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Spanish cities: fun and strange facts

Select the place in Spain which matches each description.
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Last updated: June 4, 2024
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The highest-altitude European capital, its name comes from Arabic.
This city, home to football team Levante, was founded in 138 BC and is one of Europe's largest ports.
The 11th century War of the Three Sanchos was centred around this northern Castilla y León city.
The football team of this Costa Blanca resort are called Hercules.
Located on the Guadalquivir, this was once the world's largest city.
Live people are paraded in coffins in an annual celebration in this snowy-sounding Galacian village.
Diego Maradona was involved in an infamous karate-kicking brawl against a team from this Basque city.
Portugal, Carthage and the Visigoths have all controlled this African town in the past.
Unrelated to the herb of the same name, this Catalan city has a football team called Gimnastic.
A man in this northern metropolis got stuck inside a stegosaurus statue, where he was trying to retrieve his phone, and perished.
Once a year in this dusty-sounding town, a goat is thrown out a window to be caught 50 feet below.
A bomb set off by terrorists seeking independence indirectly led to the world's worst air disaster, at this Tenerife city's airport.
Thousands of people throw tomatoes at each other in an annual mêlée in this Valencian town.
In this village west of Burgos, there is a yearly festival where men dressed as devils leap over babies.
Originally named Hisbaal and later Hispalis, Ishbiliyah, then Ḥimṣ al-Andalus, this city lies on the Guadalquivir river.
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Barcelona
Bilbao
Buñol
Burgos
Castrillo de Murcia
Ceuta
Cordoba
Las Nieves
Madrid
Manganeses de la Polvorosa
Santa Cruz
Seville
Tarragona
Valencia
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