Our country: Spain

1. THIS IS
SPAIN!
CINCO CASAS,
ARENALES, ALAMEDA
March, 18th-22nd 2015

2. We are
here… SPAIN
Castilla la
Mancha
Ciudad Real
Cinco
Casas
Alameda
de Cervera
Arenales de San
Gregorio

3. What to know about
Spain?
→ Capital (and the largest city) : Madrid
Flag Coat of
Arms
→ Official Languages: Spanish
Recognised Regional Languages: Basque, Catalan,
Galician and Occitan.
→ King: Felipe IV
→ President: Mariano Rajoy
→ Area: 505, 992 km2
→ Population: 49,190,498
→ Currency : Euro

4. In Spain…
La Cibeles
(Madrid)
Catedral de
Santiago de
Compostela
Alhambra de
Granada

5. Mezquita de Córdoba
Acueducto de Segovia
Sierra del Alto Tajo
(Guadalajara)

6. Seaside
Snow

7. Spanish
Painters
Diego
Velázquez
Las Meninas
Francisco de
Goya
El Quitasol

8. Salvador Dalí
Relojes chorreados
Pablo Picasso
El Guernica

9. Architecture in
Spain
Antoni Gaudí
El
Capricho
Parque
Güell
La Sagrada
Familia
(Barcelona)

10. Sport in Spain
National Football Team
National Basketball Team
Rafael Nadal Fernando
Alonso
Miguel
Indurain

11. Regional
dances
Flamenco
La Sardana
La Muñeira
Seguidillas
Manchegas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbgM
B5SeTwQ
Jotas
Manchegas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_05
BXykMW0

12. In Castilla la
Mancha…
Molinos de Viento (Campo de Criptana)
Casas Colgadas
(Cuenca)
Cueva de Medrano
(Argamasilla de
Alba)

13. Lagunas de
Ruidera
(Albacete/
Ciudad Real)
Don Quijote y Sancho
Panza
(Alcázar de San Juan)
La Ciudad Encantada
(Cuenca)

14. Toledo... El Alcázar
Catedral

15. Typical dishes from La
Mancha…
Gacha
s
Migas de
pastor
Galiano
s

16. Tortilla española
Pisto manchego
Migas dulces
Bizcochá manchega

17. La vendimia
→ In English it is known as “vintage”.
→ It is the process of picking the grapes
and creating the final product (wine).
→ It usually takes place between July
and October.

18. La vendimia

19. Don Quijote de la
Mancha
→ The Ingenious Gentleman Don
Quixote of La Mancha is a novel
written by Miguel de Cervantes.
→ It follows the adventures of an
hidalgo; Alonso Quijano and a
simple farmer; Sancho Panza.
→ Published in two volumes (1605 and 1615), Don
Quixote is considered the most influencial work of
Spanish literature.
→ Cervantes’ story takes place on the plains of La
Mancha.

20. WE HOPE
YOU LIKED IT!
CINCO CASAS, ALAMEDA,
ARENALES
March, 18th-22nd 2015