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Spain

Home to the Alhambra, a Moorish palace-fortress in Granada built mainly under the 14th-century Nasrid dynasty, and to Basque, a language isolate spoken in the north unrelated to any other language on Earth. Spain has the second-most UNESCO World Heritage Sites of any country, after Italy.

The Alhambra, a Moorish palace-fortress complex in Granada, Spain, at sunset with the Sierra Nevada mountains behind it

The Alhambra, Granada

Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0

Red-yellow-red horizontal bands, adopted in 1785 by King Charles III. The coat of arms includes the Pillars of Hercules, the royal crown, and the arms of the old kingdoms of Spain.

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