213 tema 6 los héroes

Pelayo

• hero of the Spanish Reconquista; Battle of Covadonga (in the cave) 722ish

• hero of the myth about the creation of the sun and the moon

• hero of the Spanish Reconquista and apostle James

• buried in Santiago de Compostela

Santiago el Matamoros

• legendary hero of the

  Battle of Clavijo 844

  St James

  hero of the Spanish Reconquista

• won Valencia back for the King

  Babieca horse

  buried with his wife Jimena in Burgos

• subject of the first book in Spanish

  written around

  1144

• also known as

  El Cid Campeador

Rodrigo (Ruy) Díaz de Vivar

• one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people. He died February 12, 1524

  battling the Spanish conquistador

  Pedro de Alvarado

  a national hero in Guatemala.

• buried with his wife Jimena in Burgos

  had big white horse named Babieca and two swords Tizona and Colada

• subject of first book written in Spanish 1140

• also known as

  El Cid Campeador

  hero of the Spanish Reconquista

one of the last rulers of the Kiche Maya

a national hero of Guatemala

• Tecuciztecatl

• Moctezuma

• Tecún Uman

• Nanahuatzin

a powerful emblem of cultural identity and endurance

this humble hero became the sun because he was brave but also humble

• Moctezuma

• Nanauhuatzin

• Tecuziztecatl

• Tecún Umán

Muslim palace and grounds in Granada, Andalucía

the last Muslim stronghold 1492

turned over to Ferdinand and Isabella by the last king of the Nasrid dynasty

• the Quetzal

• the Paella

• the Alcázar

• the Alhambra

we are going to the caves of Sacromonte

for a flamenco show of music and dance

by the

• moros

• morcillas

• gitanos

• paellas

This dish which often includes seafood, rice, chicken, sausage, veg and saffron is called

• gitano

• paella

• morcilla

• alhambra

this sausage is very dark for a reason:

it is called blood sausage

• ajedrez

• gitanos

• morcilla

• paella

Famous American author who wrote Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Tales of the Alhambra

• Washington Irving

• Lope de Vega

• Ernest Hemingway

• Franciso Garcia Lorca