Study a Postgraduate in Spain: COUNTRY/CITY PROFILE

July 09/2014

SPAIN / BARCELONA

Spain is located in Europe, known in the world for its good football players, for its great festivities as bullfighting or Tomato festival and for its economic crises.

football players

bullfighting

Tomato festival

Its language is very similar to our Spanish, but may vary in two languages: Catalan and Valencian, with regard to its religion, Spain is identified as Catholic, but there are other religions as Islam and Protestants.

In its traditions is also important to highlight its typical dance: Flamenco, and its typical foods

Flamenco Dance

Paella (with chicken, seafood and peppers)

Spanish ham

The Spanish tortilla is one of the best-known national and international dishes.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Official name: Kingdom of Spain

Size: 195,124 square miles (505,370 square kilometers); slightly more than twice the size of Oregon

Population: 46,754,784 as of July 2011

Population Under Age 14: 15.1%

Capital: Madrid

Official Language: Castilian Spanish

Currency: Euro (EUR)

Religion: 94 % Roman Catholic, 6% Other

Literacy: 97.9%

Climate: Cold winters, hot summers in the inland areas; more temperate seasons along the coast

Spain's climate is variable there is very cold winters, hot summers especially in the interior of the country. The economy of Spain is based on agricultural products and on several industry examples:

Agriculture products: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish

Industries: textiles and apparel, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment

JOHAN ALEXIS MONSALVE CIFUENTES / BELMEZ-CORDOBA

I would like to go to study to Belmez. Belmez is a located in Andalucia Spain, is a locality of the province of Cordoba. There are 3.373 people actually, and there have a castle the which is the symbol of the population. Belmez have a altitude of 532 meters over sea level.

Belmez is located to 71 kilometers of the province capital, Cordoba. Belmez get to have more than 10.000 people due to mining boom in 1920, but mining resources depletion reduced the population.

A brief history of Bélmez; the Roman influence here is very livable, as there are places like tombstones funeraris, copper mines, iron mines among others.

Belmez formed after the reconquista under the castle, an imposing limestone on steep elevation, and expanded to the actual path of Cordoba.

Human remains in the term of Bélmez dating back to the Paleolithic and the Neolithic extend the dolmen, Iberian and Roman cultures, and the Visigoth and Muslim periods, the latter being definitely reflected in its landscape, the castle that crowns population. Soon after the conquest of Cordoba in 1236 they settled in this land some neighbors Obejuna Source attracted by its wealth. Until the year 1458 was subject to the jurisdiction of Córdoba, then passing into the hands of the master of Calatrava Don Pedro Téllez. The discovery by a neighbor of the coal Almaden possibilities that characterize the town of Bélmez, caused a very strong immigration in the early twentieth century.

That is the landscape Belmez:

ANA MILENA TAPIAS ARROYAVE / BARCELONA

I would like to go to study to Barcelona in the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona is a city with very good architecture; is the largest cities of Spain, formed for many places to visit as museums, cathedrals, parks and squares.

Barcelona is located on the shores of the Mediterranean, is a cosmopolitan city with great cultural significance both as a commercial, financial and tourist. Barcelona is one of the most popular European cities, both tourists eager to see the capital, for those attending conferences, meetings and all kinds of exhibitions held in the city.

Tourism is the most important bacerlona activities, the following documentary talks about the effects of tourism on the city of barcelona.

"Bye Bye Barcelona is a documentary about a city and it's relationship with tourism, about the difficult coexistence between Barcelona and it's people with tourism and tourists. It is a documentary that exposes through the thoughts of some of it's residents, the grave effects that mass tourism has in the city".

In the following video can see the tourists places of Barcelona and as seen from a view area:

These pictures are places I would like to know of Barcelona: As the historic center, its avenues, parks, squares, cathedrals and beach.

The historic center

Beaches of Barcelona from the cable car tower

Main entrance of Guell Park

Spain Square

Blue Tram

JUAN CAMILO JARAMILLO SEPULVEDA / BARCELONA

Barcelona is the city with the best urban plannin woldwide. Its beaches, architectural works and public places are wonderful. It also has great proximity to the city of Paris and is easy to travel by train and visit other places like this.

Barcelona is known as the capital of modernism, for large quantity and quality of work that holds as these buildings: