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use human shields
defeat Moors by sheer numbers
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spanish
"dry stick" a stick beat on the floor to keep time
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mosque
largest in Córdoba
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Andalucia, Spain
largest southernmost region
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cities of Andalucia
Sevilla, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga
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goal
full length of the sword inside bull
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Moors ruled
711-1492
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Language
arabic
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Andalucia=
Al Andalus = country of the vandals
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La Alhambra
Granada, last moorish stronghold to fall to the christians, protected by sierra nevada
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Monarchy of Spain
King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella
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La Alhambra also known as
El Castille Rojo
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3 main areas of La Alhambra
Alcazaba, Palatine, Generalife
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Alcazaba
La Alhambra, military zone or barracks, oldest
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Palatine
palaces of the royalty
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Generalife
garden of the sultan
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Aqueducts
La Alhambra used it to get water from natural river
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Guadalquivir River
only navigable river in Spain, flows through Córdoba and Sevilla
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Guadalquivir River in Arabic
Al Wad Al Kabir
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Real Alcazár de Sevilla
royal palaces, christians added another floor (2stories) during colonial times
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Cathedral de Sevilla
largest gothic church in the world
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Cathedrals
Sevilla, shaped in a cross, middle is main altar, El Coro (choir)
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Tomb of Colón
Sevilla, legend says Columbus is buried there
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La Giralda Tower
muslim mosque, Sevilla
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La Plaza España
1929 World Fair gave money to build, American Expo = Ibero, inside El Parque María Luisa
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tiles in La Plaza España
Azulejos: handpainted tiles
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4 types of Flamenco
Alegrías, Soleares, Fandangos, Saetas
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Alegrías
happy flamenco
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Soleares
serious flamenco
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Fandangos
folksy flamenco
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Saetas
sung during Semana Santa (Holy Week - week before Easter)
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themes of flamenco
death, religion, love
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flamenco instruments
guitar music and palo seco (dry stick)
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duende
in flamenco, intensely focused trancelike look
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La Mezquita
largest mosque in Córdoba, put Christian images inside, built cathedral around the mosque
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Caminito Del Rey
in Málaga, dangerous trail
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Paella
rice dish
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Gazpacho
cold tomato soup
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Pablo Picasso
born in Málaga, "Guernica" protested Spanish Civil War
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"Guernica"
city in northern Spain (Baske), Franco friends with Hitler, asked to bomb Guernica to find spies, there turned out to be barely any spies
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Federico García Lorca
"Rural Trilogy", executed at the beginning of the Spanish civil War
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"Rural Trilogy"
Bodas de Sangre, La Casa de Bernardo Alba, Yerma
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Bodas de Sangre
blood weddings
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La Casa de Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba
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Yerma
about infedelity
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El AVE Tren
bullet train, got money from Olympics (Barcelona) 1992, Madrid to Sevilla in 3 hours
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Bullfighting
let the bull out, tire out the bull, Banderilleros, Matador, kill and process the bull
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Banderilleros
on horseback with a spear, stick spears in back of the bull, enrages bull
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matador
has a cape and sword with a crooked end, closer=bravo, jam the sword into the bull's head to hit the spinal chord