Spanish aperitif: two glasses of beer with a tapa on a terrace. Madrid, Spain.

Chef holding a platter of Iberian ham.

Spanish tapa: anchovy fillets on sliced tomato.

Cod fish with Iberian ham and red peppers salad at Barbacoa Andaluza restaurant, Mijas. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain

Spanish tapa: grilled aubergine with Torta del Casar cheese.

Melon with ham serving in a terrace. Toledo, Spain.

Man´s hand having Iberian ham in a bar. Close view.

Man´s hand having Iberian ham in a bar. Close view.

Man´s hand holding a piece of Iberian ham using tongs.

Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Spanish tapa: prawns, gulas and surimi salad with red pepper. Close view.

Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Artifacts - Terra-cotta - Spain A Gilt Terra-cotta (baked earth) Vase from Valencia, c. 1680 Valencia was once an independent kingdom within the Iberian peninsula. Located on the Mediterranean coast it is now a province of modern Spain.

Artifacts - Porcelain - Spain Hispano-Moresque Fayence Dish late 15th century Fayence is the French name for a style of tin-glazed porcelain remarkable for its fastness of color over hundreds of years. Italian manufacture was centered in the town of Fae

Patterns & Motifs - Spain - (Color) A Spanish lace design from Barcelona c. 1850 Much of what we know as Spanish lace was actually imported to that country from Venice and the Netherlands. This indigenous example is an ornate combination of design and c

Patterns & Motifs - Spain - line art Ornament from the Walls of the Alhambra c. 1280 The Alhambra was the fortified palace of the Moorish rulers of Southern Spain (Andalusia) in the years up until 1492 when they were expelled from the Iberian peninsula

Spanish tapa: Iberian ham. Spain.