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Photo: Dallas Morning News
These historic inns provide glimpses of the formative cultures of Spain.
Source: Enjoy history and four-star stays in Spain’s paradores
Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2013 shows a cloister of the Palace of Charles V at the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra Palace is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was inscribed onto the world heritage list in 1984 by UNESCO.
Photo: Tony Arruza
Soon after arriving in the Azores in the 1430s and digging into the rich volcanic soil, Portuguese settlers planted Verdelho wine grapes. Six centuries on, travelers are increasingly exploring the vineyards of the Azores — especially those found on Pico Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Source: Volcano Wine in the Azores
Photo: Europa Press
Team of scientists dates wall art at 39,000 years old…
Source: Altxerri cave paintings confirmed as oldest known in Europe
Photo source: Yahoo
Here’s what you’ll miss if you don’t venture beyond the clubs in the world’s party capital.
Source: The Ibiza Few Know Of
Photo: EFE
Photo: Michael Runkel
Photo: Guillermo Cervera
See New York Times list of destinations to visit, from No. 1 Rio to No. 46 Paris.
Source: The 46 Places to Go in 2013
Photo: Pedro Saura
The Palaeolithic paintings in northern Spain have been precisely dated for the first time, proving the art form began in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Spain – Burgos Cathedral
Abstract
The Pyrenees region encompasses areas from the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of France and the Principality of Andorra. It is also linguistically heterogeneous. In addition to the official state languages Spanish and French, Basque, Aragonese, Catalan and Occitan are spoken. All of these languages have co-official character in certain regions of Spain, although not in France. In the modern era, changes to the political-geographical boundary between the present states of France and Spain occurred in the 16th century, when the Kingdom of Navarre was divided into two unequal parts, and in 1659/1660 when northern Catalonia became part of France after the Treaty of the Pyrenees. However, the border area between France and Spain was not only a stage for conflict, but also a setting for numerous communication and transfer processes.
Introduction
There are three states today in the area of Europe which is dominated by the PyreneesMountains: the French Republic (République française), the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España) and, in the middle of the (high) mountains, the small Principality of Andorra (Principat d’Andorra).
Source: The Peoples, Languages, and History of the Pyrenees Region
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