Spanish financial crisis The 2008–2013 Spanish financial crisis began as part of the world Late-2000s financial crisis and continued as part of the European sovereign debt crisis‚ which has affected primarily the southern European states and Ireland. In Spain‚ the crisis was generated by long-term loans (commonly issued for 40 years)‚ the building market crash‚ which included the bankruptcy of major companies‚ and a particularly severe increase in unemployment‚ which rose to 24.4% by March 2012
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Spanish Civil War (193639)‚ military revolt against the Republican government of Spain‚ supported by conservative elements within the country. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country‚ a bloody civil war ensued‚ fought with great ferocity on both sides. The Nationalists‚ as the rebels were called‚ received aid from fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The Republicans received aid from the Soviet Union‚ as well as from International Brigades‚ composed of volunteers from
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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí‚ better known as Salvador Dalí‚ was a painter‚ sculptor‚ designer‚ writer and filmmaker Spanish born in Figueres‚ Catalonia‚ Spain. Dalí he was best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His paint skills where influence of Renaissance masters like Picasso‚ Magritte‚ and Miro . His best known work‚ The Persistence of Memory‚ was completed in 1931. Salvador Dalí’s artistic repertoire also includes film‚ sculpture‚ and photography.
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In a spanish christmas they don’t belive in santa claus .They belive that the 3 wiseman.Kids leave there shoes out side and believe that the 3 wiseman will come and fill there shoes up with presents.Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or ’La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas
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In this thesis we discuss 2 Spanish airports‚ Barcelona (BCN) and Madrid (MAD). Both are managed by the same airport operator; AENA. But they both have their particular characteristics‚ or‚ as already mentioned before‚ ‘every airport is unique’. The management of the Spanish airports is carried out by AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea). Aena was till February 2015 100% owned by the Spanish government‚ as part of the Ministry of Development (Ministerio de Fomento). The main goal of Aena
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paintings both changed from time to time. Joan Miro was a great artist who went from rags to riches just like his artwork. Born on April 20‚ 1893‚ Joan Miro was the first son of Michel Miro Adziras and Dolores Ferra. Miro loved his homeland of Catalonia in Northern Spain and his hometown‚ Barcelona. Miro came from a family of artisans. His father was a goldsmith‚ and his mother’s father was a cabinet maker. Miro wanted to be an artist from childhood‚ but his parents disagreed. Miro attended many
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Spanish nationalism - is the nationalism asserts that Spaniards are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Spaniards. It has been typically been closely tied to the conceptions of a Castilian-based culture. The Castilian language became the Spanish language. Other expressions of Spanish nationalism have included pan-Iberianism and pan-Hispanism. The origins of Spanish nationalism have been claimed to have begun with theReconquista - beginning with the victory of Catholic forces against Muslim
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are an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time‚ a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order.” In addition‚ there are some interesting subjects appearing in this painting such as the craggy rocks of Catalonia spreading out further away. This is the place where he grew up‚ and also indeed the association with his painting The Persistence of Memory. It shows a typical Dalinian landscape with his beloved Cape Creus (a peninsula and
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people say he is weird‚ especially people who aren’t friends with him. He is friendly and very competitive with his friends because he always wants to win them all. He loves taekwondo‚ he practises since he was 6 years old and he was champion of Catalonia four times. Finally‚ Albert is pleasant and cheerful with his friends‚ but with the rest of the people is shy and boring. He is important for me because since I started High School‚ I have spent a lot of goog moments with him. Jacques is quite
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According to Ornstein‚ Jean de Meun’s work Roman de la Rose initiates the debate. Blamires‚ as previously stated‚ indicates the debate was present in various works that preceded the Roman. Ornstein proposes that this gender debate started in France in the thirteenth century with reactions to de Meun. One of those reactions was from Christine de Pizan who defended women against the Roman de la Rose. What is fascinating about her defense is that a woman is defending women and as a result the structure
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