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Spanien (spanisch España ⓘ /? [ esˈpaɲa ], amtlich Königreich Spanien , spanisch Reino de España [ ˈrejno ð(e) esˈpaɲa ]) ist ein Staat auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Südwesten Europas , mit den Balearischen Inseln im Mittelmeer , den Kanarischen Inseln im Atlantik und zwei Exklaven in Nordafrika .
Internet TLD. .es [e] Spain, [f] or the Kingdom of Spain, [g] [h] is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. [11] [i] It is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the ...
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Castillo de Sancti Petri (San Fernando, Cádiz).En este lugar se hallaba el Templo de Hércules Melkart. El nombre de «España» deriva fonéticamente de Hispania, nombre con el que los romanos designaban geográficamente al conjunto de la península ibérica, término alternativo al nombre Iberia, preferido por los autores griegos para referirse al mismo espacio.
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. It is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state.
- History of Spain
- Religion
- Geography of Spain
- Languages
Early history
People have lived in Spain since the Stone Age. Later, the Roman Empire controlled Spain for about five hundred years; then as the Roman Empire broke up, groups of Germanic people including Visigothsmoved in and took control.
Muslim rule
In 711, many parts of the Iberian Peninsula became under the control of the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate. They called the land Al-Andalus; it was the farthest western point of Islamic civilization. In 756, the Umayyads were defeated by the Abbasid in the east. The Umayyads ruled the Caliphate of Córdoba, which fell apart in the early 11th century. Muslim rulers sometimes fought each other when they were not fighting the Christians. Muslim Spain was focused on learning. The greatest library system...
Kingdom of León
The Kingdom of León, the most important in the early Spanish Middle Ages, was started in 910. This Kingdom developed the first democratic parliament (Cortes de Llión) in Europe in 1188. After 1301, León had the same King as the Kingdom of Castile in personal union. The various kingdoms remained independent territories until 1833, when Spain was divided into regions and provinces. In 1492, the Christians took the last part of Spain that still belonged to the Moors, Granada. Boabdil, the last M...
Ancient religions in Spain were mostly pagan. Today, however, at least 55 percent of Spain is Roman Catholic. Spanish mystic Teresa of Ávila is an important figure within Catholicism. 27 percent of Spaniards are irreligious. 2 percent are from other religions, this include Baha'i Buddhists, Jain, Muslim,Unitarian Universalism and Zoroastrianism.
The middle of Spain is a high, dry, flat land called La Meseta. In La Meseta it can be very hot in the summer and cold or very cold in the winter. Spain also has many mountain ranges. The Mount Teide (Tenerife, Canary Islands), the highest mountain of Spain and the islands of the Atlantic (it is the third largest volcano in the world from its base)...
While Spanish is the most spoken language in the country, other languages like Catalan, Basque or Galicianare also spoken in a few territories.
Diorama der Höhle von Altamira (Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona) Spanien um das Jahr 1200, etwa am historischen Wendepunkt der Reconquista Denkmal in Erinnerung an die Cortes von Cádiz (1810–1813), die die erste spanische Verfassung schufen. Die Geschichte Spaniens reicht derzeit 1,4 Millionen Jahre zurück.
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. It is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state.
