Spain

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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

• Spain GenWeb In Spanish

• AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group

• Babel Fish Translation Tool

• Translation of Spanish Genealogical words

Archives

• The Basque Government Archive and Documentary Heritage Centre

Andalucia

• Andalucia GenWeb

• Almeria GenWeb

• The English Cemetery at Malaga

Aragon

Asturias

Basque Country

• A Basque on-line Dictionary

• The Centre for Basque Studies

• The Basque Museum and Cultural Centre

Cantabria

Castilla La Mancha

Castilla Leon

Catalonia

• Catalonia GenWeb In Spanish and Catalan

Extremadura

Galicia

• Galicia Genealogy Mostly in Spanish

Madrid

Murcia

• Maps of Murcia In Spanish

Navarra

La Rioja

• La Rioja GenWeb In Spanish

Valencia

• Valencia GenWeb In Spanish

Balearic Islands - Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera

Canary Islands - Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife, Gomero, El Hierro

General Links yet to be sorted

• Genealogy Forum Spain

• Ancestry - Spain

• Magellan; List of survivors of the first voyage around the world

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