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| + | '''Capital''' Madrid<br> | ||
| + | '''Languages''' Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician & Basque <br> | ||
| + | '''Currency''' Euro<br><br> | ||
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| + | Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia. | ||
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| + | Spain has a rich history. Bordered by the snow capped Pyrenees in the east to the sunny beaches in the south, Spain is the second largest country in the EU. | ||
| + | As well as the mainland, territory includes two island archipelagos, The Balearics and the Canaries, and two enclaves on the North African coast, Ceuta and Melilla. | ||
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| + | In the capital city, Madrid, there many historical monuments. The Royal castle and Spanish museums like el Prado and Reina Sofia, which houses paintings of Velasquez, Goya, Miro and Picasso. | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
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| + | *[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Spain GenWeb] | ||
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| + | *[http://genegenie.org/detail.php?linkid=1757 AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group] | ||
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| + | *[http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn Babel Fish Translation Tool] | ||
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| + | *[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=genealogy&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2FEng%2FSearch%2FRG%2Fguide%2FWLSpanis1.asp%23general_word_list Translation of Spanish Genealogical Words] | ||
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| + | *[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain] | ||
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| + | *[http://foros.hispagen.eu/index.php Spanish Genealogy Forum] | ||
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| + | *[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain] | ||
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| + | *[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of Survivors of The First Voyage Around The World] | ||
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| + | *[http://contueor.com/baedeker/spain_portugal/index.htm Baedecker's Old Guide Books - Spain & Portugal 1901] | ||
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| + | '''Archives''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.snae.org/default.en.php The Basque Government Archive and Documentary Heritage Centre] | ||
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| + | '''The Regions''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.andalucia.com/province/almeria/home.htm Almeria GenWeb] | ||
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| + | *[http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/malaga.htm The English Cemetery at Malaga] | ||
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| + | *[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb] | ||
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| + | *[http://www1.euskadi.net/morris/indice_e.htm A Basque on-line Dictionary] | ||
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| + | *[http://basque.unr.edu/ The Centre for Basque Studies] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.basquemuseum.com/ The Basque Museum and Cultural Central] | ||
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| + | *[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb] | ||
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| + | *[http://extremadura.genealogica.net/ Extremadura Genweb] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.xenealoxia.org/index.php?newlang=english Genealogía de Galicia] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.cartomur.com/ Maps of Murcia] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.uv.es/~ximocarr/VALGEN/ Valencia GenWeb] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/genealogiacanaria/ Genealogy in The Canary Islands] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:46, 11 September 2022
Contents
Capital Madrid
Languages Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician & Basque
Currency Euro
Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.
Spain has a rich history. Bordered by the snow capped Pyrenees in the east to the sunny beaches in the south, Spain is the second largest country in the EU. As well as the mainland, territory includes two island archipelagos, The Balearics and the Canaries, and two enclaves on the North African coast, Ceuta and Melilla.
In the capital city, Madrid, there many historical monuments. The Royal castle and Spanish museums like el Prado and Reina Sofia, which houses paintings of Velasquez, Goya, Miro and Picasso.
Links
Archives
The Regions
Back to World Index Page
