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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—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)
“Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“... feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, or we are doomed to reproduce in progressive communities the very forms of domination we seek to oppose.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
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—Max Frisch (1911–1991)