Los lugares más conocidos en Еspaña

Spain has been in the world five times since 1930

been a champion of the cup in 2012 and tricampeon twice in 1964 and 2008

the most famous places in Spain

Aqueduct of Segovia

The Aqueduct of Segovia is an impressive piece of Roman engineering. Its preservation is excellent today. Its construction is between the I and II century. It is built with granite blocks laid without mortar between them. To almost the present day to provide water to the city of Segovia. After a journey of more than 15 km, and more specifically its Alcázar. In recent years there has been a striking decline mainly due to environmental pollution and erosion granite own.

Definitely impressive work that has endured through the years and that allows us to enjoy an incredible monument.

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and is best known landmark of the city. This is an unfinished temple of the great architect Antonio Gaudí. The work began in 1883 and the architect worked on it until his death in 1926, thanks to the planes that remain, his dream comes true gradually through the work of other artists. It is a very different and special temple so a trip to Barcelona would never be complete without a visit.

Alhambra in Granada

Granada's Alhambra is a palace city, a rich palace and fortress complex that housed the king and the court of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. Its appeal lies both in its interior, whose decoration is among the summits of Andalusian art, as in their localization and adaptation, creating a new landscape but fully integrated with the existing nature. It is a magnificent monument is one of the country visited. Highly recommended!!

The Cathedral of Santiago

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is a temple of Catholic worship located in the province of La Coruña. It houses the tomb of St. James, which turned the temple into a major pilgrimage destinations in Europe during the Middle Ages through the so-called Camino de Santiago, an initiatory path in the wake of the Milky Way is still communicating Iberian peninsula with the rest of the continent, today remains an important pilgrimage destination (Holy Year "or" Jubilee Year "declares Compostela every year on the 25th of july, Santiago, match on Sunday) . It was declared of Cultural Interest in 1896, and the old town of Santiago de Compostela, which is focused around the cathedral was declared a Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1985

The Monastery of El Escorial

The Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a palace complex, basilica and monastery. The palace was the residence of the Spanish Royal Family, the basilica is the burial place of the kings of Spain and monastery current residence of the friars of the Order of St. Augustine. It is managed by the National Trust public body. It is one of the most unique Renaissance architecture in Spain and Europe. It was devised in the late sixteenth century by King Philip II. King conceived a large multifunctional complex that originated the Herrera style. He was considered, from the late sixteenth century, the Eighth Wonder of the World, both in size and functional complexity and its huge symbolic value.

The Giralda of Seville

The Giralda is the name given to the bell tower of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the city of Seville. The lower two thirds of the tower are the minaret of the old mosque of the city, from the late twelfth century, the Almohad period, while the upper third is an added kick in the Christian era to house the bells. At its peak is called a ball jar on which the giraldillo statue that functions vane and it was the European Renaissance sculpture largest bronze stands. La Giralda, with its 101 m, was for centuries the tallest tower in Spain and currently remains of the city, and one of the most famous buildings in Andalusia. The December 29, 1928 was declared National Heritage in 1987 and joined the list of World Heritage.

Walls of Ávila

The Walls of Avila is a fence surrounding the military Romanesque old town of Avila. Today, the old town, the walls and churches located outside the walls have been declared World Heritage Site. The wall represents the separation between the "wild space" and "civilized". The military nature of the wall is essentially defensive and kept even with the reforms in the fourteenth century that reinforced The property is a National Heritage but some sections, which coincide with some buildings such as palaces and churches (including the cathedral) they are private.

Mosque of Cordoba

Cordoba Cathedral or Old Mosque. It was declared a World Heritage Site along with the historic center of Cordoba, was begun in 786 on the site of the Visigothic basilica of San Vicente Martir. Today is the most important monument in Cordoba, and the entire Andalusian architecture, together with the Alhambra. The mosque underwent expansion during the Emirate and Caliphate of Córdoba Córdoba. With 23,400 square meters, was the world's second largest mosque in surface, behind the Mosque of Mecca, only later being hit by the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. It is one of the most visited tourist areas of Spain and s is a real gem that you should not miss

Plaza of Spain in Seville

The Plaza of Spain in Seville is an architectural framed in the Parque de María Luisa. The Plaza de Spain was the flagship project of the Latin American Exhibition of 1929.'s Construction began in 1914. Plaza is large (200 m diameter) has a semi-elliptical shape, symbolizing the embrace of Spain and its former colonies and overlooks the Guadalquivir river as a way forward for America. The building is made of brick and large ceramic decoration, coffered ceilings, wrought iron and embossed and carved marble, giving the whole a Renaissance atmosphere. Spain Square has been used as the setting for some well-known films, including Lawrence of Arabia, the square representing the British Army HQ in Cairo and the film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Saga the Wars, the square represents the planet Naboo.

The Cathedral of León

Current León Cathedral, begun in the thirteenth century, presents a more refined design classic French Gothic style. Known as the leonine pulchra and Cathedral of Santa Maria de Regla. It is located on the Camino de Santiago. It is next to the cathedral of Burgos one of the best examples of Spanish Gothic. León Cathedral draws on the floor of the Cathedral of Reims. It is known for bringing to end the 'dematerialisation' of Gothic art, ie, reducing the walls to a minimum, in order to be replaced the stone

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