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Photo: Hendrik Manuels Stoops Lugo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.From the caves of Altamira to the Sagrada Família: how much do you know about Spain's history?
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The paintings are over 14,000 years old. When they were discovered around 1879, people thought it was a fake because such fine art by cavemen seemed impossible.
Photo: José-Manuel Benito, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Basque is not related to any other living language. Catalan simply comes from Latin.
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He set off from Cartagena, a city the Carthaginians had founded in Spain, and walked via France to the Alps.
Photo: Fratelli Alinari, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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He was the first emperor from outside Italy. His birth city Italica is located near Seville.
Photo: Bibi Saint-Pol, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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The Visigoths had first sacked Rome in 410 before settling in Spain. Córdoba only became world-famous later, under the Moors.
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Ojalá comes from “in shaa Allah” (God willing). Thousands of Spanish words come from Arabic, such as azúcar (sugar), aceite (oil), and almohada (pillow).
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“Cid” comes from the Arabic “sayyid” (lord). He served the Moorish emir of Zaragoza for a time and eventually conquered Valencia. Photo: ElCaminodeSantiago09, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Tomato, potato, bell pepper, and chocolate all come from the Americas. Gazpacho and tortilla are therefore actually quite young.
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Spanish fighters and citizens harassed the French armies from 1808 onwards with ambushes, and the rest of the world adopted the word.
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Gaudí took over the project in 1883 and worked on it until his death in 1926. It is still not completely finished.
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