Comenius Project Deep Roots, Fly High

spainspain. A beautiful country .. A beautiful country .

Spain, a beautiful countrySpain, a beautiful countryThe Kingdom of SpainThe Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España)(Spanish: Reino de España)

is a country and member state is a country and member state of the European Union.of the European Union.

It is located in southwestern It is located in southwestern Europe Europe

on the Iberian Peninsula.on the Iberian Peninsula.Its mainland is bordered Its mainland is bordered

to the South and East to the South and East by the Mediterranean Sea; by the Mediterranean Sea;

to the North by France, to the North by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Andorra, and the Bay of

Biscay; Biscay; and to the northwest and to the northwest

and west by the Atlantic and west by the Atlantic Ocean Ocean

and Portugal. and Portugal. There are seventeen regions There are seventeen regions

(Autonomus Communities) and (Autonomus Communities) and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla the cities of Ceuta and Melilla

in the in the North of Africa.North of Africa.

Let’s meet some of them:Let’s meet some of them:

This is This is Port Aventura Port Aventura

in Tarragona. It is a in Tarragona. It is a theme park theme park

CataloniaCatalonia

This is the This is the CathedralCathedral of of

BarcelonaBarcelona

Typical foodTypical food: : *Bread and tomatoes*Bread and tomatoes*Escalavida: grilled *Escalavida: grilled

vegetables.vegetables.*Esqueixada: cod, *Esqueixada: cod,

tomatoes, onions, olives, tomatoes, onions, olives, hard boiled eggs and hard boiled eggs and

pepperspeppers

It is in the It is in the Northeastern part Northeastern part

of Spainof Spain Its capital is Its capital is Barcelona. Barcelona.

Catalonia has a Catalonia has a population of population of 7.504.8817.504.881

The Way of St. The Way of St. James is the James is the

Pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Cathedral of Santiago de Santiago de

CompostelaCompostela in in Galicia in Galicia in

northwestern northwestern SpainSpain

GaliciaGaliciaIt’s in It’s in

NorthwestNorthwest SpainSpain

The most typical food of The most typical food of Galicia is the Galicia is the

““Galician Octopus” and Galician Octopus” and “Galician Empanada”“Galician Empanada”

This is the This is the Valencian Valencian

Community. It is Community. It is located in located in Central and Central and Sout-EasternSout-Eastern

SpainSpain

This is the Oceanographic.It is the largest

aquarium in Europe

Terra Mítica is in Alicante. It is a It is a

theme park theme park Typical food:Typical food: “Paella”“Paella”

The Valencian The Valencian Community Community

The runnig of the bulls takes

place on July 7th along aa narrow

street

NavarreNavarre

This is the This is the Navarrese PyreneesNavarrese Pyrenees

Typical food:Typical food:””Meat stuffed peppers” and Meat stuffed peppers” and

“Asparagus” “Asparagus”

It’s in the It’s in the Northern SpainNorthern Spain

The Canary Islands. The Canary Islands. They are They are

in the in the Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic Ocean: just off the nortwest just off the nortwest coast of mainland coast of mainland

Africa.Africa.

Typical food:Typical food: ““Papas with Papas with mojo picón”. mojo picón”.

TheThe Timanfaya National Timanfaya National ParkPark

is on Lanzarote Islandis on Lanzarote Island

This is the This is the Teide National Park Teide National Park on Gran Canaria Island.on Gran Canaria Island.

The Canary IslandsThe Canary Islands

Madrid is the Madrid is the CapitalCapital city of Spaincity of Spain. It’s in . It’s in

Central Spain. It is the Central Spain. It is the largest city.largest city.

This is the This is the Prado Prado MuseumMuseum

This is This is the the CibelesCibeles

This is the This is the Retiro ParkRetiro Park

Typical food: Typical food: Cocido Madrileño: Cocido Madrileño: a stew combining a stew combining

chickpeas with chickpeas with vegetables vegetables

(cabbage, celery, (cabbage, celery, carrots turnips and carrots turnips and

potatoes) and potatoes) and chicken, beef and chicken, beef and

pork.pork.

MadridMadrid

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This presentation was made by students of CEIP Arco Iris, as the development of the Comenius project "Deep Roots, fly high."

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