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The economy of Barcelona during this period was increasingly directed towards trade. In 1258 James I of Aragon allowed the merchant guilds of Barcelona to draw ordinances regulating maritime trade in the city's port, [105] and in 1266, he permitted the city to appoint representatives known as consuls to all the major Mediterranean ports of the ...
Barcelona is a transport hub, with the Port of Barcelona being one of Europe's principal seaports and busiest European passenger port, [13] an international airport, Barcelona–El Prat Airport, which handles over 50 million passengers per year, [14] an extensive motorway network, and a high-speed rail line with a link to France and the rest of ...
1450 – University of Barcelona founded. [2] 1473 – Printing press in use. [8] 1474 – Moll de la Santa Creu (wharf) construction begins. [2] 1493 – Columbus' published description of his trans-Atlantic trip becomes a "bestseller" in Barcelona. [9] 1529 – Charles V and Clement VII sign treaty in Barcelona. [10] 1609 – Bank of ...
35th International Eucharistic Congress held in Barcelona. 1971: 7 November: Assembly of Catalonia founded. 1977: 11 September: 1977 Catalan autonomy protest. 23 October: The exiled president of Catalonia, Josep Tarradellas, returned to Barcelona and the Generalitat of Catalonia was restored. 1979: 8 September: Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia ...
Along with Asturias, Catalonia in general and Barcelona in particular was a center of radical labor agitation, marked by numerous general strikes, assassinations (especially in the late 1910s), and the rise of the pro-anarchist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labour, CNT, founded in Barcelona in 1910). [111]
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia.
Upon his death in 897 Wilfred made their titles hereditaries and thus founded the dynasty of the House of Barcelona, which ruled Catalonia until the death of Martin I, its last ruling member, in 1410. Many abbeys were founded between the ninth century and the twelfth century while in the cities the episcopal seats were restored, forming ...
Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Spain and Europe Pedro de la Rosa, a native of Barcelona, testing for McLaren at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2008 Palau Sant Jordi, the largest indoor arena in Spain. Sport in Barcelona. Football in Barcelona Association football in Barcelona Football teams in Barcelona FC Barcelona; RCD Espanyol