Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts

18/09/2022

Cala Vadella - Terrassa, Spain


Cala Vadella is a small cove and beach resort on the western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The main beach at Cala Vedella is at the eastern end of a small hooked cove that sits amongst pine wood-topped cliffs. 


 

11/04/2022

#51 FOTW - Salamanca, Spain


The national flag of Spain, as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe. Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name la Rojigualda (red-weld).

 

14/01/2021

#40 GF - Pampeluna, Spain


The name of the country of Spain is derived from the word Ispania which means Rabbit Land.
The cult lollipops Chupa Chups (the name comes from the Spanish verb chupar, which means to suck) come from Spain. They have been in existence for over 56 years.


 

01/09/2020

La Sagrada Familia - Reus, Spain


Art Nouveau church in Barcelona in Catalonia with minor basilica status considered the main achievement of the designer Antoni Gaudí. The unusual architecture of the sanctuary inspired Tomasz Bagiński to make the 2002 Oscar-nominated animated film "The Cathedral".   


17/04/2020

Port Vell - Barcelona, Spain


Port Vell (from the Catalan Old Port) - Barcelona's main commercial port, redesigned as a leisure and shopping center before the 1992 Olympics.
L'Aquàrium located here is the largest aquarium in Europe, which has over 11 thousand specimens.

EUROPA stamp 2004 "Holidays"