BARCELONETA MARKET Comments: "When I was a student at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)‚ Barceloneta was the subject of much conversation. Restaurants on the beach which later disappeared... narrow streets‚ cramped flats‚ the clothes hanging out on the balconies‚ the shops‚ the artisans ’ workshops... and its people‚ who talked‚ and still talk‚ fast and loud. The project meant a chance to go back to the neighbourhood in an interested manner; it was no longer a trip down there for fun
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Philip II of Spain from the House of Habsburg‚ son of Isabella of Portugal and Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. His first wife was Maria Manuela of Portugal‚ his second wife was Mary Tudor of England‚ his third wife was Elizabeth of Valois in France‚ and his final wife was Anna of Austria. He ascended the throne of the Netherlands on October 25‚ 1555 and he ascended Spain on January 16‚ 1556. He ascended the throne at the age of 29. His domain was in Spain and he established the court in Madrid
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The Spanish-American war was started when Cuba tried to become independent from Spain. Spain brutally tried to keep Cuba in line‚ which was on display for the American public by several newspapers. Spain sent their Cuban prisoners to concentration camps to stop the Cubans from making their guerrilla-type attacks against them. The US feared for the many Americans living in Cuba at the time‚ so they sent a ship called the USS Maine to Cuba’s Havana Harbor to keep the Americans safe in January 25th
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Portugal and Spain. The Treaty aimed to placate conflicts that occurred after Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after discovering America (Williams‚ 1922). These conflicts arose because once Columbus returned‚ the Spanish rulers‚ Ferdinand and Isabella enlisted papal support to claim to the entire New World‚ and the Spanish-born pope Alexander VI set up a line of demarcation from pole to pole one-hundred leagues‚ about three-hundred twenty miles‚ west of the Cape Verde Islands‚ allowing Spain to claim
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and Sector Report - Spain | An insight into Spain as a tourism destination: Will it be one of the most sought after destinations in the near future? – An analysis and feasibility study | | Raaghav Murugappan | Due Date - 18/11/2012 | ID Number – 000001185 Course – Hospitality and Tourism Business Course Code – BUSS101 Lecturer – Mr. Christopher Simon Dutt | Table of Contents Executive Summary ii 1. History of Hospitality and Tourism Sectors in Spain iii 2. Travel and
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Kabbalist Prior to the Expulsion from Spain in 1492 JUS 435 Introduction Rabbinic Judaism‚ a dynamic and evolving ethical monotheistic religious tradition‚ during the Middle Ages‚ would confront circumstances conducive to renewed encounters with Hellenism‚ but unlike Hellenistic Judaism it would not be a biblical Judaism face to face with a Hellenistic philosophy still embedded in a pagan matrix‚ rather Rabbinic Judaism facing a nonpaganized Greek philosophy.1 Rabbinic discourses about
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Additionally‚ the large spike in African slaves being imported to Spain and Britain is due to how both countries had periods of time in which they dominate the slave trade in the Atlantic Ocean. In the 16th century‚ Spain is one of the two powers that dominates the Atlantic slave trade (Chattel Slavery‚ Slide 2)‚ making it easier for them to have access to African traders. Consequently‚ during that time that sugar plantations were flourishing in the Canaries and silver mining were spreading in Central
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|VILLAGE LIFE VS CITY LIFE IN SPAIN | |In the past Spain was a country mainly dedicated to agriculture for its livelyhood. Villages were full of families with | |many children‚ all and I mean all of them worked on the land. Families were big‚ five children upwards and although | |nearly all the villages had a village school‚ education was not high up in the agenda. Most offspring followed in their | |fathers
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How International Integration has impacted Spain 1. A general approach: Spain presents a logic delay associated with globalization because of his special history. We can’t forget that Spain was the most closed economy during the period after the Second World War (between all OCDE countries‚ only Turkey was more closed). Spanish government had a period of a protectionist and isolationist nature with indifference to international trade which ups and downs led the country until the end of civil
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opposite side developed economics have been growing really slowly. In the Spain low interest rate after year 2002 caused a boom in construction and Spanish economy became extremely dependent on this type of sector. The annual GDP growth was until year 2008 in interval 2-4%. But the inflation rate was significantly higher than interest rates‚ so finally real interest rates were in negative values. Thanks to that in the Spain mortgages were cheap in that time and its demand of private sector was enormous
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