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Spain
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The European Railway Server 
 This site "provides information about the European Railways, for railway fans as well as for travellers who wish to explore Europe by train." Contains information on high speed trains in Spain, Germany, and Switzerland; the Dutch railways; and more. Features explanations of numbering schemes, technical data, liveries and paint schemes, photo galleries, and related links. http://www.railfaneurope.net/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Transportation Last updated Sep 3, 2005 Sanfermin.com
Official site for the San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona, Spain, which is held each July and which features the "Running of the Bulls" event. The site provides an overview of the bull-running, a map, and photos, as well as information about other fiesta events and tourist information. In English, Spanish, and the Basque language. http://www.sanfermin.com/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Recreation, Society & Social Science, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Satellite Images "Show Atlantis"
This June 2004 news article discusses how a German scientist believes that "satellite photos of southern Spain reveal features on the ground appearing to match descriptions made by Greek scholar Plato of the fabled utopia." Also includes links to articles about other recent hunts for Atlantis near England and Gibraltar, and links to related sites. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3766863.stm Topics: Geography, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Philosophy, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Nov 15, 2004 Shots of War: Photojournalism During the Spanish Civil War
Collection of photographs taken by photojournalists during the Spanish Civil War. Browsable by date, place, people (combatants and civilians), news agency, and war damage. Includes an introductory essay about the Spanish Civil War and war photography in the 1930s, and a bibliography. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/swphotojournalism/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Sep 6, 2006 Southwest Jewish Archives
"Dedicated to collecting and recording the dramatic history of pioneer Jews in the Desert Southwest, covering Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas," including the Crypto-Jews who trace "their family histories back to Spain and Portugal." Features materials on Jewish pioneers, railroad builders, ranchers, and merchants; synagogues and religious objects; Crypto-Jews; finding aids for the archive's collections; and transcripts of over 20 oral histories. Includes photographs. From the University of Arizona. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/bloom/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 24, 2004 Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
Reflecting the different perspectives of Spain and the United States, this site contains material which documents the history of Spanish expansion in North America through the South, the Southwest, and north to Alaska. Digital collections of texts, manuscripts, letters, maps, prints, photographs, films, and early edition books can be viewed online. Available in English and Spanish, the site is a collaboration of the Library of Congress and The National Library of Spain. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/ Topics: Geography, History, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 12, 2003 |
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