Spain and it's Autonomous Communities

Good morning students
I welcome all of you to my blog. I hope all of you are enjoying this online learning process.

In the last class we learnt about language family and language family tree. I am expecting you all have made a nice language family tree in your notebook as well as you have watched the attached video and you have written the answer of all the questions.
In this class we are going to see some slides related to Spain and its states, popular cities, food, dance, music and culture of Spain.

Important instructions before we go about today's topic :

1. Take your Spanish register
2. Hope you have written your name, class & section on your register !
3. Our handwriting reflects a lot about us. It will be awesome if you use good presentation and cursive hand writing
4. Points that you have to note down in your register are marked with double red star ( * * ).

Learning outcome of this class :
a) You will be able to locate Spain in world map
b) You will be able to tell the names of all the autonomous communities of Spain,
c) You will be able to tell the names of famous Dance, Monument, painter of Spain

Let's begin with writing the heading

Spain and its Autonomous communities

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Spain (Spanish: España )
official name : the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country in Southwestern Europe

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Click ➤➤https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8kcbCQ667U

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Spain is made up of 17 states known as autonomous communities.
( In spain, states are called autonomous communities)

** Spain is called España in Spanish and it is also known as Iberian peninsula.

** Here we will have a question, What is Peninsula ?

** Answer - The definition of a peninsula is an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. An example of a peninsula is the Iberian Peninsula.

If you look at the map of Spain closely, you'll see that Spain is surrounded by water on three sides and it is connected with France on the fourth side. Thus, Spain is a peninsula.

Now lets see some of the important autonomous communities ( states) and some interesting facts about them.

[Important : Note down the name of the autonomous community and its capital only. Do not write the the provinces]

Andalusia region is the southern autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous, and the second largest autonomous community of Spain.

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Facts :

a) Bull fighting, Flamenco dance and music, Guitar are from Andalusia, Spain.

b) The guitar's roots are in Spain. It is thought to have been invented by the people of Malaga ( a city in Andalusia).

c) Pablo Picasso, 20th century greatest painter was also from Malaga, Andalusia. The most famous painting by Pablo Picasso is Guernica.

Guernica painting by Pablo Picasso

A scene from bull fighting

Flamenco dance (baile) is a highly-expressive, Spanish dance form. The flamenco is a solo dance characterized by hand clapping, percussive footwork, and intricate hand, arm, and body movements. The dance is usually accompanied by a singer and guitar player.

Flamenco Dance : Click ➤➤ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9IYSDxagc

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Facts :
a) Islas Baleares or Balearic Island is an Archipelago (group of islands) in the Mediterranean Sea.
b) Famous Tennis player Rafael Nadal is from Balearic Islands.

A restaurant on Canary Islands where they cook food over semi-active volcanic holes.

Altamira is a Paleolithic (Stone Age) cave located in Santillana del Mar (Cantabria region), in the north of Spain, and was declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1985.
The cave was discovered in 1868 by a hunter, Modesto Cubillas

** The Basílica de la Sagrada Família also known as the Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Designed by Spanish/Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began and it is expected that the construction of this giant church will complete in 2026.

Click ➤➤ chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_di-VI-iKC0

World famous football club of Barcelona

Haro is a place in La Rioja where they celebrate wine festival. People throw wine at each other, they dance and sing together. This festival is much like La tomatina.