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Spanish people refer to their language as Espanol ('espa駉l') when contrasting it with languages of other countries, but call it Castilian ('castellano') if comparing it with other languages and dialects of Spain
Up until 1987, Spanish was the official language of the Philippines
Spanish syntax is generally Subject-Verb-Object, and usually places adjectives after nouns
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El Museo del Prado
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El Museo del Prado es una de las referencias art铆sticas m谩s importantes y representativas de la cultura de Espa帽a. En las salas que lo componen, se pueden encontrar excepcionales ejemplos de la obra pict贸rica de autores espa帽oles (Goya, Vel谩zquez, Zurbar谩n), y tambi茅n obras de grandes maestros de todo el mundo (Tiziano, Rubens o El Bosco, por ejemplo), as铆 como muestras de esculturas de gran calidad.
La primera iniciativa seria y oficial de fundar un museo similar al Museo del Louvre de Par铆s en Madrid, fue del rey Jos茅 I Bonaparte. Pero la idea no comenz贸 a hacerse realidad hasta el reinado de Fernando VII. La primera vez que se inaugura fue el 19 de Noviembre de 1819 y se llam贸 Museo Real de Pintura y Escultura.
Al principio en el museo se guardaban las obras de arte de las colecciones reales y se conservaban otras de la Academia de Bellas Artes. Las visitas necesitaban un permiso especial de la Corte y estaban muy restringidas.
Al fallecer Fernando VII, las piezas del Museo deb铆an repartirse como parte de su herencia. Pero con la expulsi贸n de Isabel II (1868) y el cese de la monarqu铆a borb贸nica, el Museo se nacionaliz贸 como otros bienes reales, y pas贸 a llamarse Museo Nacional del Prado.
Desde sus primeros momentos el museo recibi贸 importantes donaciones y proyectos para la recuperaci贸n de otras obras, hasta que el espacio disponible fue insuficiente.
Poco antes del centenario, el Museo recibi贸 una nueva organizaci贸n legal, lo que le permiti贸, con una acertada pol铆tica de importantes exposiciones, ponerse a la cabeza de los museos europeos y americanos.
La Guerra Civil marc贸, como en toda Espa帽a, un frenazo brusco a este progreso. Se cerr贸 al p煤blico a poco de iniciarse el enfrentamiento, e intentaron protegerse las obras de los bombardeos. Gracias a la recomendaci贸n de la Sociedad de Naciones, se sacaron las piezas m谩s importantes.
Despu茅s de la posguerra, el comienzo del turismo supuso un renacer del Museo y un asombroso aumento de sus visitantes.
En 2004 llego a tener dos millones de visitantes, gracias a la celebraci贸n de las exposiciones de Vel谩zquez, El Greco, Picasso y Manet.
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A large town in North Yorkshire, Harrogate forms a conurbation with Knaresborough, the population of the combined urban area being around 85,000. Historically Harrogate was primarily a hub for agriculture and the woollen industry. Nowadays the town is used as a commercial, conference and exhibition centre, owing mainly to the vast array of hotels built during the period before the First World War when Harrogate was a popular getaway for the English 茅lite. Harrogate also acts as a dormitory town for commuters working in Leeds and Bradford, and is also the site of regionally renowned traditional eateries, Betty's Tea Rooms.
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