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Spain or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España) is a country in south - western Europe with parts of region in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe and the 2nd largest country in Western Europe. 58 million tourists went to Spain every year, making it the 4th most visited country in the world.

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      • Capital – Madrid
      • Official Language - Spanish
      • Population - 47.43 million (2020)
      • GDP - 2.02 trillion USD (2020)
      • Currency - Euro (€)


Reino de España


Turning points

*    1492 - Kingdoms of Castle and Aragon conquer the Emirate of Granada, ending nearly 800 years of Islamic rule in the south and founding modern Spain as a united states.

*    1931 - The Spanish Constitution was approved by the Constituent Assembly.

*    1986 - Spain joins the European Economic Community (EEC), later to become the European Union (EU).


The coat of arms of Spain



  • RED and YELLOW - The exact origins are disputed, but the Senyera flag color date to the 11th century and are Aragonese and catalog. The oldest legend says it represent a king’s blood on his gold shield.
  • The coat of arms of Spain is quartered and pointed.
  • In the first barracks, of gules or red, a castle of gold, crenellated, clarified of azure or blue and mazonado of sable or black. It defines Kingdom of castle.
  • In the second, of silver, a lion rampant, purple, linguated, nailed, armed with gules or red and crowned with gold. It defines Kingdom of lion.
  • In the third, gold, four sticks, gules or red. In the room, of gules or red, a gold chain, placed on a cross, blade and border, loaded in the center of an emerald of its color. Kingdom of Navarra
  • Silver entado, a natural pomegranate, cracked with gules or red, carved and leafy of two leaves, of sinople or green.
  • Accompanied by two columns of silver, with base and capital, of gold, on waves of azure or blue and silver, surpassed by imperial crown, the right-handed, and a royal crown, the sinister, both of gold, and surrounding the columns are the ribbon of gules or red, loaded with gold letters, in the right-hander "Plus" and in the sinister "Ultra". The pillars of Hercules represent the straight of Gibraltar.
  • At the bell, royal crown, closed, which is a circle of gold, set with precious stones, composed of eight florins of acanthus leaves, visible five, interpolated with pearls, and from whose leaves come two diadems added of pearls, which converge in a world of azure or blue, with the semi meridian and the equator of gold, added of gold cross. The crown, lined with gules or red.


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