Study Abroad

The Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca was shot by Franco’s soldiers at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, making him an international symbol of fascist extremism.
The Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is considered the 20th century’s most successful soccer club, having won the European Cup more times than any other contender.
In the 1790s, an innovation-minded Spaniard added a sixth string to the commonly used Arab lute, and presto, the guitar was born.
Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi was commissioned in 1908 to design a New York skyscraper. His drawings for Hotel Attraction were consigned to obscurity, until they were proposed for the Ground Zero site in Manhattan
In the 1980s, a phenomenon known as the Movida Madrileña ("the Madrilene moving") saw the urbanites of Madrid create a vibrant dusk-to-dawn nightlife to celebrate their post-Franco freedoms.