1. This assignment is designed to improve your knowledge of Spain as a destination

2. Spanish Cities Declared World Heritage Sites.In each case it is specifically the old town which has been declared a World Heritage Site. Spanish Cities Declared World Heritage Sites Ávila Alcalá de Henares Cáceres Cordoba Cuenca Salamanca San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago de Compostela Segovia Toledo Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain Garajonay National Park Doñana National Park Las Médulas Altamira Cave Mont Perdu, Pyrénées (shared with France) Elche Palm tree forest Archeological Excavations in Spain Declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin Roman Archaeology of Mérida Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco in Tarragona Architecture in Spain Declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tower of Hercules, A CoruñaTower of Hercules, A Coruña (new in 2009) AlhambraAlhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Burgos Cathedral El Escorial Monastery Works of Antoni GaudíAntoni Gaudí Monuments of OviedoOviedo Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon CathedralCathedral and Alcázar in SevilleAlcázar Poblet Monastery Santa María de Guadalupe Royal Monastery La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, BarcelonaHospital de Sant Pau San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Roman Walls of Lugo Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza Vizcaya BridgeVizcaya Bridge, Getxo, Bilbao Other UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain Camino de Santiago Archivo de Indias, Seville Ibiza Biodiversity & Culture Related Articles UNESCO World Heritage Cities in Spain - Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad A Traveler's Geography of Spain

3.  These are places that are recognised by UNESCO as having such unique natural or cultural value that they must be preserved. Spain has more of these sites than any other country in the world…..44.

4. Antoni Gaudi’s architecture in Barcelona

5. The Alhambra Palace in Granada

6. The Altamira cave paintings

7. The walled city of Avila

8. The town of Cuenca, perched on the cliff tops

9. The Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage route to the city of Santiago de Compostela. Thousands of modern day pilgrims take this camino, hiking all day through the north of Spain, staying in little monasteries or hostels. Many take two weeks to six months to make the trip. Perigrinos

10. El camino

11. To the ultimate party town :Ibiza

12. Spain has many old castles, monasteries and incredible buildings that were being underused. One of the only good things Franco did during his dictatorship was to convert many of these into luxury hotels.

13. Stay in a parador!