Spain

Spaniards do not have any sacred animals in the same way that India has the cow as a sacred animal. There are certainly emblematic animals of Spain (i.e. the animal represents a part of Spanish culture) like the bull or the pig, but no sacred animals.

List of countries with area that had once been owned/currently owned by Spain:

Canada

United States

Mexico

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Colombia

Venezuela

Ecuador

Peru

Chile

Argentina

Uruguay

Paraguay

Bolivia

Brazil

Bahamas

Cuba

Jamaica

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Micronesia

Marshall Islands

Palau

Philippines

Taiwan

Indonesia

Brunei

Spain

Portugal

France

Andorra

Malta

Italy

Greece

Albania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Algeria

Libya

Equatorial Guinea

Belgium

Germany

Tunisia

Spain is well-known for Holy Week ceremonies that are held between Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Parades include floats of Christ or the virgin Mary. Approximately 60 people hold each float on their shoulders. During the parades, matching hooded robes are worn.

Easter Week is called Semana Santa in Spain. The week begins on Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) and ends with Lunes de Pascua (Easter Monday). On Domingo de Ramos, people attend mass in the morning. Children take palm branches to be blessed. Most churches have parades to represent Jesus arriving in Jerusalem.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is the day ashes are placed on people's foreheads as a sign of repentance.

The Easter day feast is special. Godfathers present a cake known as "La Mona" to their godchild. The cakes can be normal round shaped or almost anything, such as Disney characters or toys. Also special is the torrijas, slices of warm bread soaked in milk, sugar and egg and fried in olive oil, served with syrup, honey, sugar, cinnamon and wine.

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No bull has ever died during the modern encierro, the running of the bulls, in Pamplona. A few have suffered a broken horn during the run, but since the city added a non-slip surfacing at the corner of Calle Mercaderes and Estafeta, "La Curva", the bulls tend to remain on their feet. This change has resulted in a faster average run and keeps the bulls ahead of the steers, which can be dangerous for those unaware of how fast a bull can cover the route.

Fighting bulls, Toros Bravos, with few exceptions, die in the bullring.

A matador is another name for a bull fighter. In Spanish, to'rero, and is the main performer in bullfighting, a practice exercised in many Spanish influenced countries and regions.

There are only 21 countries with Spanish as their official language and they are:

Argentina

Capital: Buenos Aires

Inhabitants: 39.921.836

Spanish speakers: 39.000.000Bolivia

Capital: Sucre

Inhabitants: 9.119.152

Spanish speakers: 8.700.000

Chile

Capital: Santiago de Chile

Inhabitants: 16.598.074

Spanish speakers: 13.400.000

Colombia

Capital: Bogotá

Inhabitants: 44.050.000

Spanish speakers: 42.300.000

Costa Rica

Capital: San José

Inhabitants: 4.133.880

Spanish speakers: 4.000.000

Cuba

Capital: Havana

Inhabitants: 11.382.820

Spanish speakers: 11.350.000

Dominican Republic

Capital: Sto. Domingo

Inhabitants: 9.183.984

Spanish speakers: 8.900.000

Ecuador

Capital: Quito

Inhabitants: 13.810.000

Spanish speakers: 13.200.000

El Salvador

Capital: San Salvador

Inhabitants: 6.948.073

Spanish speakers: 6.700.000

Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Malabo

Inhabitants: 535.881

Spanish speakers: 440.000

Guatemala

Capital: Guatemala

Inhabitants: 13.000.000

Spanish speakers: 9.000.000

Honduras

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Inhabitants: 7.483.763

Spanish speakers: 7.000.000

Mexico

Capital: México Distrito Federal

Inhabitants: 108.700.891

Spanish speakers: 101.000.000

Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

Inhabitants: 5.603.000

Spanish speakers: 5.400.000

Panama

Capital: Panama

Inhabitants: 3.320.000

Spanish speakers: 3.200.000

Paraguay

Capital: Asunción

Inhabitants: 6.158.000

Spanish speakers: 6.000.000

Peru

Capital: Lima

Inhabitants: 28.674.757

Spanish speakers: 26.000.000

Puerto Rico

Capital: San Juan

Inhabitants: 3.946.600

Spanish speakers: 3.900.000

Spain

Capital: Madrid

Inhabitants: 42.700.000

Spanish speakers: 35.000.000

Uruguay

Capital: Montevideo

Inhabitants: 3.396.000

Spanish speakers: 3.350.000

Venezuela

Capital: Caracas

Inhabitants: 27.730.469

Spanish speakers: 26.000.000

There are only 21 countries with Spanish as their official language and they are:

Argentina

Capital: Buenos Aires

Inhabitants: 39.921.836

Spanish speakers: 39.000.000Bolivia

Capital: Sucre

Inhabitants: 9.119.152

Spanish speakers: 8.700.000

Chile

Capital: Santiago de Chile

Inhabitants: 16.598.074

Spanish speakers: 13.400.000

Colombia

Capital: Bogotá

Inhabitants: 44.050.000

Spanish speakers: 42.300.000

Costa Rica

Capital: San José

Inhabitants: 4.133.880

Spanish speakers: 4.000.000

Cuba

Capital: Havana

Inhabitants: 11.382.820

Spanish speakers: 11.350.000

Dominican Republic

Capital: Sto. Domingo

Inhabitants: 9.183.984

Spanish speakers: 8.900.000

Ecuador

Capital: Quito

Inhabitants: 13.810.000

Spanish speakers: 13.200.000

El Salvador

Capital: San Salvador

Inhabitants: 6.948.073

Spanish speakers: 6.700.000

Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Malabo

Inhabitants: 535.881

Spanish speakers: 440.000

Guatemala

Capital: Guatemala

Inhabitants: 13.000.000

Spanish speakers: 9.000.000

Honduras

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Inhabitants: 7.483.763

Spanish speakers: 7.000.000

Mexico

Capital: México Distrito Federal

Inhabitants: 108.700.891

Spanish speakers: 101.000.000

Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

Inhabitants: 5.603.000

Spanish speakers: 5.400.000

Panama

Capital: Panama

Inhabitants: 3.320.000

Spanish speakers: 3.200.000

Paraguay

Capital: Asunción

Inhabitants: 6.158.000

Spanish speakers: 6.000.000

Peru

Capital: Lima

Inhabitants: 28.674.757

Spanish speakers: 26.000.000

Puerto Rico

Capital: San Juan

Inhabitants: 3.946.600

Spanish speakers: 3.900.000

Spain

Capital: Madrid

Inhabitants: 42.700.000

Spanish speakers: 35.000.000

Uruguay

Capital: Montevideo

Inhabitants: 3.396.000

Spanish speakers: 3.350.000

Venezuela

Capital: Caracas

Inhabitants: 27.730.469

Spanish speakers: 26.000.000

Some famous sights in Spain are the Alhambra Palace, royal Palace in the city of Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Aqueduct of Segovia, and the Prado Museum. There are many more like Pamplona that is associated with the running of the bulls, Sagrada Familia church, and Ibiza.

In order to find cheap property in Spain, one would need to speak to a real estate agent. However, there are certain websites that are dedicated to this. One of the more familiar websites is called Cheap property Spain.

At that time Galician-Portuguese (Galicia's native language) was the language of the overwhelming majority of the population. However, Spanish was the only official language, although it was only spoken fluently and as a first language by small minorities in urban areas.

Absolutely! The Filipinos dreamed to achieve inependence from the harsh Spanish rule at that time.Spanish rule on the Philippines was briefly interrupted in 1762, when British troops occupied Manila as a result of Spain's entry into the Seven Years' War. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 restored Spanish rule and in 1764 the British left the country fearing another costly war with Spain. The brief British occupation weakened Spain's grip on power and sparked rebellions and demands for independence.[

In 1781, Governor-General José Basco y Vargas established the Economic Society of Friends of the Country. The Philippines by this time was administered directly from Spain. Developments in and out of the country helped to bring new ideas to the Philippines. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cut travel time to Spain. This prompted the rise of the ilustrados, an enlightened Filipino upper class, since many young Filipinos were able to study in Europe. Enlightened by the Propaganda Movement to the injustices of the Spanish colonial government and the "frailocracy", the ilustrados originally clamored for adequate representation to the Spanish Cortes and later for independence. José Rizal, the most celebrated intellectual and radical illustrado of the era, wrote the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, which greatly inspired the movement for independence.[8] The Katipunan, a secret society whose primary purpose was that of overthrowing Spanish rule in the Philippines, was founded by Andrés Bonifacio who became its Supremo (leader).

An early flag of the Filipino revolutionaries

The Philippine Revolution began in 1896. Rizal was implicated in the outbreak of the revolution and executed for treason in 1896. The Katipunan in Cavite split into two groups, Magdiwang, led by Mariano Alvarez (a relative of Bonifacio's by marriage), and Magdalo, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Leadership conflicts between Bonifacio and Aguinaldo culminated in the execution or assassination of the former by the latter's soldiers. Aguinaldo agreed to a truce with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries were exiled to Hong Kong. Not all the revolutionary generals complied with the agreement. One, General Francisco Makabulos, established a Central Executive Committee to serve as the interim government until a more suitable one was created. Armed conflicts resumed, this time coming from almost every province in Spanish-governed Philippines.

A session of congress of the short-lived First Philippine Republic

In 1898, as conflicts continued in the Philppines, the USS Maine, having been sent to Cuba because of U.S. concerns for the safety of its citizens during an ongoing Cuban revolution, exploded and sank in Havana harbor. This event precipitated the Spanish-American war.[11] After Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish squadron at Manila, the U.S. invited Aguinaldo to return to the Philippines, which he did on May 19, 1898, in the hope he would rally Filipinos against the Spanish colonial government. By the time U.S. land forces had arrived, the Filipinos had taken control of the entire island of Luzon, except for the walled city of Intramuros. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite, establishing the First Philippine Republic under Asia's first democratic constitution.[8] Simultaneously, a German squadron arrived in Manila and declared that if the United States did not seize the Philippines as a colonial possession, Germany would. In the Battle of Manila, the United States captured the city from the Spanish after the Filipino forces had cordoned off the city. The Spanish forces surrendered instead to the Americans. This battle marked an end of Filipino-American collaboration, as Filipino forces were prevented from entering the captured city of Manila, an action deeply resented by the Filipinos.[12] Spain and the United States sent commissioners to Paris to draw up the terms of the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American War. The Filipino representative, Felipe Agoncillo, was excluded from sessions as the revolutionary government was not recognized by the family of nations.[12] Although there was substantial domestic opposition, the United States decided neither to return the Philippines to Spain, nor to allow Germany to annex the Philippines. In addition to Guam and Puerto Rico, Spain was forced in the negotiations to hand over the Philippines to the U.S. in exchange for US$20,000,000.00,[13] which the U.S. later claimed to be a "gift" from Spain.[14] The first Philippine Republic rebelled against the U.S. occupation, resulting in the Philippine-American War (1899-1913).

Spain and Portugal share the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is mainly in the western part of the Peninsula. Portugal is bordered to the north and east by Spain and to the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Also located on the Iberian Peninsula are the Principality of Andorra, the British colony of Gibraltar, and a small part of France.

A "gamba" is a shrimp or a prawn. In Spanish, the difference between those two is ambiguous.

There are a couple of notable rivers in Spain. The Ebro has the most abundant flow, the Tagus is the longest, and the Guadalquivir irrigates a fertile valley at the same time as it is navigable inland and allows the city of Sevilla to be an international port even though it is many miles from the ocean.

Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuala, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. In addition Spain occupied the Phillipines for 300 years, and part of Florida at one time was a Spanish territory as well, Other conquests are Spanish Guam, Spanish Morocco, Spanish Guinea, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West South Africa and the Canary Islands.

Spain's housing is plentiful and mainly brick and/or masonry. It ranges from centuries old buildings and neighborhoods to ultramodern condominiums and apartment buildings and the occasional single family house with a yard. Most of the houses have patios which are paved. Most of the houses have common walls with adjacent buildings and border on a sidewalk in front which, in turn extends all the way to the street (no grass).

Spain's housing is whitewashed which is a striking contrast to many of its old baroque buildings

Yes, in fact Mexico gained it's independence from Spain on September 16, 1810

Bad noise and litter, busy roads, crowdedness, air pollution also loss of traditional culture, lots of waste and makes there no atmosphere of being in a foreign country

night life is terrible lots of tourists get drunk and the lovely surrounding and countryside is forgotten/

Something important about Spain is the Spain monuments and also the Spanish blockade

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