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

1.2 History

Spain’s past is nothing if not colourful.

The proud highs of a rich Arabic heritage,

vast empire and creative Golden Age have

been balanced with the heartache of war,

poverty and terror. Each experience

remains pertinent in a nation that grapples

rather uncomfortably with its past.