Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognized as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: AlmerÃa, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).
Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian peninsula, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile–La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Andalusia – an amazing country singer that is considered to be her loyal “son”, Federico Garcia Lorca, modern readers, it also may be familiar with the acclaimed book by Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist.” One of its most famous attractions are considered to be the white villages, the so-called Pueblos Blancos, located in the northern provinces of Malaga and Kardiz.
“Solid” of the city – a truly fascinating phenomenon, such as the look of settlement as a single architectural ensemble, created by the artist-creator. Think of the town of Chefchaouen, painted in blue, with whom we are already acquainted readers Kulturologiya.ru site. Spaniards, unlike the Moroccans prefer pure white color that is associated with purity and innocence. Perfect white-washed houses in combination with tiled roofs, winding cobbled streets and ornate temples are spectacular views to which the panorama from the surrounding hills.
Andalusia has a surface area of 87,597 square kilometres (33,821 sq mi), 17.3 percent of the territory of Spain. Andalusia alone is comparable in extent and in the variety of its terrain to any of several of the smaller European countries. To the east is the Mediterranean Sea; to the west the Atlantic Ocean; to the north the Sierra Morena constitutes the border with the Meseta Central; to the south, the self-governing[18] British overseas territory of Gibraltar and the Strait of Gibraltar separate it from Africa.
Every town has retained the Catholic Church – Catholic symbol of victory over the Muslims. Originally whitewashing buildings had a practical purpose – alkaline solution, which was applied to the walls, has antibacterial properties. In addition, the uniformity in the design of buildings gave rise to the spirit of solidarity. However, modern scholars say that the white paint is also added red and yellow. Completely “whitened” Andalusian village after 1920, when the Spanish came to power, the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, ordered to “erase” all the differences between the villagers, so that whitewashing walls has already become a political move.
Andalusia sits at a latitude between 36° and 38° 44′ N, in the warm-temperate region. In general, it experiences a Mediterranean climate, with dry summers influenced by the Azores High, but subject to occasional torrential rains and extremely hot temperatures. In the winter, the tropical anticyclones move south, allowing cold polar fronts to penetrate the region. Still, within Andalusia there is considerable climatic variety. From the extensive coastal plains one may pass to the valley of the Guadalquivir, barely above sea level, then to the highest altitudes in the Iberian peninsula in the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. In a mere 50 kilometres (31 mi) one can pass from the subtropical coast of the province of Granada to the snowy peaks of Mulhacén. Andalusia also includes both the dry Tabernas Desert in the province of AlmerÃa and the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park in the province of Cádiz, which experiences Spain’s greatest rainfall.
