"Austrian euro collectors' coins: the 5 euro Austrian 2006 EU Presidency commemorative coin, minted on January 18, 2006. The reverse shows the Vienna Hofburg Imperial Palace in the ""Josefsplatz"" square. The equestrian statue of Joseph II in its center. The wing of the Hofburg can be seen to the right, which contains the Spanish Riding School and the ""Redoutensäle."" Spanish Riding School The Spanish Riding School () of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses, which perform in the Winter Riding School (Winterreitschule) in the Hofburg. Not only is it a centre for classical dressage, the headquarters"
"the Spanish Riding School for training when they are four years old. Full training takes an average of six years for each horse, and schooling is considered complete when they have mastered the skills required to perform the ""School Quadrille"". There are three progressively more difficult skill sets taught to the stallions, which are: Although the Piber Stud trains mares for driving and under saddle, the Spanish Riding School exclusively uses stallions in its performances. Worldwide, the Lipizzan today competes in dressage and driving, as well as retaining their classic position at the Spanish Riding School. The ""airs above the"
"the breed. The Spanish Riding School has antecedents in military traditions dating as far back as Xenophon in Ancient Greece, and particularly from the military horsemanship of the post-medieval ages when knights attempted to retain their battlefield preeminence by shedding heavy armor and learning to maneuver quickly and with great complexity on a firearms-dominated battlefield. Traditionally, Lipizzaners at the school have been trained and ridden wholly by men, although the Spanish Riding School states that there has never been an official ban on women. In October 2008, two women, Sojourner Morrell, 18-year-old from the United Kingdom and Hannah Zeitlhofer, 21-year-old"
"Spanish Riding School, the Royal Andalusian School is well known for its ""dancing stallions"" shows for the tourists. The school is adjacent to the historic nineteenth-century Palacio Duque de Abrantes (or Palacio de las Cadenas) in Jerez. Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art (in Spanish, ""Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre"") is an institution in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, devoted to conserving the ancestral abilities of the Andalusian horse, maintaining the classical traditions of Spanish baroque horsemanship, preparing horses and riders for international dressage competitions, and providing education in all aspects of"
"riding. Colegio público Rufino Blanco Colegio público Rufino Blanco is a school in Madrid. The school is on C / General Alvarez de Castro 46. The school has been bilingual since 2009. They trade to other countries such as the Netherlands. The English classes have assistants who come from the United States to help improve pronunciation and teach new words. The school is quite large, with a large dining hall, a gym inside, a stage for performances, a playground for toddlers and one for older children. After finishing a grade there are school trips with activities including canoeing, climbing and"
"Runnymede College Runnymede College is a highly selective co-educational independent school located in La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1967 by Arthur Powell CBE as the first British school in Spain. It is a private non-denominational school offering a British education to boys and girls of all nationalities from the age of three to eighteen. The education offered follows the English National Curriculum, with pupils taking IGCSEs at the end of year 11 and their A levels at the end of year 13. Runnymede has been referred to as probably the most academically achieving British school overseas, scoring"
"2 turf soccer field, a baseball diamonds and gymnasium. American School of Madrid The American School of Madrid (ASM), founded in 1961, is an independent, coeducational, K-12 international school in Madrid, Spain. It provides an education to over 900 students from the United States, Spain, and other countries. The 2017-2018 school year comprises 3 trimesters, extending from September 5 to December 5, December 6 to April 2, and April 3 to June 22. ASM was founded in 1961 to respond to the needs of international executives and their families, and to provide a curriculum in English that would prepare graduates"
"American School of Madrid The American School of Madrid (ASM), founded in 1961, is an independent, coeducational, K-12 international school in Madrid, Spain. It provides an education to over 900 students from the United States, Spain, and other countries. The 2017-2018 school year comprises 3 trimesters, extending from September 5 to December 5, December 6 to April 2, and April 3 to June 22. ASM was founded in 1961 to respond to the needs of international executives and their families, and to provide a curriculum in English that would prepare graduates for entrance into American, Spanish and other universities around"
"is very strenuous. Two main breeds are most well known for their abilities for airs above ground: the Lipizzaner and the Andalusian. Other breeds known for their abilities in high school dressage include the Friesian and Lusitano. The Spanish Riding School in Vienna, as well as the Cadre Noir in Saumur, still practices and teaches the ""haute ecole."" The Spanish Riding School exclusively uses Lipizzaner stallions for their work. Today, the only remaining large schools of classical dressage are the Cadre Noir, the Spanish Riding School, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez de la Frontera, the Portuguese"
"Royal Spanish Academy The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other hispanophone nations through the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The RAE's emblem is a fiery crucible, and its motto is """" (""Cleans, fixes, and gives splendor""). The RAE dedicates itself to language planning by applying linguistic prescription aimed at promoting linguistic unity within and between various territories, to ensure a common"
"Austrian Empire, and is the oldest of its kind in the world. The Spanish Riding School, though located in Vienna, Austria, takes its name from the original Spanish heritage of its horses. In 1729, Charles VI commissioned the building of the Winter Riding School in Vienna and in 1735, the building was completed that remains the home of the Spanish Riding School today. The Lipizzans endured several wartime relocations throughout their history, each of which saved the breed from extinction. The first was in March 1797 during the War of the First Coalition, when the horses were evacuated from Lipica."
"British Racing School The British Racing School is one of the two horseracing schools in the United Kingdom. Established in 1983, it is a charitable trust, providing training for young people working in the horseracing industry. The school is based in Newmarket, Suffolk, and offers a wide range of courses for budding jockeys, apprentices, racehorse trainers, work riders and racing secretaries. It also runs the Pony Racing Academy and bi-annual Pony Racing Camps for children aged between 11 and 16 who wish to compete in the growing sport of Pony Racing. It is accredited by the British Horse Society, and"
"are taught in three stages: The riders, too, are carefully schooled. They first work on the longe without stirrups and reins on well-trained horses for up to 3 years, to teach a balanced and independent seat. They are then allowed to control the animals themselves, under the eye of an experienced rider, until they can perform the high school movements. With intensive training, this will take 2–4 years. The rider is then allowed to train a young stallion from unbroken up to High School, a process that usually takes 4–6 additional years. Performances at the Spanish Riding School were originally"
"Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, China, Haiti, Canada, and Honduras. Santiago Christian School Santiago Christian School is a US-accredited, English-immersion PK-12 Christian school located in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Its curriculum is similar to that of a US college preparatory school. SCS has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1993; in 2011, SCS was also accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. The school is recognized by the Dominican Ministry of Education and classified as a “monolingual” institution, authorized to deliver its curriculum in a language other than Spanish. The school was established as an English language"
"International College Spain International College Spain is an international school in La Moraleja, Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain. It is the only school in the Madrid metropolitan area to offer the full International Baccalaureate Programme in English. International College Spain is a day school, offering both primary and secondary education to children from 3 to 18 years of age within an international community of over 50 different nationalities. International College Spain was founded by Manouchehr Farhangi in 1980. It is now part of the Nord Anglia Education Group, the only school of the group in Spain. International College Spain, authorized"
"Colegio público Rufino Blanco Colegio público Rufino Blanco is a school in Madrid. The school is on C / General Alvarez de Castro 46. The school has been bilingual since 2009. They trade to other countries such as the Netherlands. The English classes have assistants who come from the United States to help improve pronunciation and teach new words. The school is quite large, with a large dining hall, a gym inside, a stage for performances, a playground for toddlers and one for older children. After finishing a grade there are school trips with activities including canoeing, climbing and horse"
"Fleece. Instituto San Isidro Instituto San Isidro , formerly known as Colegio Imperial de la Compañía de Jesús (in English: ""The Imperial School of the Society of Jesus""), often referred to as ""San Isidro"", is a co-educational day school for pupils from 12 to 18 years of age. It is located in the historical Calle de Toledo, in Madrid (Spain). Founded in 1346, it is the oldest functioning school in Spain and is amongst the oldest educational institutions in the world, ahead of Winchester College (1382) and thus any English public school. Originally a boys' independent school, it turned coeducational"
"majority of ""élèves"", though only about four new riders are admitted in any five-year period. The second woman to follow Zeitlhofer is Assistant Rider Theresa Stefan, who joined the school in 2011. Hannah Zeitlhofer Hannah Zeitlhofer (born ) is the first woman to reach the rank of ""Reiter"" (Rider) at the Spanish Riding School (SRS) of Vienna, Austria. She was inducted in 2016. Zeithofer began to ride as a child and was given her first horse when she was nine years old. She studied Equestrian Science at the university level, and competed in dressage with a Haflinger named Joker. She"
"Royal Scots College The Royal Scots College (Real Colegio de Escoceses) is a Roman Catholic seminary in Salamanca, Spain for the church in Scotland. It was located originally at Madrid, then Valladolid, and then Salamanca (from 1988). The Royal Scots College was founded at Madrid in 1627 by Colonel William Semple of Lochwinnoch and his wife, Doña María de Ledesma. Semple had spent his life in the military and diplomatic service of the Spanish crown. The deed of foundation stipulated that the college was for students ""Scottish by birth, preferably those of superior character and virtue and those who promise"
"Warwick International School of Riding The Warwick International School of Riding is a school of equitation (horsemanship) in Warwickshire, England. The school caters to an international clientele of riders in the disciplines of show jumping, cross-country, hacking and general riding. It accommodates both disabled and able bodied riders and has facilities for people to stay during riding vacations. Founded in the early 1970s by Janet Martinez, the Warwick School of Riding started off with just three horses. as of 2010, the school has over 40 horses and acres of land to ride and jump, with friends or family. The school"
"Hannah Zeitlhofer Hannah Zeitlhofer (born ) is the first woman to reach the rank of ""Reiter"" (Rider) at the Spanish Riding School (SRS) of Vienna, Austria. She was inducted in 2016. Zeithofer began to ride as a child and was given her first horse when she was nine years old. She studied Equestrian Science at the university level, and competed in dressage with a Haflinger named Joker. She was granted admission to the SRS in 2008 at the age of 21 and was one of the first two female ""élèves"", beginning or apprentice riders, ever admitted to the school. Although"
"School in 1944 to serve at the Russian front in Hungary, and a brief wartime imprisonment, he returned to the Spanish Riding School. On one of the Tours of the School in Switzerland, Wahl met Fredy Knie, of the famed Circus Knie and left the School in 1951 to work for Knie. For two years, Knie and Wahl performed a widely known Pas de Deux exhibition. In 1955 Wahl took over the Community Riding School (""Stadtreitschule"") in Bern, Switzerland where he first met Christine Stückelberger. In 1967 Hans Handler, who succeeded Podhajsky as director of the Spanish Riding School, rehired"
"Sagrada Familia School Sagrada Familia School is in Elda, Spain. Nowadays, it is a mixed and privately run school subsidized by the state, comprising every level of education up to Sixth Form (Bachillerato). The institution was founded by the Catholic School Parents’ Association in 1963, during the first three years of existence it was run by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante. The Company of Jesus Church took charge of Sagrada Familia School at the beginning of the school year 1966-1967. When the Company of Jesus Church did this, the main building was not finished yet, and it"
"the other academicians. Each academician holds a seat labeled with a letter from the Spanish alphabet, although upper and lower case letters are separate seats. Royal Spanish Academy The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other hispanophone nations through the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The RAE's emblem is a fiery crucible, and its motto is """" (""Cleans, fixes, and gives splendor"")."
"Iwanowski, all riders at the academy were women. Some riders of the first graduating class were Mietie of Hartesveldt, Margie Widman, Ann Sutton, Lynn Jarmen, Gill Meyer, Anne Webb, Ania Glintenkamp, Eva Sydow, Carol Kretszchmar, Maureen Quinn, Helen Dalgliesh and Valerie Welsh. Other staff of the Spanish Riding School continued to travel to South Africa to further develop the program. Chief Rider Ignaz Lauscha’s first trip to teach in South Africa was in January 1976, later on Rider Ernst Bachinger, Chief Rider Hubert Eichinger and Chief Rider Andreas Hausberger helped to train the stallions and riders. South African Lipizzaners The"
"Colegio del Pilar (Madrid) The Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Pilar (in English: ""The School of Our Lady of the Pillar""), often referred to as ""El Pilar"" is an independent day school for pupils from 3 to 18 years of age located in Calle de Castelló, in Madrid (Spain). It was founded in 1907 by the Society of Mary, a Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious brothers, who still continue to operate the institution. Founded as a boys' school, it first admitted girls in 1986, and progressively became fully co-educational. El Pilar has educated one Spanish Prime Minister"
"from the 17th and 18th centuries. The methods for training the Lipizzan stallions at the Spanish Riding School were passed down via an oral tradition until Field Marshal Franz Holbein and Johann Meixner, Senior Rider at the School, published the initial guidelines for the training of horse and rider at the school in 1898. In the mid-20th century, Alois Podhajsky wrote a number of works that serve as textbooks for many dressage riders today. The principles taught at the Spanish Riding School are based on practices taught to cavalry riders to prepare their horses for warfare. Young stallions come to"
"Instituto San Isidro Instituto San Isidro , formerly known as Colegio Imperial de la Compañía de Jesús (in English: ""The Imperial School of the Society of Jesus""), often referred to as ""San Isidro"", is a co-educational day school for pupils from 12 to 18 years of age. It is located in the historical Calle de Toledo, in Madrid (Spain). Founded in 1346, it is the oldest functioning school in Spain and is amongst the oldest educational institutions in the world, ahead of Winchester College (1382) and thus any English public school. Originally a boys' independent school, it turned coeducational and"
"Royal Automobile Club of Spain The Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), (Spanish:""Real Automóvil Club de España"") is a motor club/car club in Spain. It is the Spanish equivialent of the American Automobile Association (AAA) in the United States of America, or the Automobile Association (AA) in the United Kingdom or the ""ANWB"" in the Netherlands. The club was formed in 1903 to provide roadside service to drivers in Spain. Along with other European automobile clubs RACE formed ARC Europe to provide reciprocal and cross border business services. RACE is a member of the ""Alliance Internationale de Tourisme"". As well"
"Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (English:Our Lady of Wonders) is a private Catholic school in Madrid, Spain, belonging to the order of La Salle founded in 1892 by Brother Justinus Marie, belonging to the Brothers of the Christian Schools of La Salle. The current director is Juan Alberto about 2,000 students, compared with 10 who had the opening day. The school's first location was at Bravo Murillo Street, in the neighborhood of Cuatro Caminos (now his place is the Mercado de Maravillas). On May 11, 1931, the school along with its attached school,"
"College when it was located in Madrid. In 1771, it was transferred to Valladolid. The College was transferred to Salamanca in 1988. http://www.scots-college-salamanca.org/ Royal Scots College The Royal Scots College (Real Colegio de Escoceses) is a Roman Catholic seminary in Salamanca, Spain for the church in Scotland. It was located originally at Madrid, then Valladolid, and then Salamanca (from 1988). The Royal Scots College was founded at Madrid in 1627 by Colonel William Semple of Lochwinnoch and his wife, Doña María de Ledesma. Semple had spent his life in the military and diplomatic service of the Spanish crown. The deed"
"Quadrille of the Spanish Riding School is the longest and most difficult in the world. All riders wear the traditional uniform: brown tailcoats, bicorne-style hats, white buckskin breeches, white suede gloves, and black top riding boots. Swan neck spurs are also part of the uniform. The empire style uniform (1795–1820 in fashion) has remained relatively unchanged for 200 years. During performances, the fully trained stallions wear a traditional gold-plated breastplate and crupper, called a ""Goldzeug."" They also carry a ""school saddle"", which is made from buckskin and larger than the more commonly seen English saddle used by the school when"
"I.E.S. Gerardo Molina I.E.S. Gerardo Molina is an institute of secondary education ""(Instituto de Eduacacion Secundaria)"" located in the small town of Torre Pacheco in the popular Spanish region of Murcia. It takes in all children who are entitled to E.S.O.""(Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria)"", in English: Secondary Obligatory Education, equivalent of the English GCSE ""(General Certificate of Secondary Education)"" in the UK ""(United Kingdom)"". In 2008 it celebrated its 25th anniversary. In academic years 1–3, there are four groups of classes, but in year 4, there are only two. ABC&D are the four groups, with year one holds all kinds of"