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Gavà (Catalan pronunciation:) is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It borders the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Viladecans and Castelldefels. Gavà has a beach and two population centers: the city proper and Gavà Mar (Gavà Sea), a coastal neighborhood.
The Gavà Museum is located in the Lluc torre; a middle class family summer home built in 1799. The building has a multi-purpose room in the basement, temporary exhibition halls and an educational workshop on the ground floor, and the permanent exhibition Gavà, les veus del paisatge (Gavà, a landscape of voices) on the top floor.
Prehistoric Mines of Gava. The Gavà Mines, also known as Can Tintorer Mines, is a pre-historic archaeological site that occupies the Can Tintorer, Ferreres and Rocabruna areas in the municipality of Gavà (Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain). [1] The site is under care of the Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park.
Parts of inland Catalonia were in Carlist hands, while Liberals retained the coastal areas. November: Minister Javier de Burgos decrees the territorial division of Spain into provinces. Catalonia was divided into four provinces (Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona). 1835: First Barcelona bullanga (popular revolt or riot). 1840: 6 July
Barcelona remained the second largest city in Spain, at the heart of a region which was relatively industrialised and prosperous, despite the devastation of the civil war. [144] The result was a large-scale immigration from poorer regions of Spain (particularly Andalucia, Murcia and Galicia), [145] which in turn led to rapid urbanisation. [146]
In many ways, we'd left Spain. 1. The main language in Catalonia is Catalan. Although Spanish is the most common language and almost everyone is bilingual, Catalan is the main language outside ...
Barcelona City Hall expanded. [1] 1848 Mataró-Barcelona railway begins operating. [3] Institut Industrial de Catalunya founded. [3] Municipal Archives of Barcelona moves into City Hall. 1849 - La España Industrial el Vapor Nou begins operation in Sants; 1854 City walls dismantled (approximate date). [13] Burning of the Monasteries
Barcelona aerial view (2004). Barcelona, capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, is located in the Spanish Levant, on the Mediterranean coast. Its geographical location is between 41°16' and 41°30' north latitude and between 1°54' and 2°18' east longitude. [2]