Madrid (English /məˈdrɪd/, Spanish: [maˈðɾið]) is the capital of Spain and its
largest city. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire
population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be around 6.5
million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and
Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after
London and Paris.The city spans a total of 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).
The city is located on the Manzanares river in the centre of both the country and
the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation
and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the
autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the
capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch,
Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of Spain.The current
mayor is Ana Botella from the People's Party (PP).
The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European
Union and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, environment,
media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of
the world's major global cities.Due to its economic output, high standard of
living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial centre of
Southern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast
majority of the major Spanish companies, such as Telefónica, Iberia or Repsol.
Madrid is the 10th most livable city in the world according to Monocle
magazine, in its 2010 index.Madrid also ranks among the 12 greenest European
cities in 2010.
Barcelona (English /bɑrsɨˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona])
is a Spanish city, capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia and the
second largest city in the country, with a population of 1,620,943 within its
administrative limits. The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the
administrative city limits with a population of around 4.5 million,being the
sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the
Ruhr, Madrid and Milan. About five million people live in the Barcelona
metropolitan area. It is also the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea. It
is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers
Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge
(512 metres (1,680 ft)).
Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of
Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona continued to
be an important city in the Crown of Aragon. Besieged several times during its
history, Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural
centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the
architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have
been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union
for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the
1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and
also many international sport tournaments
Fernando de Herrera
Fernando de Herrera (~1534–1597), called "El Divino", was a 16thcentury Spanish poet and man of letters. He was born in Seville. Much
of what is known about him comes from Libro de descripción de
verdaderos retratos de illustres y memorables varones (Book of the
Description of the True Portraits of Illustrious and Memorable Men)
(1599) by Francisco Pacheco.
He wrote odes dedicated to love of country, glory and deeds of arms
of the Spanish people and the sonnets and Canton, sang love of Doña
Leonor de Milán.
Herrera make the transition from the poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega
to that of Góngora.
•1571: Song to victory at Lepanto ("Canción por victory of Lepanto")
1578: Song for the loss of King Sebastian ("Canción por perdida del Rei
to Don Sebastián")
1580: Comments from the works of Garciloso ("Las obras Adnotaciones
of Garcilaso").
Birth name
Born
Died
Spouse
Nationality
Field
Training
Movement
Works
Pablo Picasso, 1908-1909
Pablo Diego José Francisco de
Paula Juan Nepomuceno
María de los Remedios
Cipriano de la Santísima
Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso[1]
(1881-10-25)25 October 1881
Málaga, Spain
8 April 1973(1973-04-08)
(aged 91)
Mougins, France
Olga Khokhlova (1918–55)
Jacqueline Roque (1961–73)
Spanish
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture,
Printmaking, Ceramics
José Ruiz y Blasco (father),
Real Academia de Bellas Artes
de San Fernando
Cubism
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
(1907)
Guernica (1937)
The Weeping Woman (1937)
Manolo Escobar was the fifth of ten children of Antonio García and María del
Carmen Escobar, to whom he dedicated the song "Madrecita Maria del
Carmen". His father left the family farm tradition to devote himself to the
hospitality and culture. Then he met a retired Republican teacher, who gave him
coverage in exchange for teaching all his brothers, including the musical one.
Manolo started playing the lute and played the piano in his early years.
When he was 14, he moved from Almeria to Barcelona with his brothers, where
he worked as an apprentice of various trades. He started in show business
between Badalona (Barcelona) and Barcelona's red-light district (currently
known as El Raval), with the group Manolo Escobar y sus guitarras. His brothers
Salvador and Baldomero were also in the group. Later, when the group started
to become successful, Juan Gabriel (another brother) joined. Other siblings, Juan
Gabriel and Maria José, would later write songs for the group.
In 1962, he rose to fame with Canciones del Maestro Solano, his debut in
Madrid and Barcelona and the premiere of the movie filmed in the town of
Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz): Los Guerrilleros.
Even after 1965 (when the copla genre popularity was in decline), Escobar
topped the number of record sales and was one of the few artists who had his
own company and show.
In the early 90's, he moved in to his Porompompero chalet in Benidorm (Spain),
named after his well acclaimed song. He appeared in more than twenty films
and recorded almost eighty albums, twenty-four of which are gold records, and
he also won a platinum cassette. His best-selling album was Y viva España,
which sold 6 million (10 million in subsequent official reprints) copies. It was the
best-selling album in Spain from 1973 to 1992.[2]