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3 days ago · The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans. Native peoples of the peninsula, such as the Tartessos ...
3 days ago · Nineteenth Century Spain: A New History. London, Routledge, 2019, ISBN: 9780815351061; 212pp.; Price: £96.00. At a time when the study of 19th-century history in general is becoming an increasingly marginal pursuit, writing a synthetic volume about Spain—which has never enjoyed much scholarly attention—may seem optimistic.
3 days ago · The Metropolis Building, Madrid, Spain. Being the centre of government, finance, and insurance has long contributed to the prosperity of the capital, as have tourism and the city’s position as Spain’s transportation hub. Following the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), the city became an important manufacturing centre for the automotive and ...
2 days ago · A village in Andalusia, Spain, showing housing typical of the region. Spain is a storied country of stone castles, snowcapped mountains, vast monuments, and sophisticated cities, all of which have made it a favoured travel destination. The country is geographically and culturally diverse. Its heartland is the Meseta, a broad central plateau ...
6 days ago · Spain was caught up in European events of the Napoleonic era that led to its loss of empire in Spanish America. Spain was France's ally, but it had tried to avoid being drawn directly into the ongoing conflict between Napoleon's France and Britain. War broke out in 1804 after a British squadron captured a Spanish convoy off Cape Santa Maria ...
3 days ago · Barcelona, city, seaport, and capital of Barcelona province and of Catalonia autonomous community, northeastern Spain, located 90 miles (150 km) south of the French border. Barcelona is Spain’s major Mediterranean port and commercial center and is famed for its individuality, cultural interest, and beauty.
3 days ago · The economy of Spain is a highly developed social market economy. [26] It’s the world's 15th largest by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest in Europe. Spain is a member of the European Union and the eurozone, as well as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Trade Organization.
