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Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Tagus river

                 Tagus river (Tajo, Tejo) is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 1,038 km (645 mi) long, 716 km (445 mi) in Spain, 47 km (29 mi) along the border between Portugal and Spain and 275 km (171 mi) in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. 
                  The main tributaries of Tagus are Jarama, Guadarrama, Alberche, Tiétar, Alagón, Zêzere, Guadiela, Algodor, Gévalo, Ibor, Almonte, Salor, Sever, Sorraia. It's crossing the following cities: Trillo, Sacedon, Aranjuez, Toledo, El Carpio de Tajo, Malpica de Tajo, Talavera de la Reina, Alcántara, Abrantes, Constância, Santarém, Lisboa/Lisabona. 

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Seville

               Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir. 
               The main landmarks of Seville are: Seville Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), Giralda, Plaza de España, Maria Luisa Park (Parque de María Luisa), Metropol Parasol, Plaza de la Encarnación, Triana bridge, Torre del Oro, Alcázar of Seville (Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), Santa Cruz, Royal Tobacco Factory (Real Fábrica de Tabacos), University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla), Alamillo Bridge (Puente del Alamillo), Palace of San Telmo (Palacio de San Telmo), Plateresque, General Archive of the Indies (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes), Museum of Fine Arts of Seville (Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla ), Archeological Museum of Seville (Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla), Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, Hospital de las Cinco Llagas, Hotel Macarena, Pumarejo Palace, Avenida de la Constitución, Schindler Tower, Cajasol Tower (Torre Cajasol), Casa de Pilatos, Archbishop's palace, Isla de La Cartuja, Lope de Vega Theatre (Teatro Lope de Vega), La Alameda de Hércules.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Almeria

              Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name. 
               The main sights of Almeria are: La Alcazaba y las Murallas del Cerro de San Cristóbal,Almería air raid shelters (Refugios subterráneos de Almería), Cable Inglés, Renaissance church of Santiago, Paseo de Coches, Museum of Almería, House of the Butterflies, Almería's Townhall, Plaza de San Pedro, Iglesia de San Sebastian (San Sebastian church), Edificio de las Mariposas en la Puerta de Purchena, Casa Consistorial de Almería, Plaza de toros.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Valencia

                   Valencia is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 809,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Valencia is also Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.3 million. The city has global city status. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the largest on the Mediterranean Sea, with a trade volume of 4.21 million TEU's. 
                    The main landmarks are Avenida de Francia, Ayuntamiento or l'Ajuntament (City Hall), Basílica de la virgen de los desamparados, City of Arts and Sciences (Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències), El Micalet El Miguelete, Estació del Nord (The North station), La plaza de Toros, Hemisfèric, Lonja de la Seda, Mercado Central de Valencia (Historic Central Market), Mercat de Colom, Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia (Iglesia Catedral-Basílica Metropolitana de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Valencia), Palacio de la Exposición, Palau de Justicia, Palau de la Generalitat, Palau del congres, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, puerto valencia, Towers of Serranos, Veles e Vents building, Music Palace (Palau De La Música), L'Oceanogràfic, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Museu Valencià d'Etnologia, Museu de Belles Arts San Pío V. 

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Tabernas desert

                 The Tabernas Desert (Desierto de Tabernas) is a desert in Spain. It is located in the province of Almería about 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of the capital, Almería, in the Tabernas municipality. It is protected as a wilderness area (paraje natural) spanning 280 square kilometres (110 square miles). The desert is surprisingly well endowed with vegetation for a desert. Plants such as the Sea Lavender (limonium insignis), which are teetering on the verge of extinction, manage to flourish in the semi-arid environment of the desert.
                 The Desert of Tabernas, because of its similarities with the North American deserts like the Far West of the American West served from 1950s and is still used today for the shooting of many films and westerns.

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Mulhacén

             Mulhacén (3479 m) is the highest mountain in continental Spain and in the Iberian Peninsula.
             It is part of the Sierra Nevada range in the Cordillera Penibética.  Mulhacén is the highest peak in Europe outside Caucasus Mountains and the Alps. It is also the third most topographically prominent peak in Western Europe, after Mont Blanc and Mount Etna, and is ranked 64th in the world by prominence.
             The conditions for the summit in winter, through any of its routes, can be extremely hard, especially given the speed and frequency with which changes the weather there at that time and the extremes to come, with temperatures down to -20 ° C.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Ebro river

          Ebro (Ebre) is one of the most important rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the biggest river by discharge volume in Spain. The hinterland climate becomes progressively more continental and drier, and therefore there is an end from extreme temperatures accompanied by slow-growing dwarf juniper species to unvegetated desert steppes as in "llanos de Belchite" or "Calanda desert". Its source is in Fontibre (Cantabria), from the Latin words Fontes Iberis, source of the Ebro. The Ebro Delta (in Catalan: Delta de l'Ebre), in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, is one of the largest wetland areas (320 km²) in the western Mediterranean region.
       The Ebro flows through the following cities: Reinosa, Frias, Miranda de Ebro, Haro, Logroño, Calahorra, Tudela, Alagón, Utebo, Zaragoza, Flix, Móra d'Ebre, Benifallet, Tivenys, Xerta, Aldover, Tortosa, Amposta. The main tributaries are Jalón, Gállego, Cinca-Segre, Aragó.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Garonne river

            Garonne (Garona) is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of 602 km (374 mi). The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Pyrenees. The Garonne is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibit a tidal bore. The Garonne plays an important role in inland shipping. The river not only allows seagoing vessels to reach the port of Bordeaux but also forms part of the "Canal des Deux Mers", linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing a shorter and safer way for goods to pass from the agricultural areas of the South of France to the Atlantic.
            The following cities are lying around the river: Gironde,  Bordeaux, Toulouse , Agen. The main tributaries are Arize, Louge, Ariège, Touch, Gimone, Tarn, Arrats, Gers, Baïse, Lot, Dropt.

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