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Spain

Author: WALTER AARON CLARK

Spain Located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula and comprising roughly 200,000 square miles, Spain is known for a variety of music genres and styles. The country has been occupied over the centuries by Celtic peoples, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, North African and Middle Eastern Muslims, Jews, Roma (Gypsies), with occasional incursions by the English and French and regular contact with Italy and Germany. The close proximity to Africa and constant connection with Latin…

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