1/27/2024 0 Comments Lifing in spanishIt’s at the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, between Europe and Africa, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean.Īdmiring this place you can understand why it’s a refuge for so many species of plants and animals such as our increasingly rare Iberian lynx. Why is this gem, called Doñana, the favorite place for a lot of migratory waterfowl? Mainly because it has a privileged geographical situation. What about the largest nature reserve in Europe? 104,970 hectares of marsh land. We are going to stop our exhausting walk having a rest on a rock to admire one of these privileged places. Even Flamenco and our diet (Mediterranean diet) are part of this list. Its cultural treasures include the Alhambra, the Generalife and Albayzín in Granada, Córdoba Mosque, the Works of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia, the Vizcaya Bridge in Basque Country, the University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, the Old Town of Segovia and it’s Aqueduct, Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (Balearic Islands), Doñana National park (Huelva), the Route of Santiago de Compostela and we could continue until 52. Spain has 52 World Heritage Sites- the second highest number in the world (only Italy has more). To look at it another way, we could measure the wealth of a country in terms of its artistic, cultural and natural heritage. A trip around our cultural richness.įirstly it would be interesting to start our journey by answering a couple of questions…How do we measure the wealth of a country? I mean is GDP the best way to measure a country’s wealth? This is the reason why I would like to invite you on a trip around Spain. These are cliches, there is so much more to Spain than this picture postcard. ![]() ![]() Sometimes I get really frustrated when people think that Spain is just about bullfighting, sun, sangría and fiestas. I guess that this kind of feeling I have about Cultural Stereotypes is shared by other people around the world.
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