1. Spain is in the South West of Europe

2. Spain is a peninsula, it is almost Surrounded by water, East: Mediterranean sea North: Cantabric sea West: Athlantic Ocean 3. There are 17 Autonomous Comunities And 2 Cities with Self-government: Ceuta and Melilla 4. BASQUECATALANGALICIANSPANISH 5. Capital: MADRIDPopulation: 47.270.000Currency: EUROGovernment: Parliamentary MonarchyKing: JUAN CARLOS IQueen: SOFA 6. Spanish history is a cultural mixture. Many people from different countries and Cultures have lived here: Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Tribes of Northern Europe, Jews, Arabs... So Spanish culture is the result of a longtime Cultural exchange. 7. 800 years of Arabic Culture Arabs lived 8 Centuries in Spain, and they left an important cultural inheritance. You can notice that in our art and science, but most of all in our language. 8. SPANISH IN AMERICA In 1.492 Cistoforus Columbus discovered America. The Spanish Queen, Isabel I, paid the expenses of this journey. 9. As a result of this discovery and colonization, Spanish Language is spoken in many places around the world. Together with English and Chinese, Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world. 10. MAP OF SPANISH LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD 11. GASTRONOMYSpanish food has been influenced by all the cultures That lived here 12. PAELLA 13. GAZPACHOPOTATO OMELETTE 14. And we allways eat with bread... normally white 15. ART 16. We have many important painters Well known all over the World 17. DIEGO VELZQUEZ Las Meninas 18. PABLO PICASSO Las seoritas de Avignon 19. SALVADOR DAL 20. LITERATURE 21. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel. 22. OUR WRITERS WITH NOBEL PRIZE Vicente AleixandreJacinto BenaventeCamilo Jos CelaJos de EchegarayJuan Ramn JimnezMario Vargas Llosa 23. SPORT 24. TENNIS Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are number 1 and 3 at the ATP ranking 25. F1FERNANDO ALONSO was the World Champion in 2005 and 2006 and Second Place in 2010 and 2012 26. MOTO GP PEDROSAWe don't want to show off... but we are simply the best!!!! LORENZOMRQUEZ 27. AND, WELL, MAYBE WE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT EUROVISION CONTEST 28. BUT WE ARE THE CURRENT FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS