Autonomous regions of SPAIN explained (Geography Now)

[@GeographyNow]

You've seen countries with self-ruling autonomous regions. Imagine an ENTIRE COUNTRY made of them. Oh and Valencia... maybe chill on the fire? No? Okay you do you.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Ok

[@sendai6694]

Ya era hora

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

Oh boy... can’t wait to hear Catalonia

[@moatezbouaziz6182]

okay

[@robertdunne7914]

I'm of Basque descent

[@benatpastormunoz527]

(Cantabria) They have a cave with paintings Its literally the most important prehistoric art in western society

[@elbentos7803]

Beñat PM Altamira

[@Celtíbero157]

Well he also forgot to make more enphasis in the celtic roots of Cantabria, it is said that the celtic traditions of these lands desappear with the roman invasion, but there are writed evidences of a celtic herytage in language and traditions, being the oldest of them from the IV & VI centuries

[@Abbendys]

@@Celtíbero157 Cueva Victoria in Cartagena is something

[@AlexRVX8]

Que bonita es la cueva de Altamira

[@digitalchicken2166]

Altamira

[@peterpetas20]

The cocaine from Galicia is not just for All Spain but actually for All Europe

[@a.e.a.]

thanks for sharing with us.

[@shaide5483]

1 reason to now learn Galician

[@jarmar777]

The South Americans transport the cocaine with submarines to Galicia

[@jarmar777]

@Iker Rivera jajaja well I'm not sure who made it but they were so thug

[@MattyMoreBucks]

Iker Rivera damn u rlly ain’t fuckin wit the mexicans 😂😂😂

[@FrozenNoiseSakuraba]

Spain is a lovely country. I moved here from my home country Brazil 5 years ago and I never been more happy. Amazing food, people, landscapes and sites. God bless this country

[@TylerSolvestri]

Thank you bro, I hope more Spaniards can appreciate their own freaking country like you do... ungrateful bastards...

[@16Meily]

@@TylerSolvestri True true and true. They LOVE TO COMPLAIN because they don't know what struggle is.

[@rafaelsantosnovais7813]

Eiii caralho e o bacalhau de Portugal

[@andrewfoll7363]

u can ffind real deserts in spain aswell, lol

[@david07britneyv279v]

@@andrewfoll7363 like almeria

[@grimlock1440]

Fun fact: Mérida was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, and it was called Emérita. Extremadura has almost the majority of Roman monuments and structures in Spain, and Spain has the second largest Roman stuff in the world behind Italy.

[@rawsy4769]

Wasn't it called Emérita Augusta?

[@grimlock1440]

@@rawsy4769 Yes, Emérita Augusta is its full name

[@woododruid]

Also, Felipe VI is the most legitimate holder of the title of Roman Emperor; and has a fine beard. Emperor Hadrian was the first to wear a full beard and moustache, and he was born near Sevilla. Bearded emperors were the best.

[@santoriniblue8413]

@@woododruid Hispania gave Rome, 3 emperors: Trajan; his successor and 2nd degree nephew: Hadrian, both from Italica, current Seville; and Theodosius, born in Cauca, current Coca, Toledo province; their performance was energetic, and above average. During the reign of the first two, the Empire was at its apex; and the latter was responsible also of making Christianism the offical religion of the Empire. You are right, Hadrian was the first with the beard fashion imported from Greece; making his predecessor also the last of the old traditional roman shaved faces, kept since Octavius, with the sole exception of Nero.

[@pedrosabino8751]

And was the capital of lusitanian province, where the ancestors of portuguese people lived.

[@lucascastellano7511]

“Tiede” its teide and its the 4 highest volcano in the world

[@mistyc1755]

Tenerife🇪🇸

[@aletc2005]

Saludos desde Tenerife

[@mistyc1755]

@@aletc2005 x2

[@isamic.8746]

Zi también me di cuenta xd 🇮🇨

[@mistyc1755]

@@davidrosner6267 TEIDE*

[@samm9425]

Not only is Basque not related to any Indo-European language, it's unrelated to any other known language in the world.

[@kgw72]

"Existing" language. There are a couple of hundred theories about which language family could've belong to.

[@redsorracksimovvomiskcar2577]

​@@IAM-mb5gq pls, both of you, stop using hypothesis and theories the same way, they are not.

[@digitalchicken2166]

@@redsorracksimovvomiskcar2577 please, can you explain to e the real meaning of theory? I think I cant understand the difference either

[@Pkn-tg2go]

Most theories suggest that it evolved naturally from proto-iberan and Aquitanian

[@mr_elyte]

Some linguistics says that is related to Japanese

[@n0face2]

I never really knew Spain was so carried culturally. It's like a bunch of smaller countries I want visit real bad mow

[@YUCAYEQUE]

Noface especially the Galician and Asturias region being more closely related to Celtic culture.

[@BicornioSPA]

@Lucas Pato Y no es cierto, no tiene mas diversidad que otros paises de nuestro entorno, quizás Portugal es de los pocos paises que sean aun menos diversos que nosotros, la realidad es que España etnica y culturalmente es muy homogenea en comparación a lo que puede ser Italia,Alemania o Francia, somos herederos directos de la cultura romana que es la predominante con mucha diferencia y luego tenemos algo de allí y algo de allá y etnicamente es de los paises europeos con menor diversidad pese a lo que se ha vendido habitualmente.. ten en cuenta que España no es un lugar de paso, sino una peninsula, no ha tenido el movimiento de otras naciones europeas, de hecho a pesar de lo que se piensa la gente hay mas diferencia genética de este a oeste que de norte a sur, basicamente geneticamente somos celtiberos+romanos (mas del 80% de los genes) luego hay otros que aunque significativos no son definitorios como germanos (7-8%) o "árabe"(3-5%). De las "invasiones" la única que ha dejado una marca genética importante ha sido la conquista y asimilación romana.

[@NicoLReino]

@@BicornioSPA lo que importa no es la genética, sino la cultura, y te pongas como te pongas, Galicia y Andalucía son literalmente países diferentes.

[@Kobe717]

1- España es demasiado diversa para comparar con un país como Portugal. 2- Le estás diciendo a ITALIA que nosotros somos los herederos directos de la cultura romana? Si? Seguro? 3- La cultura romana es tan predominante en andalucía... La giralda, la alhambra... Tenemos mayor diversidad que los países centro europeos. 4- Somos una peninsula que une Europa con Africa. Y dices que no somos una zona de paso? Pero tu has leído algo de historia? Las peninsulas con estrechos: Gibraltar, Bering, incluso Calais son sitios de paso desde siempre. No había otro sitio por donde pasar. 5- Y no tiene nada que ver, pero quieres hablar de genética? Hablemos. Durante centenares de años vivimos con Árabes. Y tu crees que puedes encontrar un español con un 3-5% de arabe? Porcierto, vaya mierda de frase la ultima no? Porque si, la cloaca era romana, pero los numeros son arabes. La democracia griega, pero la navegación, arabe. Sestercio romano, pero la negociacion, fenicia. Todas las conquistas dejan marca, la historia es preciosa, no dejes que el racismo te engañe. En definitiva: o eres muy iluso o no te gusta leer, pero te gusta hablar como si lo hubieras hecho.

[@kgw72]

You'll be welcome! And even those regions have strong provincial difference within (i.e.: _never_ say a Lionese he's "Castillian")

[@condenihilit1572]

As a Galician, much respect for actually aknowledging us and letting the world know more about my homeland. Keep the great work!

[@joaquindelpalacio542]

Ermano soy gallego viviendo en Madrid y hecho de menos miña terra galega

[@abdelrahmanalkhaldi2508]

i’m arabic and i love spain it’s my favorite country the flag of spain is every where in my room

[@pedromedeiros1186]

Mmm... soo... y are Galician... OUR OCTUPUS IS BETTER!!!🇵🇹😈 Prova me errado!

[@condenihilit1572]

@@pedromedeiros1186 TUGAS GONNA TUG

[@pedromedeiros1186]

@@condenihilit1572 😂😂🤪

[@jevitigre]

Jamon is just ham in Spanish, what you mean is Jamon serrano

[@mariosalmantino]

I think it depends on the person or the region, if you say "jamón" I would think you are talking about jamón serrano, not ham. Maybe where you live you call ham just "jamón", but I usually refer to it as "Jamón de york", and call the other type of jamón " Jamón serrano" as well.

[@mikipiupew4107]

@@mariosalmantino Se refiere al jamón ibérico de bellota

[@dagobertodominguez4624]

Los americanos también llaman "sombrero" al típico sombrero mexicano y así con muchas otras palabras. Supongo que no les da para más.

[@jevitigre]

@@dagobertodominguez4624 Exacto, el gringo promedio tiene un conocimiento muy limitado en cuanto a muchas cosas de America Latina y España

[@goldenbutterfly642]

Hamon

[@AngraMainiiu]

1:48 That "Andalusian Dialect" is where much of Latin American Spanish comes from!

[@danieldato6213]

Because Cristobal Colombus sailed from Andalucia to America, so part of his crew had the Adalusian accent that later evolved into latino dialect ( see Ale city's comment)

[@aprox1670]

Aro illo

[@a2falcone]

@@danieldato6213 It's because all the people emigrating to America had to get a permit in Seville first, and most ships sailed from Andalusian ports. Therefore, the first Spanish settlers were mostly from southern Spain, and even the people who came from other places had to wait there for months before being able to board a ship, which could've made the local accent stick.

[@alecity4877]

@@danieldato6213 correction: Columbus sailed from there, but this doesn't mean anything as his crew were from many parts of spain and they were a minuscule amount of people. The thing is that most colonists came from andalusia and the south of spain in general as it was the closest to the americas and to the best wind currents without going through huracane lanes. Since most colonist came from southern spain.

[@paulajaramillo937]

Angra Mainyu with all of this, some people says Latin America is not part of the west!!!..:-\

[@mlc1503]

As Spanish, the region that has all the jokes is Murcia, we think that it doesn't exist at all, while in Extremadura the thing that lacks are good trains :)))))))

[@selo383]

Murcia is like area 51 of Spain

[@guillermoaguilar2235]

Puajajajajajajajajjjjj reall

[@carel_dfx]

MURICA

[@yueffowl]

jajajajaj el cercanias

[@berfranper]

We don't have good trains in Murcia either, still using gasoil. Besides that, we have a lot of good things, from the wine horses in Caravaca to el cante de las minas in La Unión. The easter of Lorca, carnivals in Águilas, cartagineses y romanos in Cartagena, the wine from Jumilla, crespillos, paparajotes, dried calamari, cured yolks from Caravaca... Our problem is that we don't make ourselves notice.

[@blurryface_1589]

Spain is a country with a lot of cultural diversity and a variety of ethnicities with their cualtities and differences (architecture, clothes, music, food...). Thats one of the things i love from Spain 💕💕

[@dandei545]

@Levis. H yes

[@carlitoselcremita7816]

Wich ethnicities?basque,celt,iberian and wich more?

[@arianam9977]

@@carlitoselcremita7816 In English, "ethnicity" can refer to Basque, Andalusian, Canarian, Catalan, Valencian, Galician, Navarre, Asturian, Castilian, etc. But in Spanish we don't use "etnia" that way.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@arianam9977 oh, the everlasting debate over ethnicity/race.....words that mean Smth different in every language and country and even in a specific one they won't know exactly what they mean. Using them is like trying to make a puzzle but the pieces don't fit and they change shape everytime you take them. They make country/state/nation almost straightforward in comparison.

[@soldier9644]

Every Region/Autonomous has a cultere and language

[@JLokeHume]

The picture you put to depict the paella is actually arroz con cosas.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Was about to say. If you find sea food in paella, it is not Valenicana. It is arroz con cosas.

[@orana03]

Yeah, Valencian paella is chicken and rabbit for the most part. I've had snails in it from one place

[@amaiagomez5111]

True, It has to have chicken and rabbit. My Family has been making paella for generations, and It never should have seafood

[@mr_lemons6370]

Están locos estos americanos

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Rice with things?

[@mattharrell3932]

Toledo, the entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[@mrloxicoz9353]

True and it was Spain’s capital for quite some time

[@Antizyr]

There are 15 entire cities that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain in total, I'll list them all so if you feel curiosity you can check them out: Alcalá de Henares, Ávila, Baeza, Cáceres, Córdoba, Cuenca, Ibiza, Mérida, Salamanca, San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Santiago de Compostela, Segovia, Tarragona, Toledo, and Úbeda

[@Cnut_the_grape]

The Vatican: ha, noobs.

[@pelayomartinez675]

As well as Segovia

[@ASTUALPHA]

@Gabriel Rocha it is, but not the entire city only the monastery

[@Endless_Horizons2007]

It's a shame that a country with such diversity of cultures, landscapes, foods, and traditions is limited to Barcelona, beaches, and sangria in most people's minds.

[@biancafera3006]

Same in Brazil

[@Missrehearsal]

In most ignorant* minds

[@xenotypos]

It's the same in most countries you know. What do most people know about France except for Paris.

[@juanausensi499]

@@xenotypos Be thankful for what we have! Name one thing famous about Slovakia, for example.

[@diegone080]

Like italy, pizza spaghetti and mafia Maybe romans? But what does the average american actually know about italy?

[@grecolonsvila]

One of the most hidden to foreigners treasures of Spain is a beverage from Valencia. Horchata.

[@inesbc2001]

It's delicious, maybe you can explain what it is? (People are too lazy to Google stuff out 😅)

[@fulgenzio89]

Vampire weekend made it famous

[@danivall-llosera9207]

I thought you were gonna say Cassalla.

[@The_Soviet_Onion]

@@Kasnaranja para algunos

[@Kasnaranja]

@@The_Soviet_Onion esa es

[@phosphoros60]

Beret in German is "Baskenmütze" - Basque Hat

[@generacionvino8672]

In Basque Country we call it "Txapela" and winner is "the one with txapela" Txapeldun like you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@Markelekram]

That is actually fascinating!

[@juanchol21]

interesting!

[@tonirc5122]

Con lo fácil que es decir "txapela"

[@algonzalez6853]

i always thought it originated in france, even when i looked it up it said everywhere that it was in france

[@Josue-qb7cq]

I'm glad to see that he's done his research and gets it. Spain is full of stereotypes and its nice to see that he's able to break down this topic very well for foreigners! Good job.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

11:26 Wow, who knew that the aqueduct of Segovia was actually in Madrid :v

[@spiritvlogscs3580]

Yes, i live in Segovia city and this is incoret

[@francaellerman2276]

Viví en Segovia y me enfadé, ¡el acueducto es el orgullo de Segovia!

[@pedrod6768]

@@francaellerman2276 Yo, como madrileño, me tapé los ojos de vergüenza ajena al ver que puso el acueducto de Segovia en Madrid. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

[@bowbrogenzzo]

Jajajaja si si, vaya tela

[@mr3ska]

EXACTO LO PONE EN MADRID SABES JAJAJAJAJA

[@pacoramon9468]

Its a federal State without being a federal State.

[@nurval1093]

nope.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

My teacher explained It like this, if a federated state is an orange and a unitary state is an apple...Spain is an orangy apple

[@lorenzoraggiante5850]

paco ramon exactly. It has all the requirements to be a federation but at the same time it has some unitary state things

[@gabrieldelfronton2584]

We are kind of a mess

[@magicbelloso]

In fact it is a federal state but politicians here love to use euphemisms...and also there is a huge (right handed) heritage from our "recent" past history which will not admit to split our NATIONALITY (pls note the capitals for sacarsm).

[@Gundre82]

"the butt of all the jokes" is BY FAR: Murcia

[@montimuros2837]

Murcia? Que es eso?

[@truedarklander]

Pero Murcia no existe

[@DanjigoSP]

Murcia is not real stop talking nonsense

[@jaroessa294]

But, wait...I thought Albacete was the butt of all jokes (...and we all know what I mean) Hahaha!!

[@MartinLOPEZ-cs9ii]

@@jaroessa294 albacete, cag* y vete

[@dedmoroz4948]

Fun fact: During the First Spanish Republic, Murcia declared its independence as ''Canton de Cartagena'' in an attempt to establish a federal state in Spain, and requested to become a part of the US in order to avoid bombings from the Spanish army.

[@DiegoPerez-ij2dy]

And now Vox wins the elections 😂

[@bardisa055]

It didn't request to become part of the US. It's just that the First Spanish Republic said the flag of the ships of the canton was a pirate flag. So the canton requested to use the US flag In order to not get destroyed from anti-pirate ships of all countries.

[@iwanttoliveinsoutheastasia2952]

@@DiegoPerez-ij2dy >> Yeah, That's a good thing. Keep it up

[@kgw72]

Long story short: they were treated like pirates anyway and finally did surrender to the Republican forces (their leaders ran away to Algiers).

[@leoseguin5761]

“It’s like the West Virginia of Spain” John Denver is rolling in his grave right now

[@jamespyle777]

Country roads, take me there, to the lands, we will own. - Los Conquistadores

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

Leo Seguin but he’s from Colorado

[@coyotelong4349]

“Extremadura, Montaña mama, llévame a casa, carreteres rurales...” -Juan Denver

[@austinsimmons4393]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@zhuofanzhang9974]

@SuperDash6 His ashes were spread across the Rocky Mountains. So, instead of rolling in a grave, he'll probably start an avalanche.

[@SageManeja]

Fun fact: Portugal was founded as a condate of the Kingdom of Galicia, the "Condado Portucalense". Later, Portugal claimed independence from Galicia.

[@fernandoj8479]

And so galician-portuguese split into galician and portuguese, and the former was crippled after Galicia united with Castilla

[@dinis8271]

Galiza e Portugal são um só, Portugaliza

[@henfer7687]

so, portugal is similar to galicia, not galicia is similar to portugal

[@GumSkyloard]

@@henfer7687 pretty much, yeah

[@joseluisblanco8074]

Nope. It was founded out of the Kingdom of León. Kingdom of Galicia is just like Narnya

[@xaviervasquez4657]

It’s funny that the literal translation of Extremadura would be something like “extreme hard”

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

Well, November is going extremely hard as well

[@pz812]

That is why there is a rock band from extremadura called EXTREMODURO. Look it up, the lyrics are savage.

[@miguelmora6034]

Does that that my ancestors were thus??

But the name comes from "Extrema Dorii" (extreme Douro)

[@dag24_d]

Yeah but it actually means "the furthest end (extreme)" because it was the borderlands with the muslims kingdoms for many, many years.

[@Nexxarian]

Valencia must be the ancestral homeland of Michael Bay.

[@preussen4983]

too bad that it doesn't have enough explosions or 360 camera view of the american flag in Valencia

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

Michael Bay is Valencian?

[@docvideo93]

I wonder how his movies do in Valencia.

[@devilsadvocate8234]

@@preussen4983 And linkin park playing in the background.

[@PointySword]

docvideo93 not that good. Even HD sound can’t fully grasp the excitement of a real shockwave from a really big petardo. 🧨 We have really high standards on our bombs

[@realhawaii5o]

Santillana del mar is the city of 3 lies. It's neither holy (santi-), nor flat (-llana), nor by the sea (del mar).

[@ivanmacias9603]

"We should hang out some time" - Puertollano (Ciudad Real).

[@kgw72]

Santillana comes not from "Holy + Flat" but apparently from "Sancta Iuliana" (Saint Julia). And "by the sea" because their boundaries does reach to the sea (while the city does not).

In fact, there is at least another “city of three lies” in Navarre: Villamayor de Monjardin. It’s not a town (Villa), it’s not big (major) and it doesn’t have a garden (Jardin). I’m pretty sure we can find more cities of three lies in Spain!

Islallana (La Rioja) wants to know your location.

[@fabiobuccarello4628]

@Lucas Pato viva cantabria hostia

[@Thebestcoolnelsonyan]

“Spanish and French had a baby” Andorra : am I a joke to you

[@SR-jr5nh]

Pheasant island: Am I joke to you?

[@kellsierliosan4404]

Fun fact, Andorra has two heads of state: the French president, and whoever happens to be the archbishop of la Seu d'Urgell, a small catalan town in the Pyrenees

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@kellsierliosan4404 yes.. we've seen the thing on Andorra....

[@Luis-cu3ut]

Andorra speaks Catalan. The end

[@-Aldandil-]

andorra speaks catalan

[@blackcat289]

You can't tell if it's a Canarian name or a Pokemon. As a Canarian, I died xD Also we are the only region with 2 capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It's not only one as you made it sound haha. Basically Spain let us have 2 capitals because we were always fighting about which island is better. Thanks for the video. It's great to see my country!!!

[@superyoshi_13]

Joder en serio os peleáis por simplemente decidir cual es la capital de vuestra comunidad?? xD

[@kacperwoch4368]

Two capitals is not that unusual, in Poland there are two regions which both have two capitals each. Neither city was willing to give up their status after the administrative reform.

[@popia6080]

In fact in Extremadura they have 3 capitals🤣

[@blackcat289]

@@superyoshi_13 Es que somos muy cabezotas jajaja. A ver, lo de las dos capitales fue en los años veinte. Ha llovido mucho xD Básicamente cada provincia quería tener su capital y se decidió que esta era la decisión más justa. Más o menos funcionó

[@blackcat289]

@@kacperwoch4368 Oh, that's interesting! Glad to see there are people as stubborn as Canarian in Poland though it has to be hard to learn so many capitals.

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

9:26 Catalonia: *has statues of a pooping guy* Belgium: "We should hang out some time"

[@Enric.]

maybe that's why our president is exiled there

[@GeoTren28]

Belgium refuses to hang out with Catalonia and vice versa! Thank the EU

[@kellsierliosan4404]

Google up Carles Puigdemont and you will understand the meaning of cosmic coincidences :)

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

@@GeoTren28 didn't we held the Catalonian politicians in Belgium because they probably wouldn't get treated really well in Spain?

[@benedictopz]

They actually do, in some strange and controversial way they've found each other 😄😄😄

[@nagwagi2000]

Wow! Thanks to you, Barbs, Spain now seems to me one of the most interesting travel destinations! So rich in history and cultural diversity!🔥

[@daviddeandres6324]

Paella was invented in Valencia. *Shows photos of Andalusian version of paella*

[@lorenzooliveira1252]

What he shows is "arroz con cosas"

[@falconclm308]

:V

[@ArrobaMov]

Valencia es una provincia aragonesa ssssh

[@MireiaOnTheMoon]

i was looking for this comment😂valencian cultural sacriledge

[@joseribera4209]

As a Spanish I can say that you do a very accurate review of our country. Congratulations.

[@JuanPreciado87]

As a Spanish, in my opinion this video only talk about the stereotypes, and not of reality.

[@M43_M14]

@@JuanPreciado87 As an Spanish I can say that I like cheese

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@JuanPreciado87 the video is 17 minutes, that's one per community. Even if he had a more in depth commentary there's only enough time for some stereotypes and little more. that's how these videos go, he just tells a few things about each region so you get a vague idea of how it is. It is what it is, and for what it is, it's pretty good. There's few mistakes and every region was presented swiftly and efficiently. And tbh, if it makes some people know some basics about Spanish political geography it's enough for me. It's not in depth but it's better than nothing, or more accurately: paella, Barcelona, Madrid, flamenco and Toros. I mean, is it so bad, that they now know that Altamira exists?

[@julendiez8678]

"Guernica" is inspired by a bombing, which occurred in a basque village called Gernika, village I live in!!

[@mikelserramito993]

XD

[@XanderVJ]

Not-so-fun fact, that was actually the fist air bombing on a civilian target in history.

[@zylen3167]

@@hypernewlapse yes but actually it was bc hitler wanted to the test civilian bombing, while he was helping franco with the war

[@ArrobaMov]

@@XanderVJ Nevermind

[@PedroJesusLopezMoreno]

The tallest point in all of Spain isn't called "Tiede", but "Teide".

[@lexafelicis4408]

Pedro López Me he reído con esa mierda media hora

[@pacoramon9468]

And its in Africa.

[@joseantonioodriozolaalonso2272]

@@pacoramon9468 it is still in Spain

[@Tisment]

I think is called "Tiede" in english, idk.

[@paalemany402]

@@joseantonioodriozolaalonso2272 geográficamente hablando el Teide es parte de Africa, solo GEOGRÁFICAMENTE Teide español ;)

[@paulavery7122]

"Spain has a lot of weird traditions" Amigo, I think you know by now that we just make all these traditions as an excuse to party hard :-D

[@iloveminicactialot6895]

Yes PD:the best feria is Seville's. You know I'm telling the truth, don't try to hide it

[@hagnat]

Johnny, la gente és mui loca! What the fuck?!

[@studiosnch]

Paella is also known in the Philippines as "arroz valenciana."

[@zepovinho7062]

Arroz à Valenciana is a portuguese dish, very different from spanish Paella.

[@unanec]

@@zepovinho7062 because you have another city called valencia

[@Davidian8001]

@@unanec It's Valença. And it has nothing to do with the dish. It's called Arroz à Valenciana because it's an adaptation of the Valencian Paella, but with different seasoning and meat/seafood. So, the "Valenciana" part of the dishe's name is actually in reference to the Spanish city :)

[@victorguzman6123]

Trueee. Have a filipine friend in UK who always tells me "my mum cooks the best valenciana" 😂

[@demofobia]

"guenerica" *dies in spanish*

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

Guernica

[@demofobia]

@@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839 i know, ahaha i'm spanish, but he said "guerenica" (and also "paieilla" LMAO) and i was joking about it :)

[@brehmse]

@@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839 Gernika

[@oier2995]

Cries in basque.

[@JuanRamos-yw6me]

And what about mount Tiede

[@Nikki-mp5nc]

*HA!* Bold of you to assume Murcia exists!

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

Yeah, Murcia is just a joke

[@timmyturner327]

@@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839 just like Extramadura!

[@kgw72]

Murcia does exist. But has anybody ever been in Castellón? ;)

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

Cant be in a place that doesnt exist

[@ivanmacias9603]

@@kgw72 Castellón does exist. Now, how about Guadalajara? It's so close to Madrid so people should know a lot about it and visit it a lot, but nobody I know has ever been there. Suspicious, if you ask me...

[@tylerg7806]

I wish I lived in Spain :( Love to Spain from Brazil 🇪🇸❤🇧🇷

[@paalemany402]

Brazil is beautiful

[@CarlH08]

Better not. Spaniards hate latino coming into their country.

[@aminesans]

@@CarlH08 thats because the latinos hate the spaniards :/

[@-Aldandil-]

@@aminesans no they dont

[@aminesans]

@@-Aldandil- well, i saw everyday some :/

[@Mr.Incite]

Love Spain from Tajikistan 🇪🇸❤🤝❤🇹🇯

[@_naianima_]

UwU Thanks for ur love ♥️❤️💖💕💕

[@Mr.Incite]

@monhbold naiman 🧐

[@burinvoyager8964]

ღ_Nai Anima_ღ Why UwU tho

[@gdmusician8708]

What a coincidence, I was born there :)

[@TrashyPeachy_]

@Master Of Fatality bruh 🤡

[@egosumtantum5573]

9:55 I didn't expect you to mention Extremoduro. It's one of the best rock bands in Spain musically and lyricaly. What I like the most about Extremoduro is the way Iñaki plays the guitar. It also has touching lyrics that make you get identified with, as well as funny lyrics that make you crack up.

[@P48L1N]

"The canaries actually are originary to this area!" *puts a picture of two budgies.

[@thomasandfriendsrandomvide3644]

budgies and canaries are NOT THE SAME

[@JoseDanielFSX]

It's not even true, the name Canary Islands come from can, dog in latin...

[@PokeDeses]

@@JoseDanielFSX And the canary bird is named like that because it comes from the islands with the dogs.

[@blanco7726]

Jose Daniel Marrero Falcon you didnt pay attention did you lol

[@daviddeandres6324]

Remember that most of autonomous regions are divided in provinces. There are 51 provinces in Spain.

[@theangel3232]

50*

[@Magic_Tragic]

Not also that, but the provinces are divided in regions (Comarcas in Spanish)

[@Alexe829]

Yes, he did a good job on this, especially different dialects. Teachers of Spanish language should point this out. Oh and know the contents of this video of much importance.

[@thepablyko]

didn´t expect any foreigner to analyse this so accurately, congrats and thank you for taking the time to analyse things right

[@inadequate558]

“Obviously Madrid has a really good soccer team” *shows Real Madrid* Every Athletico Madrid fan: BRUH

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

ATM won no UCL, lol

[@NeAZ]

Nah; they know.

[@ricardolopezrangel484]

i think you missed the: good

[@santiagoserrano570]

can relate

[@sofiaortega2363]

Fcbarcelona, bruh

[@RicardoBennington]

11:27 pics of some places of Madrid but the bottom left one which is the aqueduct of Segovia (Castile & Leon)

[@BeLstrng]

Miles Carter That's exactly what I was going to say. Madrid has a lot of culture and history buuuuuuut not the “Acueducto de Segovia”, which is in that region of Castilla y León, a massive and astonishing roman structure worthy to see.

[@spiritvlogscs3580]

I live in Segovia and the acueduct are in te city of Segovia.

[@cristinab8307]

As a Galician, I can only say what a great job you've done! You're really amazing. You could have devoted more time to the Portuguese kingdom, but hey, it's a short video. For all of the people in the comments who complained or pointed out about you saying "Gerenica" or "Tedie", I'd like to hear them saying "Manchester", "Peterborough" or "Seattle". They 'd probably just say Manchesterrrr, Piterborou and Siatel. So, guys get a grip and give the man a break.

[@dandei545]

It's spain video, not portuguese u galician SPANISH

[@Missrehearsal]

Galicia e moitos outros sitios de España merecían cada un deles un vídeo específico.

[@ideaux]

11:06 That's Spanish Air Force Headquarters, in Moncloa neighborhood. The Prime Minister's residence is The Palace of Moncloa or Moncloa Palace (Palacio de la Moncloa)

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

That is just what I thought when I saw that

[@Kat-tr2ig]

Fun fact, the Argentines usually use the word Gallego (Galician) to refer to all Spanish people. And they're the butt of many jokes; basically, if's their version of blonde jokes.

[@katzlang]

I'm Argentine myself and I can confirm this is 100% legitimate lol. We do this all the time, but we still love Spain (and Galicia!)

[@PointySword]

El gallego no protesta, emigra. The galicians don’t riot, they emigrate. That’s why. Lots of love to Argentina.

[@victormatavercosa]

In Northeast Brazil is pretty common to call or describe any blond haired person as "galego". When I was a kid I was VERY galego 😅.

[@adrianramirez221]

that happens all over Latin America. My family in Piueto Rica have called me"Gallego" since I moved to Spain.

[@dawidlm]

@@helena6812 most of this "poor illiterate peasants" thanks to their language (also mine) were emigrate also to Brazil, because they spoke galician, so it was easy for them skpeak brazilian portuguese... I am proud of these poor illiterate that could be my ancestors, and in fact they are. So, respect.

[@neville1311]

I'm from Sweden but I love Andalucía, I go there every year and this year was my first time to Sevilla. And I have an Andalucían flag which I will hang up on my wall

[@juanantonioortegagonzalez6764]

♥️

[@neville1311]

@@juanantonioortegagonzalez6764 are you from Andalucía?

[@juanantonioortegagonzalez6764]

@@neville1311 yes, from Granada

[@neville1311]

@@juanantonioortegagonzalez6764 I'm going to Granada 2020! And also, the tourism is really bad there. Especially along the coast of Andalucía, like Nerja or even Málaga. Although I'm a tourist, I don't go there to just hang out at the beach. I explore the history and culture of Andalucía. And I avoid tourist crouded areas.

[@juanantonioortegagonzalez6764]

Neville yes, I know. Some areas are really touristy. The coast is usually crowded, but a bit further inland KZbin can find beautiful villages (even in the costa). Granada is very beautiful and charming with great atmosphere

[@pgarcia194]

As a spanish citizen of tarragona, catalonia, i have to say: no bad at all

[@The_Soviet_Onion]

Tío le daria a like pero está en 69 XD

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@The_Soviet_Onion Ya puedes, ahora conseguirías que llegase a los 100

[@The_Soviet_Onion]

@@andresmartinezramos7513 gracias por recordar

[@SantaFe19484]

So the Prince of Asturias means for Spain the same thing that the Prince of Wales does for England.

[@Fer-jh2tz]

Yes the same. Also the princess Leonor have other titles (like the prince Charles who have another title when he is in Scotland, the duke of Rothesay) The prince or princess of Asturias was the title for the heir of Castille and later for all Spain but also have other 2 titles. Leonor is the princess of Asturias, the princess of Girona (from Aragon) and the princess of Viana (from Navarre). Many monarchies have a title reserved to the heir. In Belgium the heir is the Duchess of Brabant and in the Netherland is the Princess of Orange. All created to say, I have many sons or daughters but, this is my heir. Leonor spoke spanish, catalan and she need to study other spanish languages like galician or basque. It's not easy to be a princess now jaja. Also the King of Spain still have all the titles of the ancient Kingdoms who formed Spain. He is the King of Castille, the king of León, the King of Navarre, the King of Aragón...

[@elicod1901]

Funny facts, the king of spain is raightful the king of jerusalem and Byzantine empire and for that, the raightful heir of the western roman empire 🤣🤣🤣

[@pablodomenech1911]

@@elicod1901 Can you explain it further?

[@elicod1901]

@@pablodomenech1911 1 - The Crown of Jerusalem was offered to the catholic kings by the pope. 2 - The crown of byzantine empire was selled to the catholic kings aswell. Tell me if you need more information

[@22Unlucky]

The Princess*

[@ila3]

Basically, we are a bunch of different people (culturaly speaking) put together in the same country and now we fight between us but in the end we all love each other, and remember, if paella isn't from the Valencian comunity, is only arroz con cosas. I can't way to the spanish episode.

[@ivanmacias9603]

It's true, a truly unified Spanish culture only exists in Madrid and Barcelona (and their metro areas) since thousands of people from all around Spain move there all the time.

[@Wuzzapy]

facts

[@jv113]

@@ivanmacias9603 no

[@senseiadam-brawlstars9465]

@ILA:3 Since there’s a big secession movement in Catalonia & the Basque Country, I’d say they don’t “all love each other.”

[@lorenos]

@@senseiadam-brawlstars9465 but we all love you, my brother

[@rin0120]

Aand this is why Spanish history classes are SO MUCH FUN to learn...

[@sadadaww928]

Its boring as hell unless you love history. Most of people just memorice it and puke it all in the exam to not remember it ever again.

[@brucewayne4128]

@@sadadaww928 Personally i don't know how anyone can find history boring, but thats just me.

[@methedreamer92]

I'd love to learn more about Spanish history ^^

[@juanmoreno267]

@@methedreamer92 its one of the most complicated in the world along with british and french history due to massive colonization

[@juanmoreno267]

@@sadadaww928 its really not boring it just depends how you learn it like if you learn it by textbook yes boring but if you learn it by watching a historically accurate movie like lets say netflix the series of the roman empire also the series of the ottoman empire was not boring because there was always war going on

[@nicolascarbonell2560]

he has put a photo pf the aqueduct of segovia in madrid

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Murcia is pronounced MOORE-sia Not like morcilla (blood sausage)

[@a2falcone]

In Murcia, it's MOORE-thia

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Alex Those would be pronounced pretty much the same

[@rgproductions5358]

Murcia is pronounced Vox now.

[@PuzzleQodec]

I assume that in Spain Spanish it's with a 'th' rather than an 's'.

[@jonathanalarcon1997]

Most Latin Americans would say it with an s sound

[@Andres-vg1wy]

Wow, I'm really glad you mentioned the asturian language 🙂 It's generally sadly overlooked. Thanks for spreading word of our culture!

[@fueyo2229]

Puxa Asturies!

[@almudenasouto3485]

Fun fact: León wants to get independent from Castile and be its own Autonomy.

[@x2y3a1j5]

Even funnier fact: when I was walking the Camino de Santiago (from Paris) in 1999, once in Castile and Leon I started seeing graffitis saying "León Solo" (Leon on its own, euphemism for Independence for León). Once inside León proper, in the Bierzo region, I started seeing graffitis "Bierzo Ceibe" (Galician for "Free Bierzo", euphemism for "Return Bierzo to Galicia"). And inside some Bierzo hamlets, there were graffitis saying that those particular hamlets/very tiny villages (I don't remember their names) were "Terra Astur" (Asturian Lands). It's like every single room in every single house in every single street in every single town or city in Spain wants their own independence! Anyway, Spain is one of the greatest countries on Earth, and I'm very proud of my Galician-Spanish heritage. Viva nuestra maravillosa diversidad!

[@x2y3a1j5]

@Ray Café (e independencia) para todos, jajajaja!

[@DunmerSG]

13:59 This is the most accurate description of Valencia I've ever heard

[@gazpachouzo6841]

Hello! I'm from Spain (from Barcelona, Catalonia :D ) and this is very good. It shows you did your research :D I am personally very proud that Spain has such a diverse culture. Yes, we do have our problems, but all country does :)

[@caradetu]

“Canary originated in here.” *shows a picture of parakeets*

[@WolfGamer2000YT]

This man should go to school, is very silly

[@Iberian_XAVO]

Yeah, canaries are all yellow

[@Anita_Dick]

@@Iberian_XAVO nope. Canaries have all kind of colors

[@CanaryMapping]

@@Iberian_XAVO Only domestic canaries are 100% yellow. Wild canaries are yellow and grey/dark yellow. As if they were dirty, but I think it actually looks cute, also looks better for camouflaging, a bird 100% bright yellow would be spotted easily by predators anyways.

[@Anlysixth]

Actually the name Canary Islands comes from "Canis" which means Dog. I am kind of surprised there was a real relation in between the bird's name and the Canary Islands.

[@thedarkesttimeline8715]

4:57 im from the Basque Country. Herri Kirolak doesn’t mean Wood Sport: Herri means village, and not all the Herri Kirolak are with wood, for example Txingak are like pieces of metal that you have to carry and you have to carry them, or Harri Jasotzea, a sport where you have to raise rock or metals of hundreds of kilos

[@admori7633]

Yes and they are also from Navarre

[@Hemestal]

y lo que otros euskaldunes conocemos como autentico coñazo, los concursos de segalaris.

[@thedarkesttimeline8715]

@@Hemestal míticos en la etb jajaja

[@AMile-rs2wd]

Greetings from incredibly rainy Galicia

[@d.viajes3882]

Galicia! Eu son da América Latina e gosto de Galicia!

[@pedromedeiros1186]

Em Portugal está igual 😂

[@NicoLReino]

Greetings from Galicia, been waiting this episode from day one. I really started following you since the very beginning. I'm quite happy to see that you actually made a video to explain our different nationalities and regions. Many many people think Spain is a monolith but it really isn't and you can have celtic greeny places like my Galicia to completely warm mediterranean places like Baleares.

[@868II43]

A place in the peninsula, outside Portugal, I want to visit someday. My Galician Brothers. WHY AREN'T WE TOGETHER!? "Spain" is an invention 🤣

[@dp3646]

ZΣꝐH1950 Galiza é España mudo

[@NicoLReino]

@@dp3646 GALIZA NOM É ESPANHA

[@NicoLReino]

@@868II43 I wish we were together

[@mauroperezperez6385]

Chegou o Ouensán!

[@3lk3v]

so spain is not a federal country but its autonomous regions works like federal subjects, venezuela is a federal country but its states do not work like federal subjects, yeah the world is crazy

[@bettercallsaal]

Hot take: The US is a federal country but due to the way that public funds are allocated based on political preference, it most often acts like a unitary country.

[@Enric.]

1. Spanish autonomous regions don't work like federal subjects. This is very deep but they are not that autonomous and the central power is very strong 2. A monarchy can be federal. Look at Canada, Australia or Belgium. 3. The USA perhaps is slowly becoming centralized but it's still the most important example of federalism in the world, and one of the most decentralized countries in the Earth

[@-SUM1-]

It's all names at the end of the day.

[@DanRyzESPUK]

It's not s federal state because the autonomies do not have sovereignty: this means they don't have their own judicial system and its regional institutions are not guaranteed by the constitution. They're granted by Congress on a LOE (national law). Congress can remove the autonomic institutions if they vote for it. This cannot happen on a federal nation.

[@RealConstructor]

DanRyzESPUK Spain should give autonomy to the regions (Basque, Catalonia etc.) that want more autonomy, but only after consulting the people of that region. In this modern world you don’t suppress other nations, regions or provinces within your borders because you don’t want it or don’t like it or with the lame excuse that it is against the constitution. Then you change the constitution. That’s what Spain did with its colonies. They were also part of the central state but got independence. You give them the opportunity to have referendum within their borders, about being part of a central state or autonomy within Spain or independence from Spain. They have the right to self-determination if they want it.

[@pbohearn]

I am an American living in Portugal and have taken many road trips into Spain as far as Madrid and down into Andalusia and the Extremadura. I love the extremadura, and referring to it as the “West Virginia of Spanish” is simply unfair. There are so many beautiful, medieval and Moorish towns that are like little jewels that you come upon and wouldn’t know about, unless you wandered like Don Quixote, across its vast plain. The places I likes best are Caceres, Zafra, Badajoz and especially Merida. It is a town built on a huge archeological site, as Merida was the ancient Roman capital for Iberia. Their archeological museum is really impressive. The people are happy you visit, the towns are quaint and there’s delicious food, comfortable places to stay that are inexpensive. If you’re interested in archaeological sites, much older than the ancient Roman empire, I would visit antequera and its sacred Dolmens. A blast into the mysterious past.I’m a local guide on Google Maps, especially for Iberia. Follow me there at PatricK O’Hearn, PhD see my photos and reviews of hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, highlights, and many others

[@corvus1374]

Andalusia has Hercules on their flag because Gibraltar was called the Pillars of Hercules. The canary got its name because the Canary Islands were named for the dogs on the island (Canis).

[@amaneceencasablanca654]

Mmmmm... maybe: Insularia canaria: Dog's island? 🤔

[@mrloxicoz9353]

Verdad

[@corvus1374]

@@amaneceencasablanca654 Uh, yes?

[@Tanausuland]

Yes, the Canary Islands are named for dogs, when they conquered the island of Gran Canaria, they saw large dogs from there the island remains as Insula de Canes or what is the same Gran Canaria, and when they arrived at La Palma and Tenerife they saw that there were more dogs of smaller size, they went to the rest of the islands and there were also dogs to a lesser extent but there were then, Gran Canaria gave its name to the archipelago since the "Gran" was removed and added an "s" for plurality. "Canary Islands" or Canula Islands

[@estornel]

Correction: Hey Barbs I've been watching your channel for a long time and it's great to see you do a video on our autonomous regions in Spain. I'm from and live in Gran Canaria and just wanted to give you a couple of corrections. Hope you don't mind. Highest mountain in all of Spain is EL TEIDE not Tiede. The Canary Islands get their name form Canines (Dogs) because when the Europeans came they noticed that the Guanche people had big dogs so they called these the Canine islands (It was the French that gave us the name as they were here first). Our Canary symbol everywhere is the canine, hence our flag has 2 dogs on it. The Canary birds aren't originally from here but came here later on. They're from the Azores islands originally. In fact I've never even seen Canary birds in the wild here nor is it ever discussed in our culture. We're one autonomous region but 2 provinces. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is one and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the other. Valenciano is officially recognised by the government as an official sublanguage of Spain so it's not Catalan but yes they do understand each other just like Galician and Portuguese. Thanks again! Love your vids!

[@FerranLorenteV]

A ver alejandro no hables si no sabes el valenciano es un dialecto, solo cambian un par de cosas en pronuncia, solo aprobaron el valenciano como idioma por causas politicas cuatro politicos para putear, no encontraras a ningun filologo que te diga que es una idioma, soy de cataluña y tengo profes valencianos y solo canvia la vocal neutra, la aportacion del Teide y eso esta bien per no salgas con estas

[@estornel]

Fe Lo el valenciano está reconocido como un idioma por ley, cultura, historia etc. El Valenciano es más que un idioma es una cultura reconocida y respetada. No encontrarás un valenciano que dirá que su idioma no es idioma. Su respuesta es típico catalán. No todo en el este de España es Catalán.

[@mikipiupew4107]

@@estornel Menudo zasca le acabas de meter

[@Tente69]

@@estornel Cuanta razón tienes! Gracias!

[@enekoeneko69]

La inclusión del valenciano como idioma diferenciado tiene una raíz pura y exclusivamente política ... jamás escucharás decir que es una lengua aparte a los especialistas en la materia (los lingüistas), que son los únicos capacitados profesional y científicamente para dar una opinión válida. Para ellos, para los expertos en asuntos relacionados con el lenguaje, tanto el catalán como el valenciano (y el balear) SON EXACTAMENTE UNA MISMA LENGUA, la quieras llamar como la quieras llamar (aunque con las evidentes variedades dialectales que se dan en casi todas las lenguas, también en el castellano). Una lengua no existe o deja existir como tal por razones históricas o por la voluntad misma de sus hablantes ... sino que lo hace o no según criterios científicos, lingüísticos, y porque así lo determinan, por tanto, los expertos. Lo demás no me sirve, lo siento. La politización del asunto hace que ese tipo de opiniones extracientíficas carezca totalmente de validez real desde un punto de vista académico. Cualquier político chiflado podría decir, y quizá con más razón, que el andaluz es una lengua diferente del castellano ... aunque luego ningún lingüista serio lo avale. Pero ya se habría tirado la primera piedra y probablemente habría quien seguiría ciegamente dicha senda guiado por intereses bastardos. Es un hecho comprobado fehacientemente en el pasado, y el "tema del valenciano" es, precisamente, una prueba de peso para demostrarlo.

[@imaverywhere6252]

I have ancestry from the Canary Islands, my great grandma is from there so it’s cool to learn more

[@patata6868]

I'm from the Canaries and a lot of people traveled to Cuba when times were hard here, and they were called "indianos". It's funny how much history us cubans and canarians share

[@BlackPanther-nn8cl]

Lo que a mi me gusta mucho es que siempre cuando un cubano habla con alguien de Tenerife palabras como guagua son normal

[@shuaybkoshin9193]

Turururu why?

[@Dangic23]

Same with Puerto Rico. Folks from the Canary islands and Andalusia started settling there since 1493.

[@mlshah3686]

@@BlackPanther-nn8cl we are cousins then i'm berber tho

[@annaray-smith8664]

Did it bother anyone else that there was a picture of the Aqueduct in Segovia (Castilla y Leon) mixed in the the Madrid section?

[@jorgebalboa4110]

The Valencians say that Valencian is a different language from Catalan. In fact, I've read that Catalan is the dialect of Valencian. Nice video, I'm from Castilla y León, and I really liked that mention to the first Parliament of Europe.

[@cesarvallejolopez]

Yes: actually is an unique language with several dialects across Valencia, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. It's called Valencian in Valencia due to the very well rooted historical usage of the term

[@PointySword]

Jorge Balboa we do not claim to speak a different language, but the implication of dialect is that one comes from the other when they developed together. Not a linguist, just street wise what people say. Un poble. Una llengua. Btw, did you notice that being independent also means leaving your brothers behind ? It’s like a big bro leaving an abusive household but leaving his little brother behind to be abused. Not cool bros

[@guillemmoreno5522]

Don't see how Catalan is a dialect of Valencian considering Catalan predates Valencian, but it's true Valencian retains some old traits Catalan from Catalonia no longer has, like the three distinct demonstratives. Same happens with Balearic dialects, though it's even more noticeable there.

[@eduardpuiggarcia6584]

@@PointySword the big brother would love to leave with his two little bros but they want to stay home with mommy Madrid.

[@kellsierliosan4404]

I don't mind whether Catalan is a dialect of Valencian or the other way. The point is that they are the same language.

[@scorpiox2534]

3:28 I'm from Asturias. It's spoken, not fully, but it's mixed with Castilian

[@unclerubo]

Can confirm. Had an Asturian girlfriend.

[@datguypablo1763]

Puxa

[@akai4942]

Te veo siempre en todos los comentarios y ahora sé que hablas español JAJSJDF

[@ravytheturtle7895]

@@akai4942 Creo que somos muchos identificando a muchos hoy

[@droisi4288]

Solo se habla en los pueblos, ni en Gijon ni en Oviedo se suele hablar.

[@IreneMakeila]

That imagen not correspond with pelota game. That's "cesta punta"

[@enekoeneko69]

But the "cesta punta" is a form of what is called "Pelota vasca"

[@MedicMain9]

IMAGINE being the "West Virginia" of anything LMAO felt bad for them

[@MILLER_gear]

Yep. I'm from the 'West Virginia' from Spain... and all I can say is 'country roads... take me home... to the place... I belong...' XD

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Hey, West Virginia is known for its Appalachian hillbillies, coal miners, highest consumption of soft drink, and worst dental health, and being the most northern southern state (geographically speaking). It is the worse of the two Virginias.

[@Warlonging]

West Virginia is often the forgotten state. Many suffering people there who need some form of assistance but are awfully neglected. If it is the same for the Spanish region then I hope things improve for them

[@JuanPreciado87]

Extremadura is the most humble region, but the people are not neglected. In fact I would dare to say that all the people living in Madrid with 1000 euros or less (many people), would have much better quality of life and health living in Extremadura. But this video full of topics did not stop to analyze anything. Hopefully the author has the opportunity to visit Extremadura sometime.

[@EmbodimentOfEpicity]

Juan Preciado: Cáceres has good meat and beautiful landscapes, never been to the other part because I only come to see my family. But yeah , I like half of Extremadura we could say.

[@paulomonteronunez971]

Galician here, good video. Portuguese and galician were once the same language, i think we both study the same middle ages literature (Cantigas de amigo, amor, escarnio e maldicer...) Correct me if I'm wrong, i don't know what do you study at school.

[@mrloxicoz9353]

Si,creo que el portugués se separó del gallego hace muchos años,algunos brasileños dicen que el gallego se parece más al portugués de allí porque dicen que es como un portugués más antiguo

[@RicardoCamposVideos]

@@mrloxicoz9353 what you said is in Galician, right? Portuguese here speaking in English and finding how easy is to understand Galician. Next summer on my vacation in Minho must spend more time going to Galicia 😁

[@Esmoxe]

We even study cantigas de amor, amigo and escárnio here in Brazil :)

[@snowcold5932]

@@RicardoCamposVideos Mr loxicoz was speaking in spanish, o galego é mais parecido todavía

[@paununs8719]

Those genres are also studied in most of Spain. Castilian kings were very fond of galician as a poetic language and the cantigas were extremely popular. To this day, galician is better suited for poetry I think, just listen to some Rosalía de Castro. It gives me the chills.

[@trlacr1781]

Spain is kinda like southern France and France is kinda like northern Spain, we have so much in common ! Hoping that our latin brotherhood will remain strong !🇨🇵🇪🇸

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

Completely agree with this.

[@nymuelovan]

Not true

[@elbentos7803]

yes, I agree... Even "nationalities" are trans-border (basques and catalans). Gascons (especially bearneses) are long romanised basques, just like navareses and catalan are closely related to both languedocians and valencians. Not even speaking of large enclaves (Livia) or curious little things like Pheasant's islet (île aux faisans) on the Bidassoa... Fun fact (mostly for non spanish - non french): whereas the crowns of Castille and Aragon eventually united, the last kings of Navarre became more and more involved in french politics as their holdings south of the Pyrenneans were simply lost to united Spain. Eventually, the last Navarre king in title ended up as king of France, as they were the last male lineage of the capetian dynasty.

[@ade1982]

Well, if you can stop invading us and overturning our lorryes at the border maybe we can be friends someday. 😂

[@pelayomartinez675]

Doop Blah that... would make out king the emperor of the Roman Empire indeed... and... France kinnnnda hates monarchy and all that stuff 🤷‍♂️ Also the Italians would try to take all the control 😂

[@Sturak]

The most interesting country in the whole world.

[@marpagapal3312]

Colombia what?

[@Sturak]

@@marpagapal3312 Colombia has beautiful women and lush nature, but I'm from Brazil, so I also have plenty of it! ;-)

[@Sturak]

@The Tribal Funkster Why? lol

[@azanulbizar12]

@The Tribal Funkster No falla, siempre los que minusvaloran España o son españoles o hispanos. No falla ni una vez. 👌🏽 Me pregunto si España mejorará el día que se acepten los cumplidos ajenos sin un "Pero..." detrás.

[@moonbeeps]

@The Tribal Funkster lol for real, any european country beats any latin american country x'D

[@Iberian_XAVO]

I live in Asturias and it's always so cloudy that It gives you clinical depression

[@Andres-vg1wy]

Bro it's not so cloudy.

[@chartuuu]

PuxA asturies ! 💙💛💙

[@Davey-Boyd]

Yeah, but your food is glorious! I have friends who are miners from Mieres

[@akinigiri]

Thanks Barbs!! I’m a Cántabro Japanese guy. I go back every year to visit family and it was super cool for you to share info about my community. Kind of wished you said more about how old the caves of Altamira are and how intense we are with our dairy and fish. But overall, wonderful! Thanks!

[@manuelmelcongarate7328]

Shouldve talked more about the Castilla and león historic past

[@opoenglish4911]

Hey!! Great video. I'm Spanish (from Extremadura). Extremadura was one of the most important territories for the Roman empire. In fact, Mérida was known as its second capital 🙂🙂

[@-Aldandil-]

@Swamp Thing second capital of the Roman Empire

[@-Aldandil-]

​@Swamp Thing Merida was founded by romanians during the I century bC, and the city was called Augusta Emerita. The city was dedicated for the winners of the cantabrian wars at north of spain, and builded by Augusto. It wasn't literally a second capital, but it was the most important comercial city at hispania and western Roman empire and capital of Lusitania. Because of that comercial activity, and other facts, some people said that it's as a second capital

[@-Aldandil-]

@Swamp Thing true. It wasnt a imperial city. But it doesent mean that it cant be an important and comercial city. Actually, the capital of spain is madrid. But Barcelona has more tourists and its more known around the world than Madrid. And the same with New York, or Istambul. When I said "some people say..." I was speaking about the Roman people.

[@juancarloscordobesgarcia2150]

As far as I know, the city where three Roman emperors were born was Hispalis, only italics that was a recreational city for the Hispanics elites, it was bigger than Merida

[@miquelneutrons]

Fun fact: In the west of Catalonia (called in Catalan ''terres de Lleida) they speak like a Catalan, but they produce with E. For example: Hola-hole, also, thighs, in Catalan, are ''Vambes'' but in Lleida, they call it ''Quets'' (parts of my family comes from Lleida)

[@alessiobianco7689]

Do the regions of Italy now!😀🇮🇹

[@thewonderdoc2999]

I always like to describe Spain as a „Balkans light“. They love eachother a lot but can be just as disfunctional.

[@herman1francis]

We don't really love eachother all that much. Specially when it comes to catalans and castillians.

[@Ismavolt]

As a Castillian who has a Catalan cousin, I have to admit that we have a few issues but overall get on pretty well.

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

11:24 Atletico Madrid: "Am I a joke to you"

[@gonzaloh8086]

Yes it is

[@dd.mm.ll.]

Cuz it is a joke

[@ziomeke5580]

Atletico Madrid is a joke

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

Lol didn't they win the Spanish competion a couple years ago. And they got to the final of the Champions League

[@brostoevsky22]

Better than Real Madrid!!! Screw Real

[@magallanessenallagam9049]

11:28 thepicture in the left isn't from Madrid but from Segovia, in Castilla y León. It shows its iconic aquaduct, known all over Spain

[@TheDeadOrange]

The birds on the picture while you're talking about "canaries" are actually parakeets

[@marianneriquelme4100]

Toledo!! My favorite city in all of Europe

[@zarzaparrilla67]

The most beautiful city in the world!

[@batatino8805]

the " Casco histórico" at night is gorgeous. Also I live there

[@jvp1286]

@@batatino8805 ¡¡Yo también!!

[@ivanmacias9603]

Okay, I am from León, a city which is in... Castille and León, but I currently live in Catalonia, and my girlfriend is from Valencia, so I may point some things out, especially from Castille and León: First, Castille and León is the only autonomy made up of two regions, as the name implies. Old Castille, where Valladolid (also colloquially named Pucela) is, and also Burgos, Palencia, Ávila, Segovia and Soria. Cantabria and La Rioja were provinces of Old Castille up until 1983, when they somehow also got their own autonomy. Dark urban legends say that Basque nationalists had a hand in that, because they didn't want to have such a long and important border with Castille. And then, there's the region of León, made up of the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca, which was established as a separate region from 1833 to 1983. León also has its own language, Leonese, but much like Aragonese in Aragon and Asturian in Asturias -Much like Catalan and Valencian, Asturian and Leonese are pretty much the same language just with a different name and some vocabulary differences-, and for example, the Celtic tribe of the Astures were also living in most of León. As such and seeing that most people wrongly refer to Castille and León as if it was just Castille, many people in León actually want to have their own autonomous community (especially in the province of León, in Zamora it's a rather small minority, but in Salamanca they're a very fringe movement), and most Leonese people will actually say they feel closer to Asturias than they do to Castille. In fact, this "birregionality" is what prevents the Junta (the autonomous community government... kind of) from officially declaring Valladolid as the capital, since it's not just a "Castille and León" thing, but also all other cities in C&L share a passionate disdain for Valladolid, and especially León. Like seriously, if you were a Vallisoletano (someone from Valladolid) visiting León, you better not say where you're from, and if you're from elsewhere and are visiting León and say you prefer Valladolid over León, you will be deported and declared a persona non-grata in my hometown. And also, NEVER EVER EVER call someone from León "Castilian". It's on the same page of calling a Franconian "Bavarian" or someone from Cornwall "English". Just... Don't. In fact my girlfriend often teases me by calling me "Castilian" so I just call her "Catalan" instead, so it's a tie. About other regions, Murcia is actually the butt of all jokes (people often even joke that Murcia doesn't even exist... and the fact that it was the only region where the far-right party Vox won there in the elections last week doesn't help), whereas Extremadura is seen as the rednecks nobody knows or even cares about too much, like all of Extremadura could be annexed tomorrow by Portugal and nobody would realise. People from Galicia are stereotyped to be very ambiguous ("they answer a question by asking another question") and also suspected to be sexually attracted to animals, especially goats and sheep (like Welsh in the UK, Sardinians in Italy and Kiwis internationally). People from Asturias are stereotyped to be drunkards (the Asturian anthem, "Asturias patria querida" is often sung by people while getting shitfaced drunk). Navarre is to the Basque Country what Canada is to the USA, or what Ireland is to the UK. Similarly, Valencia is the same to Catalonia. However, there are more and more people in Valencia who just acknowledge Valencian and Catalan are variants of the same language. However, there is something that unites us all: We cannot stand the arrogant attitude people from Madrid have. Like, they say their squid and calamari are the best in the world (which sea do they get them from... nobody knows). But people from Madrid actually believe seafood from Madrid beats out seafood from any actual coastal town in the world.

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

I'm from Madrid,I have to admit you are saying the truth, but we are not going to change. And I could say Burgos blood sausage is the best, and you woudnt like that, would you? So shut up and accept you still love your broders from Madrid (with the best food)

[@Enric.]

this is quite good, but sadly only a few people will read it. Long comments are not appreciated in Internet.

[@ivanmacias9603]

@C R I have always associated cows with Asturies/Asturias rather than Galiza/Galicia.

[@tommusic8832]

Great video. It perfectly synthesizes the surreal country that is Spain. My congratulations from Valencia-Spain.

[@yunyu6952]

well in Salamanca， Castilla y León we have a pretty cool university like the Oxford version Iberian

[@mikipiupew4107]

Ejem Ejem... esa universidad era de Palencia, solo que como no podían mantenerla la trasladaron a Salamanca

[@ernestodiaz7669]

Yo creo que en España hay sesgo sobre la calidad de las universidades públicas, se infravalora mucho ciertas universidades privadas

[@benedictopz]

And fachas!!

[@mariaandbryan]

I have to say I enjoyed this video very much, as a Spaniard, I am very picky when I hear other people talking about my country, but you have done a great job. Only a few mispronunciations and misspelling lol, but it is totally fine lol Valencian is what they speak in Valencia, pretty similar to Catalonian but slightly different, just like Mallorquin, which is spoken in the Balears. And those languages are like if Italian, French, and Spanish had a baby. And in Madrid, we say from "from Madrid to the sky" About Murcia... hmmm, I lived there for over 6 years, I am not from there though, and a lot of people from Madrid actually have a beach apt or house there, so I would disagree on "even Spaniards don't know much about Murcia" Les ninots are the name of the figures but the holiday is called Fallas ( I also lived in Valencia for over 4 years lol) Really cool video guys! I have to say chapeau!

[@adrianramirez221]

Hey Barbs! Huge fan, but you have a few mistakes: - Semana Santa isn't exclusive to Andalusia. They are the largest, most epic processions, but Semana Santa is also beloved in places like Murcia and Castilla y León. - the famous cave church is Covadonga, not Coadonga. - the burial of the sardine happens all over Spain, not just Murcia - there is not a single Valencian who would eat the paellas you showed. They strongly prefer the paella valenciana, which is made with chicken and rabbit.

[@ila3]

If the paellas are from your grandmother better :D

[@jvp1286]

And also in Toledo there are massive Corpus Christi and Semana Santa celebrations

[@adrianramirez221]

I have a student whose family built an entire structure in their backyard around their paella pan, and I'm so very jealous.

[@Dangic23]

I have passed out from eating paella. I don't discriminate....I eat Valenciana, I eat it from Barcelona, I eat it from Portugal....lol.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Also pronunciation of Murcia is wrong. The u in Murcia should be stressed, not the i.

[@jorgematas7606]

As valencian, seriously, don't even joke about paella

[@lorenzooliveira1252]

Nor about the Valencian language calling it "a dialect of Catalán"..

[@jangarciagelabert8533]

@@lorenzooliveira1252 actually, it is

[@lorenzooliveira1252]

@@jangarciagelabert8533 Actually, it is not, as Cataluña didn´t even exist when written Valenciano already did ;)

[@jangarciagelabert8533]

@@lorenzooliveira1252 bé, en realitat és la mateixa llengua amb petites variacions. Com que a Catalunya hi viu més gent que a València, suposo que es deu haver quedat l'estereotip 😂. Igualment no estic d'acord amb tu amb el fet que el Valencià sigui realment una llengua separada, en tot cas el català potser seria un dialecte del valencià, (si ho mires per edat) i tot i així encara hi ha moltes discussions. Bé, com que no ens posarem d'acord, millor que siguem amics i prou ja que els dos parlem el mateix es digui com es digui i sigui el que sigui😂

[@lorenzooliveira1252]

@@jangarciagelabert8533 Home, per "edat" seria el català dialecte del valencià :P, que siga tan similar és "geogràficament" lògic, el català tirant un poquet més al francés.

[@bener289]

Looks like I clicked when It still said "Seconds Ago"

[@abandonedchannel72929]

Bene R me too

[@Solaxe]

want an award for that?

[@Alexza525]

I clicked when it said hours ago *sigh*

[@bener289]

thank you for 75 likes everyone

[@xavi0256]

14:52 as a valencian I can assure you that THAT THING is NOT a PAELLA

[@ila3]

I thought the same! I live in the Valencian comunity and I've never seen that thing. Really what is that.

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

I'm not Valencian and I can still tell that is not paella (I have eate both valencian paella and arroz con cosas) saludos desde Madrid!

[@xavi0256]

@@ila3 pues que va a ser? Arròs en coses

[@cesarvallejolopez]

Rice with things

[@ila3]

Yo creo que ni es arroz con cosas, es una aberración

[@andrxfd9498]

10:43 Actually, southern Andalusia is today the main gateway of drugs into Spain. Galicia was where the drugs mainly entered in Spain in the 90s (google up “La Fariña” so you will see more about this). Anyway, excelent research about our country Barbs! Can’t wait for the Spain episode.

[@xanbalado464]

No Galicia sigue siendo la mayor entrada de droga hace unas semanas la policía encontró un submarino con 1.5 toneladas de cocaína, y no es la fariña es fariña, nunca traduzcais cosas del Gallego al castellano xq a parte de sonar horrible no tiene ningún sentido y casi siempre se traduce fatal xD

[@juanausensi499]

It depends on the specific drug.

[@Iberian_XAVO]

5:09 I live in Spain that that's two different cities, nobody knows which one is the capital to this day

[@beltrangarrote1982]

Both are. They a co-capitals.