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Published on 1 Comment on Eurovegas Rethinks Establishing Casino Complex in Spain

Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years

sheldon adelson mini las legas espana 300x200 - Eurovegas Rethinks Establishing Casino Complex in SpainSheldon Adelson, the man who wants to establish a Eurovegas casino, hotel and leisure park, has now said that there is nothing solid about the project as yet.

Last month he said it was 90% complete and all he had to do was to choose between sites in Madrid and Barcelona, but now it seems he is getting cold feet, linking the project’s viability to the future of the Euro.

The President of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation said, ‘It’s not a Spanish project, it’s a project for all of Europe. If something happens to destabilise the Euro we still have time to take a positive or negative decision’.

If built Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years who will spend some 15.5 billion €, according to the company.

Published on Leave a comment on Cordoba’s Great Mosque: “La Mezquita”

The Mosque of Cordoba is one of the most precious architectural wonders in Spain

The Cathedral within the Mosque of Cordoba is located in the historic center of the city and shows a mixture of different architectural styles, as it was built and modified over nine centuries.

The most impressive is certainly its Moorish architecture, one of the most beautiful examples of this art in Spain. When one approaches the modest facade one hardly can imagine to find in its interior one of the greatest monuments of all the country. British author Gerald Brenan wrote: it is the most beautiful and original building of all Spain.

With an extension of 23.000 square meters it is the third-biggest mosque in the world. Its construction started in the year 785 and initiated the so-called Califal style, which combined Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Syrian and Persian elements. This style dominated all the Moorish-Hispanic architecture of the centuries to come, up to the Mudéjar-style of Moors living in Spain after it was reconquered by Christians. Works took 234 years, so the original Gothic style is combined with Baroque and Renaissance elements Remarkable are the Cardinal's Chapel and its treasure, including a monstrance of Enrique de Arfe, an ivory crucifix of Alonso Cano and important sculptures and paintings.

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Published on 9 Comments on Reduced Super Apartment in Valencia

House of the week: Apartment for sale in Valencia

This property has been reduced 500.000 euros. Definitely worth seeing!!

4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Resale

Found Valencia Property is delighted to offer a selection of bank owned Stunning luxury properties for sale in the heart of Valencia city. The location of these properties is central to all amenities within walking distance.

This Apartment is a modern 4 bedroom with 3 bathrooms. This property benefits from access to an internal comunal terrace.

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Published on Leave a comment on Modern Architecture in Oropesa del Mar

Oropesa. Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos

Oropesa del Mar, in Castellón, Spain. It's hard to believe there's still good Architecture projects going on in Spain under this crisis. What follows is a good example of one of those current few modern architecture projects. Archdaily describes it:

"The building is organized in two pieces, shaping an L that defines the access square opened to Plana Avenue, being the natural way to the roads that are approaching from the urban center. The access from the square is common to the official buildings and housing, setting up one only entry point. The square is paved and gardened with palm trees.

One of the pieces accommodates the official buildings; the other, more complex, the housing. Both are joined by an exterior vertical communications core, formed by lift and stairs, and working as the access to the high level housing and also as an alternative and emergency way for the official part.

The residential part gives its back to the square, looking for the sun. The familiar houses are organized in the two low levels, two separated lines by an opened access corridor. Each house is disposed as an L, generating a private courtyard to which views and ventilation are directed to, with a southeast orientation".

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Published on Leave a comment on Spanish Banking System under exam

The Bank of Spain had chosen two consultants so that they value the Spanish banks’ assets.

The purpose of this evaluation is to “increase transparency and definitively dispel doubts about the valuation of bank assets in Spain”, Economy Ministry sources said.

De Guindos 300x198 - Spanish Banking System under examThe independent consultants selected are the German Roland Berger, and Oliver Wyman of the United States. Oliver Wyman has a dark point on his curriculum as he classified Anglo Irish Bank as the best in the world in 2006, just two years before this bank was nationalized.

Economy Minister Luis de Guindos refused on Monday any further serious regression in home loan defaults.

The performing loan ratio for mortgages currently stands at 2.8 percent, compared with 21 percent for credit to the real estate sector. The banking system’s loan portfolio is currently around 1.76 trillion euros, of which 656 billion is in the form of mortgages to individual homeowners and around 310 billion to property developers. In a decree approved earlier this month, the government increased provisions for loans to developers to up 45 percent of the value of the credit.
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Published on 2 Comments on Penthouse in Playa D’en Bossa

Penthouse brand new, upmarket, spacious in first line

Penthouse brand new, upmarket, spacious in first line, with a beautiful view to the sea and the mountain located on the famous beach d´en Bossa, with design furniture, only 20 m from the beach and 5 minutes from the Centre of the city and the airport.

Exclusive reception customer tourist guide to the island. It has an area of 140 m 2 and has 3 wonderful terraces; one in main room of 40 m2, another in living room with large dining area and relax of 60 m 2 and a solarium of 110 m2, with a large chill out covered area.

It consists of 2 double rooms and a main bedroom with en-suite bathroom with jacuzzi from which you can see spectacular views of the mountain. It also has another bathroom with walk-in shower. Kitchen equipped with all kinds of appliances, satellite TV, DVD, stereo/Home Cinema equipment, air conditioning cold/heat with digital control, motorized blinds. It has swimming pool for adults and another for children, garage and also boasts a supermarket in the same building, very práctico.

A house exclusive, comfortable and practical, with all the means at its disposal located in one of the best areas of Ibiza and the beach, to spend an unforgettable vacation in the magical island of Ibiza.

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Published on 1 Comment on Justin Bieber Buys Home in Los Angeles

Justin Bieber Paid $6.6 Million for Calabasas Mansion

There's a certain Spanish touch to Justin Bieber new house. After months of rumors and speculation, it's official: Justin Bieber paid $6.5 million for the mansion he recently bought in Calabasas, outside the city of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The 10,000-square-foot house sits on 1.3 acres and has seven bedrooms, a pool and a wine cellar.

The kid's got taste!

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Published on Leave a comment on Zaldibar Kindergarten

Zaldibar Kindergarten in Spain

The proposal for Zaldibar kindergarten by VAUMM is composed of two buildings, connected by playgrounds. The plan responds to a simple strategy of settlement on the site, which is to get the most out of this relationship between full and empty.

The diversity of color and interior cladding, which can be used in each room, make contrast with the external image of two buildings designed to provide an oasis of calm in the stridency and disorder in the external environment.

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Published on Leave a comment on Europe Construction Sector Growing Up

Spain declines construction -1.8 per cent Under Construction by Mickka 300x187 - Europe Construction Sector Growing UpThe eurozone construction sector recorded an increase in activity in March of 12.4 per cent over the previous month, when it had fallen by 10.4 per cent, while year-on-year the decline was 3.8 per cent, according to data published on Monday by the European statistics office, Eurostat. In the whole of the European Union, production in the construction sector soared 11.8 per cent from February, when it had fallen by 5.7 per cent, while year-on-year it had dropped by 3.9 per cent. Cinco Dias reported that among the countries for which data were available, the activity in the construction sector increased in ten of the countries and decreased in four. The largest increases were registered in Germany (+30.7), France (+17.8), United Kingdom (+14.8) and Italy (+9.5), while the most significant declines were recorded in Romania (-8.8), Portugal (-6.8) and Spain (-1.8). Compared to March 2011, the greatest advances year-on-year were recorded in Sweden (+7.9), Germany (+6.3) and Poland (+2.4), while the largest declines were observed in Portugal (-16.4), Slovakia (-11), Spain (-10.9) and Slovenia (-10.7). Specifically, construction activity fell in nine countries and increased in five.

Published on Leave a comment on Good prospects of British tourism in Costa Blanca

Spain remains being a preferential spot for the Brits According to the tourism council in Valencia, the British tourism market is increasing in comparison to last year, around 13%, in Costa Blanca, which will help pull the region out of the enormous crisis we are living. costa blanca benidorm 300x225 - Good prospects of British tourism in Costa BlancaBritish tourism rose 9.1 percent in 2011 in spite of the pessimist economic situation. Consequently, this year’s data improve the confidence to the global financial recovery. The tourism observatory of the Valencia region has informed that this year there will be about 2.5 million tourists from the British Islands, most of them in the province of Alicante. ...continue reading "Good prospects of British tourism in Costa Blanca"