Several of the 17 autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain, plus the 2 autonomous cities, have their own anthems, ranging from quasi-national anthems of the historical nationalities to regional anthems and songs, with some virtually unknown even in their own communities. Below is a list of those songs.
| Autonomous community | Anthem | First verse |
|---|---|---|
| Andalusia | La bandera blanca y verde | La bandera blanca y verde... |
| Aragon | Himno de Aragón | Nos ha llevado el tiempo... |
| Asturias | Asturias, patria querida | Asturies, Patria querida... |
| Balearic Islands | none | — |
| Basque Country | Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia | no official lyrics |
| Canary Islands | Himno de Canarias | Soy la sombra de un almendro... |
| Cantabria | Himno a la Montaña | Cantabria querida... |
| Castile–La Mancha | none | — |
| Castile and León | Canto de Esperanza | 1521, en Abril para más señas... |
| Catalonia | Els Segadors | Catalunya, triomfant... |
| Extremadura | Himno de Extremadura | Nuestras voces se alzan... |
| Galicia | Os Pinos | ¿Que din os rumorosos... |
| La Rioja | La Rioja | no lyrics |
| Community of Madrid | Himno de la Comunidad de Madrid | Yo estaba en el medio... |
| Region of Murcia | none | — |
| Navarre | Himno de Navarra | Por Navarra, tierra brava y noble / Nafarroa, lur haundi ta azkar |
| Valencian Community | Himne de València | Per a ofrenar noves glòries a Espanya... |
| Ceuta | Himno de Ceuta | Salud, noble ciudad... |
| Melilla | Himno de Melilla | Entonemos un himno delante... |
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“Always the seer is a sayer. Somehow his dream is told: somehow he publishes it with solemn joy: sometimes with pencil on canvas: sometimes with chisel on stone; sometimes in towers and aisles of granite, his soul’s worship is builded; sometimes in anthems of indefinite music; but clearest and most permanent, in words.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Always the seer is a sayer. Somehow his dream is told: somehow he publishes it with solemn joy: sometimes with pencil on canvas: sometimes with chisel on stone; sometimes in towers and aisles of granite, his soul’s worship is builded; sometimes in anthems of indefinite music; but clearest and most permanent, in words.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on the oppression of others, that for some to have good lives there must be others whose lives are truncated and brutal.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)
“Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)