History UsefulNotes / Spain

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* UsefulNotes/VisigothicSpain

* UsefulNotes/SpanishReconquista

* Film/LandOfFreedom

* SpanishCinema

* Film/MrArkadin

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Spain is bordered by {{UsefulNotes/France}} and the tiny Andorra in the north-east and UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} in the west. It is bathed by the Mediterranean Coast at its east, The Atlantic Ocean at the west and North and the Straits of Gibraltar at the South, where the Mediterranean Joins the Atlantic. [[NeverLiveItDown There is also the matter of the little British colony known as Gibraltar]].

Spain is bordered by {{UsefulNotes/France}} in the north-east and UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} in the west. It is bathed by the Mediterranean Coast at its east, The Atlantic Ocean at the west and North and the Straits of Gibraltar at the South, where the Mediterranean Joins the Atlantic. [[NeverLiveItDown There is also the matter of the little British colony known as Gibraltar]].

* The comic strip ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon is Spanish and thus takes place in Spain most of the time.
* ComicBook/ZipiYZape: A Spanish comic strip where the adventures of the protagonists also take place in Spain.
* ComicStrip/SuskeEnWiske: The album "De Stierentemmer" takes place in Spain.

Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''España''), officially known as the Kingdom of Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''Reino de España''), is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[UsefulNotes/AncientRome Romans]], [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]], [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[UsefulNotes/TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[UsefulNotes/MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon in the XV century by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy now led by King Felipe VI was installed.

* FranciscoFranco, that man. Yes, he is [[Series/SaturdayNightLive still dead.]]

* Painters Diego Vélazquez, Creator/FranciscoDeGoya, Creator/PabloPicasso and Creator/SalvadorDali.
* A lot of novels by Ernest Hemingway, including Literature/TheSunAlsoRises and Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls.

* Painters Creator/PabloPicasso and Creator/SalvadorDali.

* A lot of novels by Creator/ErnestHemingway, including Literature/TheSunAlsoRises and Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls.
* Creator/GeorgeOrwell wrote Literature/HomageToCatalonia about his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.

* Music/SketchesOfSpain by Music/MilesDavis.

* ComicStrip/{{Asterix}}: The Asterix album Recap/AsterixInSpain takes place in Hispania (the Roman name for Spain).

* Manuel the waiter in Series/FawltyTowers hails from Barcelona.

* The Creator/WoodyAllen film Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona.

* Pais Vasco

Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''España''), officially known as the Kingdom of Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''Reino de España''), is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[UsefulNotes/AncientRome Romans]], [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]], [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[UsefulNotes/TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[UsefulNotes/MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon in the XV century by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy led by King Juan Carlos I was installed.

* Cataluña

Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''España''), officially known as the Kingdom of Spain ('''Spanish:''' ''Reino de España''), is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[UsefulNotes/AncientRome Romans]], [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]], [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[UsefulNotes/TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[UsefulNotes/MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy led by King Juan Carlos I was installed.

-->--'''National Motto'''[[hottip:*: Means "further beyond", an IronicEcho of the legendary warning carved on the Pillars of Hercules at the mouth of the Mediterranean: ''Nec Plus Ultra'' - "nothing further beyond"]]

-->''"The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are."''
-->-- '''Sir Francis Bacon'''

Spain, ''España'' is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[UsefulNotes/AncientRome Romans]], [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]], [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[UsefulNotes/TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[UsefulNotes/MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy led by King Juan Carlos I was installed.

Spain's Government consists of a Prime Minister (''Presidente del Gobierno'') appointed by the King and who is the Head of the Cabinet (''Consejo de Ministros''). He resides in Moncloa Palace, Madrid.

* VisigothicSpain

* SpanishReconquista
* TheSpanishInquisition
* BattleOfLepanto
* WarOfTheSpanishSuccession

* TheFrancoRegime

* TheKingdomOfSpain, for a brief introduction to Spanish kings and queens

Spain, ''España'' is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[UsefulNotes/AncientRome Romans]], [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]], [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[UsefulNotes/TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy led by King Juan Carlos I was installed.

* MoorishSpain

Spain, ''España'' is a south-western European country inhabited by 47 million Spaniards, home of the ''Conquistadores'' and the language spoken by 330 million people. The modern day Spanish trace their descent from many peoples, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot including but not limited to]] [[AncientRome Romans]], [[AncientGreece Greeks]], [[PunicWars Phoenicians]], [[TheDungAges Visigoths]], [[MoorishSpain Jews, and Muslims]], and the modern nation-state was formed with the union of the Kingdom of Castille and the Kingdom of Aragon by the marriage of their respective monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Fernando and the end of the siege of Granada, which would end the ''Reconquista'' and 700 years of muslim occupation. An empire soon grew and stayed strong until its collapse in 1699, but Spain still managed to keep some colonies until the very end of the 19th Century. This, along with the failure of the conquest of Morocco and the feuds between political factions led to the [[BloodierAndGorier last and bloodiest]] of five [[SpanishCivilWar Civil Wars]]. [[FranciscoFranco The winner of the war ruled the country for no less than 36 years]] until his death, when the current Constitutional Monarchy led by King Juan Carlos I was installed.

* PunicWars

Spain is bordered by {{UsefulNotes/France}} in the north-east and {{Portugal}} in the west. It is bathed by the Mediterranean Coast at its east, The Atlantic Ocean at the west and North and the Straits of Gibraltar at the South, where the Mediterranean Joins the Atlantic. [[NeverLiveItDown There is also the matter of the little British colony known as Gibraltar]].

* FranciscoFranco, that man.

* SpanishCivilWar