Ancient Spain

Ancient Spain

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The hispanic peninsula lies at the extreme southwestern of Europe, in the directions of Africa. It is partially separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyreness.. The peninsula was inhabited by a complex variety of people, this during the first millennium BC. That is way the peninsula had always been divided into geographic and ethno-cultural regions which differed from ezch other. The people of Hispania had a great deal of influence from Phoenician (Carthaginian), Greek ad Roman settlements.The Romans called with the name of Hispania, to great peninsula made up of Spain and Portugal. And the modern España or Spain derives from Hispania.

Spain was an almost constant battleground, dividing territory and changing. The beginning of the Renaissance was mostly developed with the Catholic Monarchs. The Monarchs had the support of principal families in order to maintain the Monarchy as their government system; one of these families were the Mendoza’s. I think that all the cultures during the history have contributed to our development; In this particular case we emphasize the culture; The Spanish Renaissance had Italian influence, but they developed their own style. The art was developed in many areas such as paint, architecture, literature, music science and some others. All this examples of cultural influences are a great support to our actual times in all their areas. Nowadays we continue admiring these examples of arts, we admire them on museums, arts expositions public or private.