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The Kingdom of Spain is a European country on the southwest of the continent. Located in the Iberian peninsula, it shares it with Portugal, which is located to the west of Spain. To the north, its neighbours are France and Andorra, while it borders a British Overseas Territory (Gibraltar) and the Kingdom of Morocco to the south. Due to its geographical location, Spain is both a Mediterranean and an Atlantic country.
The main language spoken in Spain is Spanish. In some of its regions, Catalan, Basque, and Galician are the primary languages along with Spanish also. The Spanish population is 44,108,530 (January 2005). The capital of Spain is Madrid.
Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish artist from Catalonia who became one of the most important painters of the 20th century. A skilled draftsman, he is best known for his surrealist work identified by its striking, bizarre, dreamlike images. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. In addition to painting, his artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, photography, and an Academy Award–winning short cartoon, "Destino," on which he collaborated with Walt Disney; it was released posthumously in 2003.
An artist of great imagination, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork.
The Cathedral of Segovia stands in the city's central plaza. Constructed by architect Juan Gil de Hontanon in the late Gothic style between 1522 and 1577, it is widely considered Europe's last great Gothic cathedral.
- ...that Spanish consume the second largest quantity of fish in the world after Japan?
- ...that Fidel Castro is of Galician origins?
- ...that the capital of Spain is Madrid?
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