Home to a range of different inventions, contrary to popular belief, Spain isn't just all about the tapas, sangria and flamenco with a number of everyday essentials founded in the Mediterranean country. We've rounded up a list of some of Spain's most surprising additions.
Cigarettes were invented by cowboys, right? Wrong. You've got Spain to thank for that hard-to-break habit. Smoking was created by street beggars who would collect tobacco waste and wrap it in thin sheets of paper to smoke. By 1833 they were being packaged and sold across the globe.
Perhaps the most famous and world-changing of all alleged Spanish inventions is the acoustic guitar. In fact, many people refer to the traditional acoustic guitar as the Spanish guitar. The shape and form of the modern classical guitar is an Iberian invention and is credited to Antonio Torres in around 1850. Torres took steps to increase the size of the guitar body and made changes to the top bracing pattern to create the model we know today. His actions made huge improvements to the tone, volume and projection of the instrument and his measures remain pretty much unchanged today.
Although the head piece, the beret, is often associated with the French, it was in fact the Spaniards that came up with the stylish accessory. Although it was originally created right on the French border in the Pyrenees by shepherds, explaining the garment's underlying association with France.
But the most surprising and hard to believe invention has got to be Coca Cola. The ubiquitous US drink is actually held by the citizens of Ayelo de Malferit, near Valencia, as one of their own. The official party line maintains that Coca Cola was the brainchild of an Atlanta pharmacist. However, the Spaniards claim it as their own locally concocted beverage that used to be known as Nuez de Kola Coca.
Cigarettes were invented by cowboys, right? Wrong. You've got Spain to thank for that hard-to-break habit. Smoking was created by street beggars who would collect tobacco waste and wrap it in thin sheets of paper to smoke. By 1833 they were being packaged and sold across the globe.
Perhaps the most famous and world-changing of all alleged Spanish inventions is the acoustic guitar. In fact, many people refer to the traditional acoustic guitar as the Spanish guitar. The shape and form of the modern classical guitar is an Iberian invention and is credited to Antonio Torres in around 1850. Torres took steps to increase the size of the guitar body and made changes to the top bracing pattern to create the model we know today. His actions made huge improvements to the tone, volume and projection of the instrument and his measures remain pretty much unchanged today.
Although the head piece, the beret, is often associated with the French, it was in fact the Spaniards that came up with the stylish accessory. Although it was originally created right on the French border in the Pyrenees by shepherds, explaining the garment's underlying association with France.
But the most surprising and hard to believe invention has got to be Coca Cola. The ubiquitous US drink is actually held by the citizens of Ayelo de Malferit, near Valencia, as one of their own. The official party line maintains that Coca Cola was the brainchild of an Atlanta pharmacist. However, the Spaniards claim it as their own locally concocted beverage that used to be known as Nuez de Kola Coca.
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Catherine McCulloch is a writer who loves to travel to Spain in particular. Click here to see some of our offers and fantastic deals from MyTravel.
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