The Palau Reial de Pedralbes (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈɫaw rəˈjaɫ də pəˈðɾaɫβəs], English: "Pedralbes Royal Palace") is a building placed in the middle of an ample garden in the district of Les Corts, in Barcelona. From 1919 until 1931 it was the …
The Palau Reial Major (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈɫaw rəˈjaɫ məˈʒo], "Grand Royal Palace") is a complex of historic buildings located in Plaça del Rei, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was a residence of the counts of Barcelona and, later, of the Kin…
Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese, all three meaning lost mountain) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in Spain, lies hidden from France by the seemin…
León Airport, Spanish: Aeropuerto de León or Aeropuertu de Llión in Leonese language (IATA: LEN, ICAO: LELN), is a minor domestic airport located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from León, Spain.
La Orotava is a town and a municipality in the northern part of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands of Spain. The area of the municipality stretches from the north coast to the mountainous interior, and includes the summit of the Teide volcano, Cana…
Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə ʒuˈʒɔɫ]; 16 September 1879 – 1 May 1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Ga…
The Gran Valira (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈɡran bəˈɫiɾə], locally: [ˈɡran baˈliɾa]) is the biggest river in Andorra.
The Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is Gibraltar's public service broadcaster.
Furius Baco is a hydraulically launched steel roller coaster located at PortAventura in Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride opened on June 5, 2007 as the fastest roller coaster in Europe at 83.9 mph, which the ride reaches in …
Estadio Nuevo Colombino is a multi-purpose stadium in Huelva, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Recreativo de Huelva. Football was first introduced to Spain in Huelva and it still hosts the annual Trof…
Estadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere, generally referred to as Nuevo Carlos Tartiere (English: New Carlos Tartiere), is a multi-use stadium in Oviedo, Spain.
Dos Hermanas is a Spanish city 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Seville in Andalusia, with a population of 129,719 as of 2013.
Calasparra is a municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain.
Buen Retiro Palace (Spanish: Palacio del Buen Retiro) in Madrid was a large palace complex designed by the architect Alonso Carbonell (c. 1590–1660) and built on the orders of Philip IV of Spain as a secondary residence and place of recreation (henc…
The Anella Olímpica (Catalan pronunciation: [əˈneʎə uˈɫimpikə], "Olympic Ring") is an Olympic Park located in the hill of Montjuïc, Barcelona, that was the main site for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The major facilities consist of the Olympic Stadium, …
Vitoria Airport (IATA: VIT, ICAO: LEVT) is an airport near Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country of Spain.
Modern-day Urgell (Catalan pronunciation: [urˈʒeʎ], locally: [uɾˈdʒeʎ]), also known as Baix Urgell ("baix" meaning lower), is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, forming only a portion of the region historically known as Urgell, one of the Catal…
Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, some 22 km north of the capital city, Madrid. As a "satellite city" of Madrid which was conceived by urban planners as recently as the 1970s, it is the …
Teror is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is 12,671 (2013), and the area is 25.70 km². Teror is situated in the mountains, 14 km southwes…
The Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park (Spanish: Parque natural de la Sierra de Grazalema) is a natural park in the northeastern part of the province of Cádiz in southern Spain. The park encompasses, within its 51,695 hectares (127,740 acres), a compl…
The Serra de Collserola (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsɛrə ðə kɔʎsəˈɾɔɫə]), or simply Collserola, is a mountain range between the rivers Besòs and Llobregat.
Pass of Roncesvalles or Roncesvalles Pass (also Ronceval or Roncevaux), (Spanish: Puerto de Ibañeta; Basque: Ibañetako Mendatea; French: Col de Roncevaux; elevation 1057 m) is a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees near the border between France and S…
Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia.
Palma Nova (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpaɫmə ˈnɔvə], "New Palma") is a town on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, in the municipality of Calvià.
The Old Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral Vieja de Santa María) is one of two cathedrals in Salamanca, Spain, the other being the New Cathedral of Salamanca.
Mundaka is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
The Alameda de Hércules (Hercules mall), or simply La Alameda, is a garden square or mall in Seville, southern Spain. Built in 1574, it was originally a promenaded public garden, named after the eight rows of white poplars trees (álamos in Spanish) …
The Gulf of Cádiz (in Spanish: Golfo de Cádiz) is the arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Cabo de Santa Maria (Cape of St. Mary), the southernmost point of Mainland Portugal and Cape Trafalgar (Cabo Trafalgar) at the western end of the Strait of Gibra…
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra, 1st Marquis of Queipo de Llano (February 5, 1875 – March 9, 1951) was a Spanish military leader who rose to prominence during Francisco Franco's coup d'état and the subsequent Spanish Civil War.
Fornalutx (Catalan pronunciation: [furnəˈlutʃ]) is a mountainous municipality and village on Majorca (Mallorca), one of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. The nearest town is Sóller, which can be reached by foot via a series of pathways, and the hamlet…
Font de Canaletes (Spanish: Fuente de Canaletas) is an ornate fountain, crowned by a lamp post, in Barcelona, Catalonia, in Rambla de Canaletes, the upper part of La Rambla, near Plaça de Catalunya. A late 19th century design, it replaced a fountain…
Estadio El Sadar (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo el saˈðar]; between 2005–2011, known as Reyno de Navarra [ˈrejno ðe naˈβara]) is a football stadium in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. The stadium holds 19,800 people. It was built in 1967 and is the home…
El Hierro Airport (IATA: VDE, ICAO: GCHI) is an airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of Valverde. It is the only existing airport on the Island of El Hierro, Spain.
The Doñana Disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster (Sp: Desastre de Aznalcóllar, Desastre del Guadiamar), was an industrial accident in Andalusia, southern Spain. On 25 April 1998, a holding dam burst at the Los Fraile…
Córdoba Airport (IATA: ODB, ICAO: LEBA) is an airport located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the central business district of the city of Córdoba, Spain.
Coín is a town and municipality in the Province of Málaga, Spain, c. 33 km west of the provincial capital, Málaga, and about 30 km north of Marbella.