Speak the Culture: Spain: Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture

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1. Identity: the
   building blocks of
   2. Literature
   and philosophy
   3. Art and
   architecture
   4. Performing
   arts
   5. Cinema
   and fashion
   6. Media and
   communications
   7. Food and drink 8. Living culture:
   the details of

3.2 Architecture

Spain’s multicultural history is reflected

in its remnant medieval architecture,

with its rich bloom of delicate Arabic style

plonked incongruously on continental

Europe. And then there’s the modern stuff;

a wealth of daring, avant-garde buildings

that have placed Spain in the vanguard

of contemporary architecture.