Art+&+Architecture-Spain

=__Spain Art & Architecture__ =

= Pablo Picasso =

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 * Pablo was born on October 25 1881 in Malaga Spain.
 * He died on April 8 1973.
 * Pablo was a pinter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer.
 * The Nazis said that sculptors could not use bronze to create statues with after they had captured Paris. But he still used bronze.
 * Pablo's first word was "lapiz" (you should know what that means)
 * Pablo Picasso is short for his real name - Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

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Monuments


 * There are many famous "cathedrals" in Spain.
 * Many monuments in Spain are historical ones.
 * Monuments include churches (cathedrals), fountains, streets, bridges, and sculptures.
 * Many sculptures were made by the famous "Picasso".

Salvador Dali

 * He was a surreal artist
 * Full name: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali
 * Date of birth: May 11, 1904
 * Place of birth: Figueres, Spain
 * Wife-Gala
 * Attended San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in the city of Madrid, Spain
 * First "one-man" show- Barcelona, Spain, 1925
 * Became globaly famous when three of his masterpieces were shown at the third annual Carniege International Exhibitation in Pittsburgh during the year 1928

===__The Alhambra__  ===

Spain Buildings
 * The Alhambra is one of the seven wonders of the world.
 * It is because it was built in the 1300's, and so big & detailed.
 * It has 13 towers.
 * It is located in Granada Spain.

<span style="color: #0010ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">These are some of the buildings in Spain that will take your breath away! Many of them are by Antoni Gaudi, a well known architect whose last project -Sagrada Familia - has remained unfinished since his death. As you can see, Spain has some of the most breathtakingly beautiful architecture.

<span style="color: #0010ff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">**//__ Camp Nou __//**

Camp Nou (Catalan for "new field", often in English called Nou Camp) is a soccer or non-America football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.It has a capacity of 98,787 - making it the largest stadium in Europe. (In big games it has been able to hold over 100,000 people!)It is the stadium of FC Barcelona. Its official name was Estadi del FC Barcelona which is in Catalan not Spanish (translates as FC Barcelona Stadium) but, in 2000 it was voted to be changed to the nickname Camp Nou. The stadium is made of concrete and steel with two tiers of seats. This is not Barcelona first stadium, Camp de Les Corts which could hold only about half of the new stadium, 60,000 fans. Also the Camp Nou, built between 1954 and 1957, was made by architects Francesc Mitjans-Miró, Lorenzo García Barbon and Josep Soteras Mauri. The capacity of the newest stadium has been between 93,053 at its opening to 120,000 for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Now the standing sections at the stadium are no longer allowed. The capacity was brought to 98,787 in the late 1990’s. The stadium is now being given a 250,000,000 euro face lift and will be finished in 2011. The new seating capacity will be 106,00!