Did you know? : Valencia, Cadiz, Toledo, Spanish flu, Puerta del Sol in Madrid, daily menus
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1. Spain is the third country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with a total of 47, including the city of Toledo, the Cathedral of Burgos, the Alhambra in Granada and the Lonja de Seda (Valencia). We are surpassed by Italy with 54 and China with 53.
2. In Valencia, there is the house considered the narrowest in Europe, a building with a 107 cm façade located in the Plaza Lope de Vega.
3. Cadiz is the oldest inhabited city in Europe: the silver cup was founded by the Phoenicians around 1100 BC.
4. According to the World Health Organization, Spain is the country with the second highest life expectancy in the world, currently 83.7 years.
5. Until 2013, when it was extended, the age of consent for marriage or sexual relations was one of the lowest in the world, with 13 years for sexual relations and 14 years for marriage. It is now 16 years for both.
6. The kilometers of coastline that we have in Spain (7,905), would almost be equivalent to making a round trip from Madrid to Moscow (4,096.7 km).
7. Spain is the second largest country in the European Union, with an area of 505,370 km2, and is only surpassed by France with 643,801 km2.
8. In 2005, our country became the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Previously, the Netherlands and Belgium had already done so.
9. The Spanish were responsible for bringing tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, cocoa and tobacco to Europe from the American colonies.
10. The Spanish flu was really just a name, because this terrible pandemic of 1918 did not start in Spain. So why do we know it like that? Because the first country to spread the news was Spain!
11. Did you know that Spain has the only desert in all of Europe? It is the Tabernas Desert (Almeria), which is also known for having been the setting for many films, including the Spaghetti Western.
12. The physical centre of the country is the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, where kilometre 0 of the Spanish road network is located.
13. According to the International Wine Observatory, Spain is the country with the largest area of vineyards (967 million hectares -mha-) in the world. It is followed by China (870 mha) and France (787 mha).
14. The oldest restaurant in the world is in Madrid, as reported by the Guinness Book: it is the Botín restaurant, opened in 1725. Although technically it is not the oldest of all, it has been the only one to remain operational EVERY day since its opening (even during the Civil War).
15. According to the Spanish road network of the Ministry of Public Works, the AP-7, with its 849 kilometers, is the longest road in Spain. However, from end to end, the N-340 can be considered the longest at 1,248 km, although the fact that it has been renamed and modified in several sections means that it does not officially hold the record.
16. According to the toponymic database Maxmind, there are up to 53 cities called Valencia in the world, 49 Zaragoza and 43 Toledo.
17. Lanzarote is home to the only underwater museum in Europe, while Cartagena is home to one of the two monographic museums of underwater archaeology. The other is in Bodrum, Turkey.
18. The menu of the day is an invention of Franco, promoted by the Ministry of Information and Tourism in the 60s to promote our gastronomy.
19. Spain has had three kings under 10 years old: Charles II, Elizabeth II and Alfonso XIII.
20. Flamenco is one of the Spanish symbols internationally and its origin is somewhat confused. The most accepted theory is that it originated in Andalusia thanks to the cultural melting pot of Gypsies, Arabs, Jews and, of course, Andalusians.
21. 30,000 years ago, it was as cold in Spain as in Denmark.
22. The French tortilla originated in Spain: during the War of Independence and the Siege of Cadiz, when food was scarce, the Spanish began to make the tortilla without potatoes, it was called "the tortilla of the French era".
23. The royal family was assigned numbers 10 to 99 on the Spanish Identity Card (DNI), although number 13 was canceled due to superstition.
24. The King of Spain who reigned the shortest wore his crown for six months and twelve days, his name was Louis I of Bourbon.
25. The Spanish must be very proud to be the country with the highest rate of organ donors in the world (Spain has been a leader in this sector for over 20 years!).
26. The longest Spanish word has 23 letters and is "Electroencefalografista".
2. In Valencia, there is the house considered the narrowest in Europe, a building with a 107 cm façade located in the Plaza Lope de Vega.
3. Cadiz is the oldest inhabited city in Europe: the silver cup was founded by the Phoenicians around 1100 BC.
4. According to the World Health Organization, Spain is the country with the second highest life expectancy in the world, currently 83.7 years.
5. Until 2013, when it was extended, the age of consent for marriage or sexual relations was one of the lowest in the world, with 13 years for sexual relations and 14 years for marriage. It is now 16 years for both.
6. The kilometers of coastline that we have in Spain (7,905), would almost be equivalent to making a round trip from Madrid to Moscow (4,096.7 km).
7. Spain is the second largest country in the European Union, with an area of 505,370 km2, and is only surpassed by France with 643,801 km2.
8. In 2005, our country became the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Previously, the Netherlands and Belgium had already done so.
9. The Spanish were responsible for bringing tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, cocoa and tobacco to Europe from the American colonies.
10. The Spanish flu was really just a name, because this terrible pandemic of 1918 did not start in Spain. So why do we know it like that? Because the first country to spread the news was Spain!
11. Did you know that Spain has the only desert in all of Europe? It is the Tabernas Desert (Almeria), which is also known for having been the setting for many films, including the Spaghetti Western.
12. The physical centre of the country is the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, where kilometre 0 of the Spanish road network is located.
13. According to the International Wine Observatory, Spain is the country with the largest area of vineyards (967 million hectares -mha-) in the world. It is followed by China (870 mha) and France (787 mha).
14. The oldest restaurant in the world is in Madrid, as reported by the Guinness Book: it is the Botín restaurant, opened in 1725. Although technically it is not the oldest of all, it has been the only one to remain operational EVERY day since its opening (even during the Civil War).
15. According to the Spanish road network of the Ministry of Public Works, the AP-7, with its 849 kilometers, is the longest road in Spain. However, from end to end, the N-340 can be considered the longest at 1,248 km, although the fact that it has been renamed and modified in several sections means that it does not officially hold the record.
16. According to the toponymic database Maxmind, there are up to 53 cities called Valencia in the world, 49 Zaragoza and 43 Toledo.
17. Lanzarote is home to the only underwater museum in Europe, while Cartagena is home to one of the two monographic museums of underwater archaeology. The other is in Bodrum, Turkey.
18. The menu of the day is an invention of Franco, promoted by the Ministry of Information and Tourism in the 60s to promote our gastronomy.
19. Spain has had three kings under 10 years old: Charles II, Elizabeth II and Alfonso XIII.
20. Flamenco is one of the Spanish symbols internationally and its origin is somewhat confused. The most accepted theory is that it originated in Andalusia thanks to the cultural melting pot of Gypsies, Arabs, Jews and, of course, Andalusians.
21. 30,000 years ago, it was as cold in Spain as in Denmark.
22. The French tortilla originated in Spain: during the War of Independence and the Siege of Cadiz, when food was scarce, the Spanish began to make the tortilla without potatoes, it was called "the tortilla of the French era".
23. The royal family was assigned numbers 10 to 99 on the Spanish Identity Card (DNI), although number 13 was canceled due to superstition.
24. The King of Spain who reigned the shortest wore his crown for six months and twelve days, his name was Louis I of Bourbon.
25. The Spanish must be very proud to be the country with the highest rate of organ donors in the world (Spain has been a leader in this sector for over 20 years!).
26. The longest Spanish word has 23 letters and is "Electroencefalografista".