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Green dots indicate the Ancient Beech Forest sites, orange dots are the sites of Mudéjar architecture of Aragon. The Way of St James comprises 20 sites across northern Spain that are not shown on the map. Garajonay National Park. San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Teide National Park.
Alcázar of Seville. The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville (Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), [1] is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century and then developed into a larger palace ...
Numantia (Spanish: Numancia) is an ancient Celtiberian settlement, whose remains are located on a hill known as Cerro de la Muela in the current municipality of Garray (Soria), Spain. [1] Numantia is famous for its role in the Celtiberian Wars. In 153 BC, Numantia experienced its first serious conflict with Rome.
Tartessos (Spanish: Tartesos) is, as defined by archaeological discoveries, [1] a historical civilization settled in the southern Iberian Peninsula characterized by its mixture of local Paleohispanic and Phoenician traits. It had a writing system, identified as Tartessian, that includes some 97 inscriptions in a Tartessian language.
The archaeological site of Atapuerca is located in the province of Burgos in the north of Spain and is notable for its evidence of early human occupation. Bone fragments from around 800,000 years ago, found in its Gran Dolina cavern, provide the oldest known evidence of hominid settlement in Western Europe and of hominid cannibalism anywhere in the world.
Roman ruins of Calduba. Archaeological site of Can Modolell. Archaeological Park of Carranque. Archaeological site of Cercadilla. Archaeological site of Cimadevilla. Archaeological site of l'Esquerda. Archaeological site of San Roque. Archaeological site of Santa Eulalia. Archaeological site of Saucedo (Caesarobriga)
Sounion Kouros (c. 600 BC), National Archaeological Museum of Athens View of the Temple of Poseidon in the sunset The earliest literary reference to Sounion is in Homer's Odyssey (III. 278–285). The story recounts that as the various Greek commanders sailed back from Troy , the helmsman of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta died at his post ...
Extensions. 1994. The Albaicín (Spanish pronunciation: [alβajˈθin]), also spelled Albayzín (from Arabic: ٱلْبَيّازِينْ, romanized: al-Bayyāzīn), is a neighbourhood of Granada, Spain. It is centered around a hill on the north side of the Darro River which passes through the city. The neighbourhood is notable for its historic ...