This coming weekend there will be festivities in Madrid as 2nd May is a public holiday in the region. The holiday is to commemorate the uprising of the Spanish people against the French occupation during the Peninsula War. This rebellion and the subsequent military intervention by Spanish, English and Portuguese troops led to the defeat of the French with the Spaniards regaining control of their city. Many of the celebrations take place around the old site of the artillery barracks of...
Es scheint merkwürdig, am 23. April unendlich viele verliebte Paare schlendernd mit Rosen und Büchern auf “Las Ramblas” in Barcelona beobachten zu können, die sich zwischen Openair-Buchläden hindurchschlängeln. An diesem ganz besonderen Tag im April, wird in Katalonien an den Patron Sant Jorge (Sant Jordi) gedacht, der gleichzeitig ein Symbol der Liebenden darstellt. Heutzutage wird dieser Tag oft mit dem Valentinstag verglichen. Traditioneller Weise werden an die Frauen Rosen und an...

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