El Atazar Dam is an arch dam built near Madrid, Spain on the Lozoya River, very close to where the Lozoya joins the Jarama. It is the oldest dome dam in the world. The curved design of the dam is optimum for the narrow gorge in which it was built to…
The convent of San Marcos in León, Spain is today an operating luxury parador hotel. It also contains a consecrated church and museum, and is one of the most important monuments of the Renaissance in Spain. It is one of the greatest architectural je…
The Chinijo archipelago (pronounced: [tʃiˈnixo]) is an archipelago located in the northeastern part of the Canary Islands, north of the island of Lanzarote. The archipelago includes the islands of Montaña Clara, Alegranza, Graciosa, Roque del Este a…
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, formerly called Castrillo Matajudíos is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.
Castle of Xàtiva (Valencian: Castell de Xàtiva) is a castle located in the city of Xàtiva near Valencia, Spain.
Castelló d'Empúries is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Carme Pinós (born 1954) is a Spanish architect.
Cambre is a municipality in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
The Calar Alto Observatory (Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán or Deutsch-Spanisches Astronomisches Zentrum, respectively "German-Spanish Astronomical Centre" and "Spanish-German Astronomical Centre") is an astronomical observatory owned and operated…
Bunyola is a municipality of the island of Mallorca, Spain, located in the spurs of the Serra de Tramuntana, at a distance of 9 miles (14 km) from Palma. The municipality has an area of 32.67 square miles (84.6 km2) and a population of 5,475 inhabit…
Botillo (Spanish: [boˈtiʎo]), Butiellu (Leonese: [boˈtjeʎu]) or Botelo (Galician: [boˈtɛlo], Portuguese: [buˈtɛlu], also known as chouriço de ossos in Portuguese), is a dish of meat-stuffed pork intestine. It is a culinary specialty of El Bierzo, a …
Betancuria is a small town and a municipality in the western part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 811 (2013), and the area is 103.64 km2 (40 sq mi). It is situated in a mountaino…
The Battle of Gibraltar (Spanish: Combate naval de Gibraltar, Dutch: Zeeslag bij Gibraltar 1621) took place on 10 August 1621 during the Eighty Years' War.
The Battle of Brihuega took place on 8 December 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession, during the allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona.
The Basilica of Santa Maria is the oldest active church in Alicante, Spain.
The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus (Basque: Koruko Andre Mariaren basilika, Spanish: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Coro) is a baroque Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica completed in 1774. It is located in the "Parte Vieja" (Old T…
The Basharat Mosque (span.: Mezquita Basharat; the name means “good news”) was inaugurated on September 10, 1982 in Pedro Abad, in the Spanish comarca of Alto Guadalquivir, province of Córdoba by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (late), fourth Caliph of Ahmadiyya …
Arucas is a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria, province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Arucas is 9 km west of Las Palmas city. Its population is 36,852 (2013), and the area is 33.01 km².
Arrieta (both in Basque and Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the comarca of Mungialdea and has a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007.
The Archeological Museum of Seville (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla) is a museum in Seville, southern Spain, housed in the Pabellón del Renacimiento, one of the pavilions designed by the architect Aníbal González[1].
Arc de Triomf is a Rodalies de Catalunya and Barcelona Metro interchange complex. It is named after the adjacent triumphal arch of the same name near which it is situated, in the Barcelona district of Eixample in Catalonia, Spain.
Aravaca is a ward (Barrio) of the city of Madrid, in Moncloa-Aravaca district. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city centre, on the other side of Casa de Campo park.
Alt Urgell (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaɫt urˈʒeʎ], locally: [ˈaɫt uɾˈdʒeʎ]) is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, a modern representation of part of the historic County of Urgell (ca 789 - 1413), seat of the Counts of Urgell and the historic reg…
The Algeciras Heliport (Spanish: Helipuerto de Algeciras) is a public heliport in Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain). It was inaugurated on July 1, 2010 by the Minister of Development, José Blanco. It was the second helipad of the network AENA after Ceuta Hel…
Alfaro is a town and municipality in La Rioja, northern Spain. Its population at January 2009 was of 9,883 inhabitants and has 194.23 km² extension.
The Alcazaba of Badajoz is an ancient Moorish citadel in Badajoz, Extremadura, western Spain. The alcazaba as it now appears was built by the Almohads in the 12th century, although it probably existed from the 9th century, when Badajoz was founded.
Abadiño is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain, about 35 km from the provincial capital of Bilbao.
A.R.T. Studios was the private music studio of music producer Michael Cretu, located in his mansion in the hills of Ibiza, Spain. In May 2008 the mansion together with the studio were demolished.
A Estrada (Galician: A Estrada) is a municipality of the Pontevedra province in Galicia in northwestern Spain.
Zas is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia.
Válor is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain.
Vivar or Vivar del Cid is a village of approximately 140 inhabitants, part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located 7 kilometers away from Burgos, Spain.
Vicálvaro is a former village in its own right of the province of Madrid.
Torrespaña (literally "Spain Tower") is a 231 m (757.87 ft) steel-and-concrete television tower located in Madrid, Spain.
Torre del Mar is a locality on the southern coast of Spain, part of the municipality of Vélez-Málaga, Axarquía, located in the province of Málaga.
Torla is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain.