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Heritage: A Treasure Chest

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The Geography of Spain

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Spain has a significant natural and historical heritage that has only recently been given the value it deserves. Spain contains 43 UNESCO World Heritage Convention sites. These are places deemed of great importance for the culture of humanity following the UNESCO’s stringent set of criteria. Those sites are of mandatory study to anyone interested in the Geography of Spain.

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Notes

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    Cf. Alvarez et al. 2013 for a similar issue regarding the image of Spain in the National Geographic Magazine.

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    Cf. Ayuso, J. 2017: The strategy for the construction of the Spanish enemy. El País, 4 Dec 2017.

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    Cf. Clua i Fainé, Montserrat. 2011: Catalanes, inmigrantes y charnegos: “raza,” “cultura” y “mezcla” en el discurso nacionalista catalán. Revista de Antropología Social, 2011, 20.

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    Cf. Woolard, K. 2009: Linguistic Consciousness among Adolescents in Catalonia: A Case Study from the Barcelona Urban Area in Longitudinal Perspective. Zeitschrift für Katalanistik 22 (2009), 125–149.

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Tapiador, F.J. (2020). Heritage: A Treasure Chest. In: The Geography of Spain. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18907-5_24

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