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fallasAfter the carnivals, the second most important festivals in Spain are the Falles (torches), a Valencian traditional festival that took place from March 15th to 19th and it is a festivity with a deep-rooted tradition in the city of Valencia and different towns of the Valencian Country. At present, this festivity has turned into a very important tourist attraction.

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science-and-artScience, nature and art team up in one of the biggest complexes of scientific and cultural popularization from Europe, which is located in Valencia.

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sshells-houseThe Salamanca city is located in the region known as Castilla y León to the northwest of Madrid. It is one of the most beautiful cities of Spain, where buildings seem to shine.

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cordoba-mosqueThe Mosque Cathedral of Cordoba is one of the most important monuments of the Spanish-Muslim architecture. It was the third biggest mosque in the world, overshadowed only by the Casablanca and Mecca ones but its artistic importance, from the very beginning, was well-known everywhere.

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peine-de-los-vientosThe Peine de los Vientos (literally “Comb of the Winds”) is a work of art made by the sculptor Eduardo Chillida and located in the shores of the Concha bay, at the end of the walk that carries its author’s name, in the San Sebastian city (Donosti).

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medina-azaharaMedina Azahara or Madinat al-Zahra is an Islamic city having a 112-hectares surface. Its construction was comissioned by the first caliph of la-Andalus, better known as Abd al-Rahman III, in the year 936 or 940 AD, due to a political, economic and ideological program beginning after the creation of the caliphate. This place was used as personal residence and also as the seat for this government. Meanwhile its court area was used for presentations of houses belonging to the most important dignitaries as well as the set of state-run administrative agencies, which were lately moved from Cordoba.

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maria-luisa-parkAmong the most beautiful parks all over Spain we can find the María Luisa Park, located in the southern region of Seville, considered as the biggest “green lung” of this city.

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theme-parkAfter the construction of great theme parks such as Terra Mitica, Isla Magica and PortAventura people started wondering why in the center of the peninsula, in the capital city of Spain, there wasn’t any outstanding amusement park.

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gironaGirona is one of the biggest cities of Catalonia, located to the North-East of Spain, a 2-hour-away distance from France. It is located in the heart of one of the most beautiful provinces of Spain.

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aqueductThe aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest and most significant surviving monuments of the Roman engineering in Spain. It is the key symbol of Segovia, to the point in which it is present on the city’s coat of arms.

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