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86 unusual facts about Spain


Acratas

Acratas, also known as the anti-crats, was a protest group formed at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, by Agustin Garcia Calvo in 1967.

Alberto Ullastres

Alberto Ullastres (15 January 1914 - 15 November 2001) was Spain's Minister of Economy (1957-1965) and Ambassador to the European Economic Community (1965-1976) under General Franco.

Alcoy

Alcoy, Spain (Alcoi in Valencian), city in the province of Alicante, Spain

Alfonso Escámez

Alfonso Escámez (1 January 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Spanish banker.

Alphonsus a Sancta Maria

Alphonsus a Sancta Maria, or Alphonso de Cartagena (1396 – July 12, 1456), Spanish historian, was born at Cartagena, and succeeded his father, Paulus, as bishop of Burgos.

Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt

There he took Cuenca (3 July 1808) and fought in several other skirmishes which brought him the rank of général de division (general of division) and the command of all dragoon regiments in Spain.

Avila Convent

The patron saint is Saint Teresa of Avila, christened after the province Avila in Spain and the convent motto is "Love,Truth and Service".

Baltasar Lobo

The Museo Baltasar Lobo (museum) is in the city of Zamora, Spain near his birthplace.

Bandua

At Cáceres, Bandua is qualified by Araugelensis, at Curbián by Bolleco(m), at Miguel o Anjo by Brico(m), at Mixo(m) by Calaigus, at La Mezquitilla by Itobrico(m), at Eiras by Lanobrica, at Rairiz de Veiga by Veigebreaeco(m), at Arcuelos by Verubrigo(m), at Seisco de Anciães by Vordeaeco(m) and at S. Martinho by Vorteaecio(m).

Battle of Montijo

The Battle of Montijo was fought on 26 May 1644, in Montijo, Spain, between Portuguese and Spanish forces.

Battle of Nieuwpoort

The Sapena and Ávila Tercios in the Dutch right made quick progress against the Frisian regiment, and Maurice sent his entire second line to protect that sector, stabilizing the front.

Berdín Palace

The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Asturian: Palaciu de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.

Cáceres CB

Cáceres Club Baloncesto also known as Cáceres CB was a basketball club based in Cáceres, Spain.

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Casetas

subdivision type1 = Autonomous community

Castellano

Castellano can refer to the Romance language that originated in Castile, and is spoken in much of Spain; it is usually called Spanish in English.

Claudio de la Torre

Claudio de la Torre (October 30, 1895 - January 10, 1973) was a Spanish novelist, poet, dramatist and film director.

Coiba

Coiba was home to the Coiba Cacique Indians until about 1560, when they were conquered by the Spanish and forced into slavery.

Damascening

Cities that are known for a rich history in Damascening where the technique is still practiced are Toledo, Spain, and Kyoto, Japan.

Democratic elements of Roman Republic

Octavian on the other hand received the Roman provinces of the west: Italia (modern Italy), Gaul (modern France), Gallia Belgica (parts of modern Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), and Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal), these territories were poorer but traditionally the better recruiting grounds; and Lepidus was given the minor province of Africa (modern Tunisia) to govern.

Dignitatis Humanae

The dispute was over the traditional understanding of the relationship of the Catholic Church to secular states and how it supported relations with “confessional” states such as Spain and Italy.

Division of the North

Romana and his men arrived at Santander, Spain, where he was appointed Commander of the Galician Armada.

Dulce Locura

The video for this song was produced by "Struendo" again and was recorded in Toledo in an ancient palace from the 12th century.

En tu ausencia

En tu ausencia (English: In Your Absence) is a 2008 Spanish drama film written and directed by Iván Noel.

Eulalia of Mérida

Eulalia of Mérida was a young Roman Christian martyred in Emerita, the capital of Lusitania (modern Mérida in Spain), conventionally during the persecution under Diocletian and Maximian.

European Museum Forum

:Winner of the Silletto Prize 2012 is TOPIC, the International Puppet Museum Centre in Tolosa, Spain.

Fiestas del Pilar

Fiestas del Pilar are an annual festival celebrated in the city of Zaragoza (Spain) in honour of the patron saint of the city, the Virgen del Pilar (Virgin Mary of the Pillar).

Francisco de Paula Martínez

Francisco de Paula Martínez y Sáez (March 30, 1835 – 1908) was a Spanish zoologist.

Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa

Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa (1618–1680) was a Spanish poet and historian.

Francisco del Plano

Francisco del Plano (1658 – September 15, 1739) was a Spanish painter who was active in Navarra and the Basque Country.

Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás

Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás (1593–1679) was a Spanish friar and architect.

Fuente del Ángel Caído

The Fountain of the Fallen Angel (Spanish: Fuente del Ángel Caído) or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.

Gambrel

1) Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and English mariners and traders had visited or settled in to the area of southeast Asia now called Indonesia prior to permanent European settlement in America.

Habsburg–Persian alliance

Finally, on 18 February 1529, Charles V, deeply alarmed by the Ottoman progression towards Vienna, again sent a letter from Toledo to Shah Ismail, who had died in 1524 and had been replaced by Shah Tahmasp, pleading for a military diversion.

Hasdrubal the Fair

Thus, he extended the newly acquired empire by skillful diplomacy, consolidating it by founding the important city and naval base of Qart Hadasht, who would be lately called, by the Roman, Carthago Nova (Cartagena) as the capital of the new province, and by a treaty with the Roman Republic which fixed the River Ebro, Iberus in those time, as the boundary between the two powers, establishing Carthage's zone up to his south.

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío is one of the most important Hospital of the South of Spain.

I Was So Unpopular in School and Now They're Giving Me This Beautiful Bicycle

In the summer of 2009, the song "Summercat" became popular in Spain thanks to its use in an advertising campaign of Estrella Damm.

Ibero-German

Ibero-German means of or pertaining to people of Spanish or Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries.

Isidro Larrañaga Accordion Orchestra

The Isidro Larrañaga Accordion Orchestra is an accordion ensemble based in Tolosa, Spain.

Jazmin Hiaya

This beautiful woman was captured by the Christians and taken to Avila where he was christened and married to the young Nalvillos Blázquez from the lineage of Davila´s of then emerge D. Alvaro de Luna.

José Costas Gual

José Costas Gual (January 19, 1918 – July 9, 2011) was a Spanish astronomer.

José María Luengo Martínez

José María Luengo Martínez (1896–1991) was a Spanish writer and archaeologist.

Josef Lammerz

Since his retirement in 1989, he has spent long periods in Teulada on the Costa Blanca, Spain, and continues to compose.

Josefina Aldecoa

Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodriguez Alvarez (8 March 1926–16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer who was born in León.

Joseph de la Vega

José, Josseph or Joseph Penso de la Vega, best known as Joseph de la Vega (ca.1650, Espejo, Spain — November 13, 1692, Amsterdam, Netherlands), was a successful Jewish merchant, poet, and philanthropist residing in 17th century Amsterdam.

Joseph ibn Abitur

Abitur was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of Mérida.

Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo, Marquis of La Solana

In 1833 he was imprisoned at Mérida due to the accusation that he is supposed-to-be connection to Carlism, but he managed to escape to Portugal

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1489 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher and theologian.

Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

He is to be distinguished from a younger Juan de Padilla, who was maestro de capilla at Zamora, Spain (1661-1663), and Toledo (1663-1673).

La Foncalada

The Foncalada is a fountain of potable water located outside the city walls of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; it was built by king Alfonso III of Asturias in the 9th century.

La Selva de Mar

La Selva de Mar is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.

Las Bovedas

Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in Andalucia, Southern Spain.

Manuel Mindán Manero

Manuel Mindán Manero (1902 in Calanda, Spain – 2006 in Madrid) was an Aragonese philosopher and priest.

Máximo Macapobre

The new town and its present location is called Toledo upon suggestion of the alcalde mayor of Cebu whose place of origin was Toledo, Spain.

Mayflower High School

A house on site also facilitates the staying of language assistants, natives of either Germany, Spain or France, to assist students with their language studies, and all three subjects are complimented by trips to the relevant country, previous trips having sent students to Santander and Barcelona.

Medellin, Cebu

The name Medellin is of Spanish origin which can be traced to a city with the same name in the province of Bajadoz, in the Extremadura Region in Spain.

Menahem ben Saruq

Menahem was a native of Tortosa, and went, apparently at an early age, to Cordoba, where he found a patron in Isaac ben Ezra ibn Shaprut, the father of the subsequent statesman Hasdai ibn Shaprut.

Moise Vauquelin

Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667.

Mora Municipality

Mora, Spain, a municipality in the province of Toledo, autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Olga Merino

Olga Merino (born October 1965) is a Spanish writer.

Oppas

(died after 712) was a member of the Visigothic elite in the city of Toledo on the eve of the Muslim conquest of Hispania.

Para Elisa

Filming for Para Elisa took place during August 2012 in Cuenca, Spain.

Paredes

Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Pastrana

Pastrana, Spain, a medieval town and municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha

Pedro Amalio López

Pedro Amalio López (July 10, 1929 – June 25, 2007) was a Spanish television producer, film critic, and screenplay writer.

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Alvarez de Toledo, Count of Fuentes de Valdepero (Zamora, Spain, 1525 – Milan, Italy, 22 July 1610, aged 85) was a Spanish general and statesman.

Pelecanimimus

The holotype specimen, LH 7777, part of the Las Hoyas Collection presently housed at the Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, of Pelecanimimus was recovered at the famous La Hoyas locality in Cuenca Province, Spain, from lagerstätte beds within the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation dating to the Lower Barremian.

Peter Kollock

Kollock was born on November 1, 1959 in Zaragoza, Spain but came to the United States when he was a year old.

Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria

The 7th Countess Maria de la O, married then an Andalusian lawyer from Mancha Real, Jaén, Spain, named Martinez Ortega, grafting thus the new family name "Martinez-Bordiu".

Puerta Bab al-Mardum

The Puerta Bab al-Mardum, or Puerta de Valmardón, is a city gate of Toledo, Spain.

Ramón Carande

Ramón Carande (May 4, 1887 - September 1, 1986) was a Spanish historian.

Ramón López Soler

Ramón López Soler (Manresa, 1806 - Barcelona, 1836) was a journalist and writer of the Spanish Romantic Movement.

Retrato de Familia

The film was shot in Burgos, the director’s birthplace, although the novel takes place in Cáceres.

Roman temple of Alcántara

The Roman temple of Alcántara is located at one side of the Alcántara Bridge, Cáceres, Extremadura (Spain).

Rosaura Lopez

Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo (16 March 1932, Pontevedra, Spain – 19 September 2005, Pontevedra, Spain) was a maid of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the Dakota apartment between 1976 and 1980.

San Salvador de Oña

Count García Sánchez of Castile (1009-1028), their son, the last independent Count of Castile, assassinated in Zamora

Santiago del Arrabal, Toledo

Santiago del Arrabal is a church in Toledo, Spain, built in 1245-48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an older church and a mosque that is known to been used since 1125.

Scipione

The setting is New Carthage (Cartagena), 210 BCE, after the Roman army, led by Scipione has captured the city from the Carthaginians and their Spanish allies.

Segga

Following Reccared's conversion from Arianism to Catholicism, a conspiracy, led by Sunna, the Arian bishop of Mérida, arose to place the Arian Segga on the throne and probably also to kill the Catholic Méridan bishop, Masona, and the duke of the province of Lusitania, Claudius.

The Falling Soldier

He then e-mailed images to librarians and historians in towns near Córdoba, asking if they recognized the landscape, and received a positive response from a community called Espejo.

Ticio Escobar

Furthermore, he was curator for several versions of the Venice Biennale and the biennales of Cuenca, Trujillo, San Juan, Buenos Aires, Lima and Porto Alegre, and for a number of expositions in Latin America and Europe.

Uzturre

The mountain is an iconic landmark towering over Tolosa at 730 m high, very popular with the locals of the town and villages around.

Volver a empezar

Volver a empezar, an award-winning Spanish film of 1982 also known as Begin the Beguine.

War of the Sixth Coalition

The Peninsular War went on through the allied victories of Vera pass, the Battle of Nivelle, the Battle of Nive near Bayonne (10–14 December 1813), the Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) and the Battle of Toulouse (10 April).

Winter in Madrid

Meanwhile, Barbara meets Luis, an unemployed Nationalist Spain veteran, who tells her that Bernie is still alive and is being held in a brutal Military Prison near Cuenca.

Women's World Chess Championship 1996

The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.


2010 European Marathon Cup

The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.

Alexander Dennis Enviro350H

Alexander Dennis had since received orders of 22 buses from Stagecoach for use in Scotland (19 introduced in 2012, 3 introduced in 2013), 4 buses from First Essex (introduced in 2013) and 12 buses from Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain.

Arnold de Jode

He worked in the Netherlands and in Spain, and was in England in 1666, the year of the great fire in London, and in 1667.

Ayoub Qanir

Qanir was raised in Madrid, Spain where he attended The American School of Madrid.

Batería de la Atunara

The Batería de la Atunara (Atunara Battery) was a battery in La Línea de la Concepción, Spain.

British Cemetery Elvas

The Duke of Wellington was anxious to secure both cities before advancing into Spain and chose to conduct the operations in the north himself and leave Marshal Beresford, the Commander in Chief of the Portuguese army, in command of the southern operation.

Carol Wyatt

In 1988 the artist was included in The Romantic Tradition in Contemporary British Painting with John Bellany, Alan Davie, Christopher le Brun, Therese Oulton, Michael Porter and Lance Smith touring Spanish Museums which was curated by Keith Patrick.

CD Mirandés

Additionally, it also held other sporting events, most notably the under-21 match between Spain and Poland in 2006 (0–1).

Ceol an Ghrá

At the Contest, it was performed third on the night, following France's Betty Mars with "Comé-comédie" and preceding Spain's Jaime Morey with "Amanece".

Christina Stead

Stead also became involved with the writer, broker and Marxist political economist William J. Blake (formerly Wilhelm Blech), with whom she travelled to Spain (leaving at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War) and to the USA.

City Solar

City Solar has produced over a dozen power stations including the world's largest photovoltaic power plant located in Beneixama, Spain.

Claude Buckle

He found time to travel in France, Spain and North Africa using Tramp Steamers recording scenes that later formed many of the ideas for his water colours paintings.

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Dutch Brazilian

The Dutch West India Company was established in Amsterdam in 1621 and soon came into contact with the overseas domains of Portugal and Spain.

Éric Caritoux

A promise he had forgotten about but the organisers had not, de Gribaldy was threatened with a £50,000 fine if the team did not ride, he had to scrape together a squad for the Vuelta at the last minute, this included the holidaying Caritoux, who was told to get to Geneva and then fly to Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain where the Vuelta was starting.

Fabio Díez

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus

Relics believed to be those of Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, are venerated in Valencia, Spain.

Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán

He conquered in 1674 Bellegarde Fort, 42° 27′ 31″ N, 2° 51′ 33″ E, French since the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 between France and Spain, but it was taken back by the mercenary Troop Commander Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, (Heidelberg, Germany, 1615 - Battle of the Boyne, near Drogheda, Ireland, 1 July 1690 1690) on behalf of king Louis XIV of France.

Francisco Goya

They were owned by Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain and a favorite of the Queen, María Luisa.

Francisco Martín Borque

Francisco Martin Borque was a Mexican entrepreneur, he was born in Soria, Spain in August 9, 1917 and died in December 24, 1998 in Torreon, Coahuila, their family arrived Veracruz port in October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras, was married with Ana María Bringas at February 15, 1949, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of Soriana.

Harold Tillman

Tillman and his wife of 40 years Stephanie live in Highgate, North London, and have a holiday home in Marbella, Spain.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez

She is the foundress of The Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.The actors for her cause is Hermanas de la Caridad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús of Spain.

J'adore Hardcore

The video for the single features footage of a live Scooter concert in Differdange (Luxembourg), dancers Pae and Sarah performing the Melbourne Shuffle on the streets of Melbourne (Australia) and car scenes of H.P. Baxxter, the frontman of Scooter, recorded on Majorca (Spain).

Jesus Church, Valby

Dahlerup was also inspired by Notre-Dame la Grande in Poitiers, France, and by the synagogue in Toledo, Spain.

John Hollowbread

In 1994 he retired to Spain - he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.

Juan de Castellanos

Juan de Castellanos (born in Spain in the first half of the sixteenth century; date of death unknown) was a Criollo poet, soldier and Catholic priest.

La Caixa

At the end of 2007, La Caixa had 5,480 branches, of which 5,468 are located throughout Spain and two operating abroad (Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania), and 10 representative offices in Germany, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Languages of Gibraltar

Over the course of its history, the Rock of Gibraltar has changed hands many times, among Spanish, Moorish, and British hands, although it has been consistently under British control since the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

Ludwig Hans Fischer

A pupil, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, of Eduard von Lichtenfels in painting, of Louis Jacoby in engraving, and of William Unger in etching, he completed his studies traveling in Italy, Spain, North Africa, Egypt, and India, and afterwards settled in Vienna.

Marco Ferreira

In 1998 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, but only lasted a few months in Spain, finishing the season at Yokohama Flügels in the J. League Division 1.

María Luisa Reid

Her work has appeared in collective exhibitions in France, Spain, Japan and Cuba with the most important of these being 300 Latino-americans dans l’espace in Paris, the IV Encuentro Iberoamericano de Mujeres en el Arte in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and the Viva la vida Frida in Havana.

Maricel

Maricel Museum, a museum located in the centre of Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

Mindflow

In Spain, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: Madrid, Palencia, Barcelona and Girona.

Mount Abantos

On the wast side of Abantos is the port of Malagon, one of the toughest mountain stages of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain).

Palace of the Lions

Palacio de los Leones or Cuarto de los Leones, one of the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra, Spain, receiving its name from its main courtyard, the Court of the Lions

Perdido en el espacio

Perdido en el espacio is the second studio album by Spanish musician David Summers, released in 1997.

Periclase

In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.

Philip William, Prince of Orange

In Spain he continued his studies at the university of Alcalá de Henares.

Ranon

Ranón, one of five parishes in Soto del Barco, a municipality in Asturias, in northern Spain

Reggie Valarino

Dr. Valarino was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1941 to Federico Garcia Montalvo and Eugenia Valarino.

Rock of Gibraltar

General Elliot, afterwards Lord Heathfield, who commanded the garrison throughout the siege, was anxious to bring flanking fire on the Spanish batteries in the plain below the North face of the Rock.

Sabiha Al Khemir

Between 1991–1992 Al Khemir was a consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for the exhibition ‘Al-Andalus: Islamic Arts of Spain.’ She traveled in Europe and North Africa in search of objects and history that would provide the basis for the show.

San Nicasio

San Nicasio was established in 1999 in Priego de Córdoba, in the Andalusian mountains of Spain, by Rafael del Rosal Lopez and his wife Carmen Osuna.

Sergio Mendizábal

Sergio Mendizábal (3 July 1920, San Sebastián, Spain) is a retired Spanish film actor who made over 100 appearances in film between 1955 and 1996.

Vallecillo

Vallecillo, town in the province of León, Castile y León, Spain

Vincente de Valverde

He was born in Oropesa, Spain, about 1495 and most sources claim he died on Puná Island, now part of Ecuador, in 1541, at the hands of the indigenous peoples.

Wartenberg Trust

WartenbergTrust is a global multi-family office, wealth management and investment advisory firm established in 1921 to manage financial and other assets of the Wartenberg family in German-speaking Europe and from 1931 also in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the US and Italy.