FAMOUS PEOPLE IN SPAIN
Isabel and Fernando
They are known as the Catholic Monarchs. They financed the expedition of Christopher Columbus who discovered America.
CARLOS I of Spain( grandson of the
Catholic Monarchs) was a king of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519. He had the empire“ on which the sun never sets”. His empire was so extensive that there was always at least one part of his territory where it was daylight.
CERVANTES was a soldier, novelist, Spanish
poet. He is considered the greatest figure in Spanish literature and is universally known for having written " Don Quijote de la Mancha.
GOYA was the most representative artist of the
Spanish Romanticism creating his own style, the Goyesco. His most famous paintings are " La Maja Desnuda ",“ La Maja Vestida”
BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He is considered one of the best of the realist novel of the nineteenth century and a great narrator in the history of literature in Spanish. He has been proposed by several specialists and scholars of his work as the greatest Spanish novelist after Cervantes
MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ
Was a poet and playwright of special relevance in the Spanish literature of the twentieth century. One of his famous books is Wind of the People.