Amalia Dillard
Señorita Greer
Español IV Honors
13 Mayo 2014
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, is currently the second largest city in Spain with a population of 1,620,943 people. The city is located on the northeastern side of Spain along the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Barcelona was founded in 15 B.C. by the Romans, and was originally named Barcino. In Barcelona there are extravagant buildings, well-known artwork, and some of the best places to eat in the country. This city contains a great amount of history and is one of the most unique cities to visit in Spain.
When the Romans founded the region of Spain in the 1st century B.C., they chose Tarraco to be the first and original capital. In the 3rd century A.D. it was known as Barcino (Barcelona), which was originated from the name of the Carthaginian ruler Hamilcar Barca. Later after the Romans, the Visigoths eventually took over the city and renamed it Barcinona. During the time of their ruling, the region was divided into counties and the most important among the counties was Barcelona. After the division of the region in the year 988, independence was achieved from the Carolingian empire by Count Borrell II. As a result of Barcelona’s gained independence, there was an expansion in the county’s territory, which formed a new region known as Catalonia. Barcelona began to lose it’s importance shortly after this expansion due to the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile, as they tried to take over. The county had been banned from trading to American colonies, and conflicts raised between Madrid and Barcelona. Due to the banning of trade for Barcelona, Catalonia went to war with Spain. Catalonia had defeated Spain with the help of the French empire, and fin...
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...To the Spanish culture lunch is by far the most important meal of the day. In Barcelona, Lunch Time is the best time to go out and find cheap deals on food. Some of the lunch foods in the city include fish, tapas, salads, and soups. As for dinner this is also another meal of the day that is eaten very lightly. Many foreigners are not accustomed to the time frame of the Barcelona dinner time. Most restaurants in Barcelona do not open until after 8:00 p.m. Still, being able to eat the foods in Barcelona can an interesting experience, no matter what time of the day it is.
Barcelona is filled with many different aspects, and there is something in the city everyone can enjoy. From the artistic buildings to the freshly prepared food, Barcelona can be a place to never forget. Through the history and architecture one can learn how Barcelona came to be how it is today.
The year 1492 is important in many ways. After centuries of fighting the Muslims, Jews, and Moors were finally expelled out of Granada, the last strong hold of other religions in Spain. Christianity once again reigned in Spain. This led monarchy to fortify their homeland and start looking for new land to monopolize and colonize on in Asia. This is why they called the Western part of South America New Granada.
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Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were the duo monarchs of the new nation of Spain, brought together by their families' lands of Argon and Castille. Ferdinand of Argon, son of John II of Argon, rose to power through his marriage to Isabella of Castille. Isabella of Castille was the daughter of King John I, of Castille. After King John I died, her older brother was the next heir I'm line, King Henry IV. When King Henry IV was seen unfit to rule by nobles, he was pushed aside to let his younger half-brother Alfonso take the throne. Fortunately, at least for Isabella, Alfonso soon after died of the plague, and had named her his successor in his will. This king and queen brought together their people firstly by completing the Reconquista, the expulsion of people practicing Muslim and Judism, to unify their nation under the religion of Roman Cathlioc. Although this couple's greatest achievement was their funding towards Christopher Columbus who ultimately found the New World. Through this, and their "claim" of it, Spain grew prostperous through the collection and mineing of silver and gold. This also lead to colonization and tr...
Spain emerged with a central identify in 1469. Until this point, Spain was involved in a civil war. Fighting ceased with the marriage of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.(Bowen, 2007) Within a few decades, Columbus made his historic journey with Spain’s backing, and arrived at what is now Central America. With a recently unified identity, and the practically untapped resources of the land, Spain quickly started colonizing the continent.(Bowen, 2007)
What was Spain like before the Golden Age? King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ruled the kingdoms that eventually became the country of Spain. Ferdinand and Isabella were intent on having a kingdom free of any faith other than Christianity. Many people were killed or even banished from the country. King Ferdinand and Isabella moved their kingdom into a great age for Spain, but did not achieve this in the best way.
Beginning in the 1600s, one of the main concepts for England, France, and Spain at the time was mercantilism. These were the three most powerful and blooming countries at the time. Starting from the earliest years as the late 1500s, and continuing on, all three countries were soon to battle for claim of the new land. Only one country could triumph. Despite success, even the strongest can become the weakest.
4. Reconquista – was wars between the Christian and the Muslim for control of the Iberian Peninsula. The wars went on for many years from718 to
The Basques are an ancient people whose history is deeply intertwined with the people of Spain and France. Toward the end of the tumultuous period that followed the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Navarre (Nafarroa in Basque), centered in Pamplona, came into being. Originally this kingdom covered all of modern Navarre, plus the three Vascongadas, or Basque countries (Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia, Araba), and the modern French Basque countries, and into neighboring areas in modern Spain. When the moors invaded Spain, Navarre was never conquered, thus it retained many Basque characteristics Navarre was probably not a "Kingdom of the Basques", but it was a kingdom whose dominant ethnic group were the Basques . Through the high and late middle ages Navarre gradually lost bits of its territory through various dynastic marriages and inheritances, a...
The Spaniard civilization can date all the way back to the Stone Age. Because of its agricultural wealth, Spain was acknowledged to have people occupy its land approximately 32,000 years ago. In A.D. 409, Spain was overrun by German invaders, but they were later forced out of the country and into Africa by a group called the Visigoths. The Visigoths, however, would soon lose control over Spain from a battle lost by the Byzantine Empire in 507. By 585, they would regain control over Spain and lived side by side under two separate laws between themselves and the Spaniards. In 711, North African Moors sailed across the straits, swept into Andalusia, and within a few years, pushed the Visigoths up the peninsula to the Cantabrian Mountains.
In the early 1500 the Spanish empire and its rulers kept spending money that they did not have, and as time went on and each leader came and went they kept losing more and more power. The time period that I focused on was the age of exploration and the reasons why the empire of Spain fell. Carlos the first was ruled from 1516-1556. During his rule they conquered the Inca and the Aztec empires and established and empire that had two administrative divisions. The first was the Vice royalty of New Spain that was located in North America in 1521 and the Vice royalty of Peru which was located in South America and was established in 1542. The Aztec and Inca empire were easily conquered by the Spanish because their administrative structures were the
The country I chose to write my paper on is Spain. The capital of Spain is Madrid, and is located right in the center of Spain. Other major cities include Barcelona, Bilbao, Malagá, Sevilla, Valencià, and Zaragoza. Spain is part of the European Union, so the citizens of Spain can travel to other countries in the European Union with less documentation. The Spanish currency is the Euro, and some of their natural resources include copper, coal, iron rod, and uranium. Spain is a democratic state that follows a Constitutional Monarchy, which means that the written constitution limits the power of the monarchy, and power is shared between the monarchy and a elected branch of government. An interesting fact about Spain is that not only do they have a Parliamentary Government they have Royal Monarch as well. The current Prime Minister of Spain is Mariano Rajoy, and the King of Spain is Juan Carlos I.
Agriculture is still important, even though it is no longer the basis of Spain's economy. Farmers produce a lot wheat and barley. Spain leads the world in production of olives and olive oil. Many Spaniards raise livestock such as sheep,goats,and cattle. The production of wine is also important. In the north the major products are beef cattle, vegetables, and fruit. In the Mediterranean it is olives, almonds, ci...
War would break out after the sinking of the Battleship Maine. This took place in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. Before all of this, Spain would become the first European country to claim land, sailing westward crossing the Atlantic, exploring, and colonizing the lands and its inhabitants in the western hemisphere. At the peak of its time, the empire that resulted from Spain’s exploration extended from Virginia all the way to Tierra del Fuego in South America. The empire then continued to expand t...
It was all started in 1899, after a man named Joan Gamper laid the foundation for FC Barcelona. After building up a respectable squad, they started to compete in their first competitions. After many years of competing in tournaments, they decided to create La Liga with 9 other teams.