Spain and Portugal for Visitors

One of the great monuments of Spain, "a palace, a citadel, fortress, and the home of the Nasrid sultans," in the words of this official website.

The Feria Internacional de ARte COntemporaneo, the most important event in the Spanish modern art calendar.

An eccentric and prolific sculptor, architect and creator in general who had fought on the Fascist side in the Spanish Civil War, Manrique had a tremendous effect on Lanzarote, as ecologist, landscape gardener and militant conservationist.

The institute responsible for most of the important and many of the minor museums in Portugal.

The Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage, responsible for castles, palaces, monasteries and other buildings of note throughout the country.

The mission of the Gabinete das Relações Internacionais is to contribute towards disseminating Portuguese culture abroad. Its website offers information on museums, galleries, archives, libraries, theatre, music festivals, literary prizes and awards and lots more, including a directory of Portuguese artists.

Pateira de Fermentelos is a lake of considerable ecological importance, near the confluence of the Cértima and Águeda rivers. Quite what that has to do with this, the personal blog of one Luís Antunes, is not clear, but it is a likeable enough effort and, as he points out, has a section called Portugal Premium and another on Portuguese Art written in english.

From the Artchive, Spanish art from El Greco to Picasso.

Spanish fine art and literature from an Internet services company.