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The extensive cuisine of Catalonia has rural origins and features foods from three climates: coastal, mountains, and the interiors. Some famous dishes include escudella, pa amb tomàquet, bean omelette [clarification needed], coca de recapte , samfaina, thyme soup, caragols a la llauna, and the bomba de Barceloneta. [62]
The cuisine of the Community of Madrid is an amalgamation of the cuisines of various regions of Spain developed, in part, by mass migration to the capital city starting during the reign of King Felipe II. As the city grew, it incorporated the culinary traditions of the municipalities it absorbed into the area now known as the Community of Madrid.
The American historian Gerhard Weinberg wrote: "The fact that Germans were willing to forgo Spain's participation in the war rather than abandon their plans for naval bases on and off the coast of Northwest Africa surely demonstrates the centrality of this latter issue to Hitler as he looked forward to naval war with the United States". [8]
The Monument to the Fallen for Spain (Spanish: Monumento a los Caídos por España) or the Monument to the Heroes of the Second of May (Monumento a los Héroes del Dos de Mayo), popularly known as el Obelisco ("the Obelisk"), is a war memorial in Madrid, Spain. It lies on the centre of the Plaza de la Lealtad .
California Volunteers, also known as the Spanish–American War Memorial, San Francisco "Spanish American War Memorial", Oakland [11] Spanish–American War Memorial, 7th Regiment Monument, Pershing Square, Los Angeles This is the oldest work of public art in the City of Los Angeles, completed in 1900.
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
Raw bomba rice. Muslims in Al-Andalus began rice cultivation around the 10th century. [9] Consequently, eastern Iberian Peninsula locals often made casseroles of rice, fish, and spices for family gatherings and religious feasts, thus establishing the custom of eating rice in Spain.
A famous Spanish dish typical throughout south and central Spain. In the Valencia region it is typical of the southern and inland areas and is the quintessential summer dish. Arròs a banda. A humble preparation typical of the Valencian coast with rice, fish, and garlic. Embotits. Cured sausages. Sobrassada. A typically Majorcan meat-product ...