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Area : 194606  sq.mi - Population : 46030109 hab.

In brief

Visa :
No
Vaccinations :
No
Currency :
Euro
Capitale :
Madrid
Languages :
Spanish, catalan, galician, Basque, valenciano

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Culture and tradition

 Traditions

Spaniards have lunch around 2:00pm and dinner after 9:00pm. Evenings are long and can last until dawn. The locals have a strong sense of partying and the streets often stay animated until late into the night. Family remains the foundation of social organisation, although modernity has challenged those values to some extent.

 Books

'Don Quixote' by Cervantès
'Blood Wedding' by Federico Garcia Lorca
'Castilian Plains' and 'New Songs' by Antonio Machado

Seville and Andalusia Eyewitness Travel Guide
Andalusia Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint Handbooks)
Lonely Planet: Andalusia
Fodor's Seville, Granada and Andalusia

 Movies

'Vengo': Tony Gatlif (2000)
'Viridiana': Luis Buñuel.
'Cria Cuervos' and 'Carmen': Carlos Saura.
'Talk to her', 'All about my mother', 'Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown' and 'Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!': Pedro Almodovar.
'Mar Adentro': Alejandro Amenabar. 2004

 Music

'Macaco', 'Dansa de los Nadie': young Andalusian groups who perform a variety of music and rhythms