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Additionally, Spain has established an agreement with UNESCO known as the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The agreement was signed on April 18, 2002, between Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura. The fund provides €600,000 annually to a chosen program.
Currently, only one craft production of the Spanish knot remains, that of the Royal Tapestry Factory. [17] Jota as a traditional genre 4 July 2023 11 The jota is a genre of music and the associated dance known throughout Spain. It is danced and sung accompanied by castanets, and the interpreters tend to wear regional costumes. [18] Zarzuela
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Santiago de Compostela, [a] simply Santiago, or Compostela, [3] in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. [4]
Old Town of Cáceres is a historic walled city in Cáceres, Spain. Cáceres was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1986 [1] because of the city's blend of Roman, Moorish, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Thirty towers from the Islamic period still stand in Cáceres, of which the Torre del Bujaco is the most famous.
Logo of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites . A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands . [ 3 ]
Legend has it that Úbeda was established by Tubal, a descendant of Noah.The city's name is said to have originated from the mythical tower of King Ibiut. Archaeological evidence indicates the earliest settlements in Úbeda going back to the Copper Age, and are situated in the oldest part of town known as Cerro del Alcázar. Recent archaeolog