Spain

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having "a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides". The term is used to refer to a number of related instruments that were developed and used across Europe beginning in the 12th century and, later, in the Americas.These instruments are descended from ones that existed in ancient central Asia and India. For this reason guitars are distantly related to modern instruments from these regions, including the tanbur, the setar and the sitar, among others. The oldest known iconographic representation of an instrument displaying the essential features of a guitar is a 3,300 year old stone carving of a Hittite bard.

The modern word "guitar" was adopted into English from Spanish guitarra (German Gitarre, FrenchGuitare), loaned from the medieval Andalusian Arabic قيثارة qitara, itself derived from the Latincithara, which in turn came from the earlier Greek word kithara (κιθάρα), a descendant of Old Persian sihtar ( سی تار) (Tar means string in Persian).

The guitar is descended from the Roman cithara brought by the Romans to Hispania around 40 AD, and further adapted and developed with the arrival of the four-string oud, brought by the Moors after their conquest of Iberia in the 8th century. Elsewhere in Europe, the indigenous six-string Scandinavian lut (lute), had gained in popularity in areas of Viking incursions across the continent. Often depicted in carvings c. 800 AD, the Norse hero Gunther (also known as Gunnar), played a lute with his toes as he lay dying in a snake-pit, in the legend of Siegfried. By 1200 AD, the four-string "guitar" had evolved into two types: the guitarra moresca (Moorish guitar) which had a rounded back, wide fingerboard and several soundholes, and the guitarra latina (Latin guitar) which resembled the modern guitar with one soundhole and a narrower neck. In the 14th and 15th centuries the qualifiers "moresca" and "latina" were dropped and these four course instruments were simply called guitars. The Spanish vihuela or (in Italian) "viola da mano", a guitar-like instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, is often considered a major influence in the development of the modern guitar. It had six courses (usually), lute-like tuning in fourths and a guitar-like body, although early representations reveal an instrument with a sharply-cut waist. It was also larger than the contemporary four course guitars. By the late 15th century some vihuelas began to be played with a bow, leading to the development of the viol. By the sixteenth century the vihuela's construction had more in common with the modern guitar, with its curved one-piece ribs, than with the viols, and more like a larger version of the contemporary four-course guitars. The vihuela enjoyed only a short period of popularity in Spain and Italy during an era dominated elsewhere in Europe by the lute; the last surviving published music for the instrument appeared in 1576. Meanwhile the five-course baroque guitar, which was documented in Spain from the middle of the 16th century, enjoyed popularity, especially in Spain, Italy and France from the late 16th century to the mid 18th century. Confusingly, in Portugal, the word vihuela referred to the guitar, whereas guitarra meant the "Portuguese guitar", a variety of cittern.

Spain's traditional music is flamenco.

Spain has no nationwide traditions of music, food, or dress. Spain began as a political entity when 3 independent kingdoms, Leon, Aragon, and Castile were united under a single monarch Carlos II. Before unification they had their own musical, food, and dress traditions. As other political entities were added to Spain they too brought their own traditions.

Andalucia has Flamenco music that features guitars, hand claps, and castanets. It is not the tradition all over Spain. In parts of the north they favor bagpipes. Other areas have anything in between depending on their traditions.

There are a couple traditional types of music that come from Spain. One is Flamenco, and another is music played on a Gaita, a bagpipe type instrument, in Galicia, northern Spain.

if you want an old spanish cartoon watch speedy conzalas

ViaMichelin quotes the distance as 296km (184 miles), with nearly all of that distance (289km = 180 miles) being on motorways. The motorway tolls add up to 18.50 euros and the estimated journey time is quoted as 2 hours 56 minutes. In practice, I'd allow extra time for finding your final destination in Paris and estimate a total journey time approaching three and a half hours.

Spain is a beautiful country, that is not strictly flat. It has many plateaus and has a few mountains.

The most popular sweet food in France is the crepes which originated from Brittany

The Pyrenees are a mountain range in Europe, between France and Spain.

The Bay of Biscay lies between France and Spain.

Nancy Laura Spungen was apparently 5,3. You may say she could be 5,1 but when she wore high heels she came up to Sid Vicious' shoulder. I believe she was 5,3. Although Nancy was very short.

The Pyrenees (Spanish spelling: Los Pireneos)

France and Spain do not rule any other countries.

In Valencia, Spain they celebrate the festival of las fallas.

The Pyrenees stretch for about 300 miles (500 km) from the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. This mountain range forms a natural boundary between France and Spain. The highest point is Pico d'Aneto at 3,404 metres.

The longest land border shared by mainland France is the Spanish border (623 km), just before the border with Belgium (620 km).

The oversea department of French Guiana has a land border of 763 km with Brazil.

France celebrates Christmas by open there presents on Christmas eve, which is quite unusual, because traditionally we would open the presents on Christmas day, which is the 25th of December.

Although Spain may well have its own cultural music standards (as most every country does), chances are that people in Spain (and any other country for that matter) also listen to music from other lands, be it music from Germany, Italy, Hungary, or the United States.

Music is, afterall, the universal language across the entire globe, read and understood by everyone.

Yes, Leonarda had 2 brothers and four sisters.

The main crest of the Pyrenees mountains forms a massive natural divider between France and Spain. Interesting features of the Pyrenees are the absence of great lakes, the rare elevation of passes, the large number of torrents, which often cause great waterfalls and the form of cliffs on the upper ends of valleys. The Pyrenees were named for the mythological princess Pyrene.

Rodeo, chaps, buckaroo. Buckaroo (vaquero), hoosegow, (juzgado), and lariat ( la reata ) are all words that come from Spanish that are used to describe the Old West.

France has the higher elevation.

France - Mont Blanc 4,808 m (15,781 ft)

Spain - Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Island 3,718 m (12,198 ft)

There is some room for discussion. While France has the tallest peak in European Union, much of France is lowland areas. In contrast, much of Spain is on a mid-level plateau. This means the on average a place in Spain will have higher elevation than a place in France.

Angelique Letizia's birth name is Angelique Adelina Letizia.

Spain lost territory in 1898 as opposed to gaining it. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were bequeathed by Spain to the United States according to the Treaty of Paris of 1898.

Isabella I marries Ferdinand II of Aragon on October 19, 1469, and laid the foundation for the political unification of Spain, joining their territories together to shape the area we today call the nation of Spain. The Reconquest--efforts to drive out the Moors & Jews--lasted until 1492. By 1512, the unification of present-day Spain was complete.

Mexico fought a War for Independence from Spain from 1810 to 1821.