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Spain
Capital: Madrid
- Spain covers about 506,030 square kilometres, the largest country in Southern Europe. Only about 0.89 percent of its total area is water.
- Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família began on 19 March 1882 and is still being completed. Its design has 18 spires.
- Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. Its Gothic section is about 126 metres long and 76 metres wide.
- The Royal Palace of Madrid has 3,418 rooms. Construction began in 1735 and the palace was completed around 1755.