Illustrations
Unless otherwise indicated, photos were taken by the authors.
1.1
The Picos de Europa (Peaks of Europe, Cantabria)
1.2
The Toros de Guisando (Bulls of Guisando) near Ávila
2.1
Remains of fortification walls in Tarragona (Catalonia). Photo courtesy of Lawrence V. Mott.
2.2
The great aqueduct of Segovia
2.3
The elaborate proscenium of the Roman theatre in Mérida (Extremadura)
2.4
Roman road in the Gredos range of the Central Mountains
2.5
Crown bearing the name of King Recceswinth (mid seventh century
CE
). Courtesy of the Archivo Fotográfico, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.
2.6
San Pedro de la Nave,
c
. 680–711 (Zamora)
3.1
The Great Mosque at Córdoba (Andalusia)
3.2
The Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold) in Seville
3.3
The entry portico of the co-cathedral of Santa María in Guadalajara (Castile-La Mancha)
3.4
The graceful Romanesque bridge at Puente la Reina (Navarre)
3.5
Cloister of the convent of Las Dueñas (Salamanca)
4.1
The Alhambra Palace, Granada
4.2
Frontier castle at Peñafiel (Castile-León), overlooking the Duero River valley
4.3
La Alberca near Salamanca (Castile-León)
4.4
Cathedral of Santa María, Burgos
4.5
Church of San Pablo, Valladolid (Castile-León)
4.6
Lonja de los Mercaderes (Merchants’ Exchange) in Valencia. Photo courtesy of EFE News Service (US).
4.7
The palace of Infantado in Guadalajara (Castile-La Mancha)
5.1
The Roman bridge over the Tormes River in Salamanca (Castile-León). Photo courtesy of EFE News Service (US).
5.2
(a)
Plaza mayor
, Salamanca; (b)
Plaza mayor
, Mérida (Extremadura)
5.3
Kitchen hearth in the house–museum of the painter El Greco in Toledo
5.4
Casa Lonja (House of Trade) in Seville
5.5
Seville by Alonso Sánchez Coello. Reproduced courtesy of the Museo de América, Madrid.
5.6
The royal palace in Madrid
6.1
Paper factory in Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona). Photo by “Jordi” in
España en blanco y negro
, by Juan Miguel Sánchez Vigil. and Manuel Durán Blázquez (Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1998), p. 138. Reproduced courtesy of Archivo Espasa, Madrid.
6.2
Comida de bodas en Bergantiños
, by Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor (1875–1960). Reproduced courtesy of the Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.
6.3
The building in Barcelona known as “La Pedrera” (the stone quarry), by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Photo courtesy of EFE News Service (US).
7.1
Poster, produced by the Communist Party of Spain, urging voters to choose the affiliated parties of the Popular Front in the elections of 1936. Reproduced with permission from the Collecció Cartells del Pavelló de la República / Universitat de Barcelona.
7.2
Falange Party poster. Reproduced with permission from the Collecció Cartells del Pavelló de la República / Universitat de Barcelona.
7.3
Street sign in Oñate (Guipúzcoa)
8.1
The Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, Mérida
8.2
The Alamillo bridge over the Guadalquivir River in Seville
8.3
Street demonstrations after March 11, 2004, terrorist attacks. Photo courtesy of EFE News Service (US).
8.4
María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Vice-President under President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, with female reporters and government workers at the Moncloa Palace, the seat of government, in 2004. Photo courtesy of EFE News Service (US).