España

General
Regions: www.red2000.com/spain/region/1index.html
Terra: www.terra.es
Tu Spain: tuspain.com/travel/travel.htm

Culture
Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí: www.salvador-dali.org
Guitarra española: www.guitarraespanola.cjb.net
Guitarra Magazine: www.guitarramagazine.com/issue35/p24.asp
Lorca: boppin.com/lorca
Moorish Spain: srproj.lib.calpoly.edu/projects/engl/Zapata_Liziel_L
Muslim Spain: www.xmission.com/~dderhak/index/moors.htm
A short history of the classical guitar: afriat.tripod.com/shistory.htm
Some guitar history: www.albany.net/~dowland/gtrhstry.html

Newspapers
ABC (España): www.abc.es
El país (España): www.elpais.es/servicios.html

Actividad cultural
Use the Web links on this page or others to answer the following questions.

1		Name two buildings in Spain that were built during the Arab occupation. What syllable is characteristic of Spanish words that came from Arabic? What were some of the intellectual and academic contributions of the Arabs in Spain?
2		Like many writers and artists in Spain, Federico García Lorca was part of a circle of friends composed of creative and intellectual men. His friends included three notable creators: Luis Buñuel, Rafael Alberti, and Salvador Dalí. Identify the artistic contributions of these three friends and explain why each is important in his field.
3		What are two conflicting theories regarding the origins of the Spanish guitar? What sets guitars crafted in Spain apart from others? Find the names of at least two guitar makers. The guitar in Spain is linked not only to the Flamenco tradition, but to classical music as well. Name at least one composer of Flamenco guitar music and one of the classical guitar.