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When was el puente romano de Salamanca built?

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27 BCE-79AD

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Is the puente romano de Salamanca a UNESCO world heritage site?

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Yes

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How are they protecting the puente romano de Salamanca?

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Only allowing use by pedestrians

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What is la giralda?

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The bell tower of the cathedral of Seville

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When was la giralda built?

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1184

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How many visitors to la giralda annually?

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1.2 million

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Is la giralda a UNESCO world heritage site

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Yes

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Where is machu Picchu?

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Peru

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When was machu Picchu built?

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15th century

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Who built machu Picchu?

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The incas

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How many visitors per year to machu Picchu?

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1.6 million

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Is machu Picchu a UNESCO world heritage site?

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Yes

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Why is machu Picchu important?

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Tourist attraction that is important for the Peruvian economy

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How is machu Picchu being protected?

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Access is controlled by the authorities to reduce the environmental impact of tourists

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Where is teotihuacan?

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Mexico

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When was machu Picchu built?

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800

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How many tourists to machu Picchu per year?

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4.5 million

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Is teotihuacan a UNESCO world heritage site?

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Yes

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When was teotihuacan declared a world heritage site?

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1987

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Why is teotihuacan important?

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A site of ongoing investigation and a tourist attraction

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Who was Frida Kahlo?

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One of Mexico’s best known artists and a feminist icon

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What suffering did Frida Kahlo endure?

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She had an accident in childhood, causing lifelong pain

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What does Frida kahlo’s art show?

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Her personal life

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What is Frida Kahlo’s style?

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Self portraits, vibrant colours and her characteristic lack of gap between the eyebrows

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What was Frida Kahlo's work influenced by?
Her suffering, emotional turmoil, folk music from Mexico, indigenous traditions and surrealism
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Which movement was Salvador Dali famous for?
Surrealism
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What is Salvador Dali's most famous painting?
La persistancia de la memoria
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What else was Salvador Dali known for?
His strange behaviour
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Why is antoni gaudi's work different?
A unique style and a large variety of forms and textures
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Who has antoni gaudi inspired?
Artists, engineers, designers and architects
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What were gaudi's influences?
Modernism, gothical styles, nature and organic forms
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What is gaudi's most famous work?
La Sagrada familia
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When was construction started on la Sagrada familia?
1882
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When will construction finish on la Sagrada familia?
2026
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Where was gaudi buried?
In the crypt
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Who was Pablo Picasso?
The creator of cubism and collage and the most important painter of the first half of the 20th century
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What were Picasso's sources for inspiration?
Vincent van Gogh, Diego Velázquez, Francisco Goya, African tribal masks and Egyptian paintings
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What is Picasso's most famous work?
Guernica
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What is Guernica inspired by?
The civil war and his anger about an air strike
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Who is Joaquin Rodrigo
A Spanish composer
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What are the key characteristics of Joaquin Rodrigo's music?
A refined style, bright, original harmonies
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What does Joaquin Rodrigo's music symbolise?
A mixture of Spanish cultures
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What did Joaquin Rodrigo create?
Choral and instrumental pieces, more than 60 songs, cinema and theatre music
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Where does la sardana come from?
Catalan folklore, northeast Spain, ancient Greece and the 19th century
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Where is la sardana most famous?
Cataluña
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Who is a famous composer of the sardana?
Josep Maria Ventura - composed more than 200 sardanas
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What is la sardana a symbol of?
Catalan identity and unity between all people
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Where does the aurresky come from?
Pais vasco
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Why is the aurresky important?
It was used to greet and welcome important people, is important in festivals
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Where is el aurresky famous?
Pais Vasco y nevarra
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Why is el aurresky important on a regional level?
It is part of many rituals

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