User:Garcilaso

This is Generalife, in Granada. Isn´t it gorgeous?

And this is El Patio de los Leones, in the Alhambra, Granada. It is worthwhile, isn´t it?

Obradioro in Santiago de Compostela, the end of the most important route of pilgrims in Europe.

Hello! I am Garcilaso. I take my name from one of my favorite poets, Garcilaso de la Vega. I invite you to visit Spain because of its cultural heritage and because of its cities´ charm. I am going to write about Spanish History and culture, and I intend to improve articles about art, architecture, literature, music...

Correct my grammar, please!!

These are some of my favorite writers:

Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Federico García Lorca, Rosalía de Castro, José de Espronceda, Jorge Manrique, Eduardo Mendoza, Samuel Beckett,George Mikes...

And Musicians:

Atahualpa Yupanqui, Francisco Guerrero, Claudio Monteverdi, George Brassens, Isaac Albéniz, Extremoduro, Raimon, Modest Mussorgsky, Ariel Ramirez, Johannes Brahms, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Renato Carosone, El Cabrero, Franz Schubert, Amália Rodrigues...

Among others... and the folklore music of all the world, from Brazil to India, not forgetting Ireland, Russia... and Spain!!

Painters, architects...

Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Fernando Zóbel, Antonio Palacios, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Il grande Bramante, Otto Wagner, Auguste Renoir, Frank Lloyd Wright, Guinovart, Rembrandt, Ricardo Velázquez-Bosco, Vermeer, Albrecht Dürer, Millares...

Articles I have started or contributed substantially:

Spanish architecture, First Romanesque, Manuel Machado (poet), Monastery of Leyre, Isabelline Gothic, Kharja, Las Médulas, Spanish Renaissance, Castile, Church of San Juan of Portomarín, Granada Charterhouse, Santa Cruz de la Serós, Sangüesa, Aguilar de Campoo, San Juan de Ortega, Carrión de los Condes, San Juan de la Peña, Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, Diego Siloe

Other contributions: Mudéjar, Spanish Baroque, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture, Renaissance architecture, List of Spanish language poets, Spanish poetry, Granada, Baroque, Cathedral of Toledo...

Landscapes

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  This is Spain (Asturias)...
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  ...and this...(Andalusia)
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  ...but also this...
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  ...this...
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  ..and this!!!
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  ...and, of course, this! :-)

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By the way, it is here, and although some say that "África empieza en los Pirineos", it IS in Europe, and although lots of countries speak Spanish, it is definitely NOT in America ;-D