Will an unlocked iPhone 5s work in Spain?

I am moving to Spain for a year and would like to get a new iPhone before going. My plan is to buy an unlocked iPhone 5S from the apple store in the US, bring it to Spain, and use a Spanish phone company (vodafone, orange, yoigo,...) SIM when I get there.
Will the unlocked iPhone 5S that I can buy from the apple store in the US work there?
The model I can buy at the US apple store is A1533 (GSM).
Thank you!

Forrest2007 wrote:
So, it would work over there. However, it would potentially be on 3G as opposed to 4G/LTE?
Correct.
My recent experience in Spain was that cell service is excellent almost everywhere.

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