, entering the
square,
the Hipóstila Chamber ...
It was opened to the public in 1922 as
a park for its beauty. In 1984 it was
declared a World Heritage Site by
Unesco.
By Eduard

11. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (BILBAO)
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a
museum of modern and contemporary
art, designed by Canadian-American
architect Frank Ghery, built by Ferrovial
and located in Bilbao, Basque country,
Spain.
It is built alongside the Nervion River,
which runs through the city of Bilbao to
the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is
one of several museums belonging to
the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation.
The museum features permanent and
visiting exhibits of works by Spanish
and international artists. By Eva

12. ROYAL PALACE (MADRID)
The royal Palace in the city of Madrid is
the official residence for the Emperors
of Spain.
The palace is one of the main
attractions in the city and it is Western
Europe’s largest palace that covers an
area of 135,000 square metres with
2800 rooms.
The palace was built in between the
years 1738-1755 on the site of an old
castle belonging to the 16th century.
The castle was burnt by Emperor Philip
V and he commissioned a new palace
to be built on the same site.
By Fátima

13. SAGRADA FAMÍLIA (BARCELONA)
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la
Sagrada Familia is designed for Antoni
Gaudí an architect of Catalonia , in
November the 2010 is consecrated for
the Pope Benedict XVI.
It started in 1882, Gaudí is involved in
1883 taking over the project and
transforming it with his architectural
and engineering style.
Gaudi died, he was ran over by a tram
car in 1926. Only a quarter of the
project was complete.

14. SAGRADA FAMÍLIA (BARCELONA)
Sagrada Família's construction
progressed but it was interrupted by
Spanish civil War.
It was resumed in the 1950s.
It’s still in construction nowadays !
In 2026 is the centennial of Gaudí's
death. The basílica has a long history
of dividing the citizens of Barcelona
over the possibility that work after
By Marc
Gaudí's death disregarded his design.

15. CANARY ISLANDS
The Canary Islands is a chain of Spanish
Islands located in the norhwest coast of
Africa and it is about 100 km for the
borders of Sahara and Marroco.
The name "Islas Canarias" is likely
derived from the Latin name "Insula
Canaria", meaning "Island of the Dogs".
The islands are volcanic and there are
about seven islands: Tenerife,
Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote,
La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.
The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous
community and an orteumost region of the
European Union.

16. CANARY ISLANDS
The capital for the Autonomus Community
is shared by the cities of Las Palmas and
Santa Cruz.
The islands have a subtropical climate,
with long warm summers and moderately
winters and the archipelago's beaches,
climate and important natural attractions,
especially Teide National Park and Mount
Teide. The highest mountain in Spain.
These islands are ideal for astronomical
observation.
Tenerife, with 865,070 inhabitants, is both
the Canary Islands' and Spain's most
populous island and is also the largest
island of the archipelago.
Four of Spain's thirteen national parks are
located in the Canary Islands, more than By Pedro
any other autonomous community.

17. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN SPAIN
Our students have been collecting information about famous people in
Catalonia (Barcelona’s autonomous region).
Here you can discover some facts about of the most important people in
Catalonia.

18. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ
I’m going to write about Monserrat
Caballe.
She was born in Barcelona in 1933.
She is an Opera Singer.
In 1966 she won the Liceo’s medal.
In 1970 she had a prize in Paris.
In 1982 she received the gold medal of
the Generalitat of Catalonia.
In 1988 he won the gold medal of Madrid.
In 1992 she sang the hymn in the Olympic
games, in Barcelona.
Thank you for reading !
By Irene F.

19. FERRAN ADRIÀ
Ferran Adrià i Acosta is a Catalan chef
born on May 14th, 1962 in L'Hospitalet de
Llobregat.
He was the head chef of "El Bulli"
restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava.
He is considered one of the best chefs in
the world.
In 2004, he was in the list of the ten best
chefs in Time magazine.
By Irene G.

20. GEMMA MENGUAL
Gemma Mangual Civilwas born in
Barcelona,Spain where she resides
nowadays.
She was born on April 12, 1977.
She licensed in gemologia.
His passion for the synchronized
swimming started at the age of 9.
She devotes herself to swimming and she
is one of the most professional swimmers
in this sport.
His parents decided to inscribe her in the
club Kallipollis.
She is considered to be the best Spanish
specialist of all the times.
Anna Tarres is her coach.
She was an European sub-Champion as
a junior in Moscow 1993.
She has competed in three olympics and
world championships. She won 15
medals. By Ivan

21. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT
I'm going to write about Joan Manuel
Serrat.
He was born in Poblesec, Barcelona in
1943.
He is a singer.
Serrat is considered one of the most
important figures of modern, popular
music in both the Spanish and Catalan
languages.
He became involved with music at the age
of 17, when he got his first guitar, to which
he dedicates one of his earliest songs,
"Una guitarra."
Joan Manuel Serrat's first live stage
performance in 1967 at the Palau de la in the Eurovision Song Contest to sing
The following year, Spain entered Serrat
Música la", but he asked to sing it in Catalan, to which the Spanish authorities
"La, la, Catalana,
would not agree.
Serrat refused to sing the Spanish-language version, and was hurriedly replaced
by Massiel, who went on to win the contest with her Spanish-language
interpretation.
By Javier
The release of the Mediterráneo LP in 1971 consolidated the artist's reputation

22. JOSEP PLÀ
Josep Pla i Casadevall was born in March
8,1897 in Palafrugell, Catalonia,Spain.
He died in April 23,1981 aged 84 in
Llofriu,Catalonia,Spain.
He was a very famous Catalan writer
In 1909 he studied at Maristes School.
In 1913 he studied medicine.
In 1919 he graduated in Law and began
working as journalist.
In 1939, he worked in La Vanguardia.
He died in Girona in 1981.
By Keri

23. PAU GASOL
I'm going to write about Pau Gasol.
He was born in Barcelona in 1980.
He is a basketball player.
In the season 2000-2001, Barcelona
signed Pau Gasol.
He won 1 league and 1 cup.
He signed with Memphis Grizzlies in
2001.
Now, he plays for Los Angeles Lakers.
The 5th of February 2008, he played his
first match against New Jersey Nets.
Pau gasol is the first Catalan to play the
NBA finals and to win the NBA.
He won 2 NBA titles in 2009 and 2010.
By Laia

24. CHARLIE RIVEL
I´m going to write about Charlie Rivel.
His artistic name was Josep Andreu i
Laserre.
He was born in Cubelles in 1896.
He was a famous clown.
He has got a big and white mouth.
He was always wearing a red T-shirt.
He died in Sant Pere de Ribes in 1983.
By Marcel

25. PAU CASALS
I'm going to write about Pau Casals i
Defilló.
He was born in El Vendrell (Baix
Penedes) in 1876.
He was a musician.
He is generally regarded as the pre-
eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th
century, and one of the greatest cellists of
all time.
He is perhaps best remembered for the
recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he
made from 1936 to 1939.
In 1897 he appeared in his first concert.
In 1905 he visited Russia
In 1932 he was president of the Junta de
Musica de Catalunya
In 1939 he went to PuertoFrance because
In 1955 he went to live to Rico
of the Spanish his first concert in the United Nations.
In 1958 he did Civil War.
In 1971 he made a peace hymn for the United Nations.
He died in Puerto Rico in 1973. By Mario

26. MERCÈ RODOREDA
She was born in Barcelona.
She was a writer.
In 1932 she publiced her first book "Sóc
una dona honrada".
She went to live to Paris in 1946.
In 1933 she became a journalist.
She went to Ginebra in 1950.
She went to Paris in 1973.
In 1963 published "La plaça del diamant".
In 1979 she was theatre director.
She died in Girona in 1983.
By Mónica

27. JOAN MIRÓ
Joan Miró i Ferrà (April 20, 1893 –
December 25, 1983) was a catalan painter,
sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona.
His work has been interpreted as
surrealism.
Miró expressed contempt for conventional
painting methods as a way of supporting
bourgeois society .
He began drawing classes at the age of
seven at a private school at Carrer del
Regomir 13 .
His early modernist works include portait of
Vicent Nubiola.
Miró created over 250 illustrated books.
Miró has been a significant influence on
late 20th-century art, in particular the
American abstract expressionist artists By Pablo
In 1979 Miró received a doctorate honoris

28. XAVI HERNÁNDEZ
Xavi Hernández i Creus was born 25 January
1980 in Terrassa, Barcelona,
Catalonia.
Xavi is a Spanish football player who plays as
a central midfieler for FC club
Barcelona, He spent there his entire 14 year
carrer.
He won 3 Champions Leagues.
In the summer of 2005, he won the Spanish
Supercup.
In 2008 he was the Best player of the Eurocup.
On 9 June 2010, Xavi signed a new 4 year
contract with the club.
He won the 2012 World Cup with Spain
National team.
By Paula

29. PASQUAL MARAGALL
Pasqual Maragall and Mira was born in
January 13,1941 in Barcelona.
He is a Catalan politician and was the 127th
president of Generalitat de Catalunya.
He had previously been Mayor of
Barcelona,from 1982 to 1997 and helped run
the city's successful Olympic bid.
He was born in Barcelona in 1941 as the third
of eight siblings.
His grandfather was the Catalonia poet Joan
Maragall.
In 1965,he married Diana Garrigos,and he has
two daughters and one son.
On 20th October 2007, he announced that he
had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
By Raquel

30. SALVADOR DALÍ
Salvador Dalí was a prominent Spanish
Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres in
Empordà region.
In 1929 he worked with Pablo Picasso in París.
In 1926 lived in Madrid.
He met Federico García Lorca,Luis
Buñuel,Rafael Albert and more artists.
Dalí was highly imaginative.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman,best known for the
striking and bizarre images in his surrealist
work.
By Rosa

31. VICENTE FERRER
Vicente Ferrer Moncho was born in Barcelona in
1920.
His family was originally from Gandia (region of
Safor).
He married Anne Perry.
After being ordained, he joined the Jesuits in 1944.
Vicente Ferrer Foundation carries out humanitarian
projects in Andhra Pradesh, bringing aid to over 2.5
million poor people
He has been nominated several times for the Nobel
Peace. I
In 1998 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for
Concord with Nicolas Castellanos, Joaquín Sanz
Gadea andMuhammad Yunus.
In 1999 he was awarded the Cross of St. George,
awarded by the Generalitat of Catalonia.
In 2000 he wasawarded the Gold Medal of the City
of Barcelona.
UNESCO alsoawarded him with the appointment of
prominent personality in the history of the twentieth By Tomás
century, in 2001.

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