Spain

Country
Spain, a country on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe,
includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geographical
and cultural characteristics. In Madrid, its capital, is the
Royal Palace and the Prado Museum, which houses works
by European masters. Segovia has a medieval castle (the
Alcázar) and an intact Roman aqueduct. The capital of
Catalonia, Barcelona, is characterized by the extravagant
modernist works of Antoni Gaudí, such as the Sagrada
Familia temple.
Spain, also known as the Kingdom of Spain, [note 1] is a
transcontinental sovereign country, a member of the
European Union, constituted as a social and democratic
State of law and whose form of government is the
parliamentary monarchy. Its territory, with its capital in
Madrid,[30] is organized into seventeen autonomous
communities, formed in turn by fifty provinces; and two
autonomous cities.

Kingdom of Spain
Member State of the European Union

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Motto: "Plus ultra" (Latin: 'Beyond')
Anthem: Marcha Granadera/Marcha Real Española[a]
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Capital
(and most populous city)
Madrid