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Andalucía
reigon in Southern Spain
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La Gran Vía
main road that goes through Madrid where restaurants, movie theatres, and shopping are
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siesta
time in the day when everyone leaves work and school for lunch and rest (only in Spain)
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Miguel de Cervantes
wrote Don Quijote
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El Prado
world famous art museum in Madrid
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Diego Velázquez
famous artist, painted “Las Meninas”
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King Felipe IV and Queen Mariana
Margarita’s parents
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1821
Mexico gained independence
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Leopoldo de Austria
promised to marry Margarita at the age of 15
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Camilo José Cela
won Nobel Prize for literature in 1990
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Lazarillo de Tormes
famous book from 16th century
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Santiago de Compostela
capital of Galícia, Spain, site of tomb of St. James the Apostle
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Juana
daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isablel II
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel II
gave money and ships to Christopher Colombus to discover new world
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El Cid
national hero of Spain
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Babieca
El Cid’s horse
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11th century
moors occupied parts of Spain and El Cid pushed them out during the reconquista
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Rocinante
Don Quijote’s horse
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El Cantar del Mío Cid
epic poem that tells the life of El Cid
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Alcázar
site of terrible battle from Spanish civil war, was a palace and fort at the same time, today it is a museum
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