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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Barcelona conquered by the Franks from Muslim control. Establishment of the County of Barcelona. 826: Aissó Revolt against Frankish nobility, devastating and depopulating most of Central Catalonia. 878: Wilfred the Hairy, count of Urgell and Cerdanya becomes count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona. 880: Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll founded. 897
Proclamation of the Catalan Republic in Plaça de Sant Jaume by Francesc Macià, Barcelona, 14 April 1931. On 12 April 1931, local elections gave a large and unexpected majority in Catalonia (including Barcelona) to the Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC), a party that had been founded three weeks earlier by the union of Macià's pro-independence ...
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
During the 19th century, Spain witnessed a struggle between the Ancient Regime and the liberal State, with two antagonistic concepts of government. The liberal State needed a new territorial organization that would allow it to govern the country in a uniform manner, collect taxes and create a single market with equal laws for all.
Barcelona was founded by Roman colonizers in the first century BC with the name of Barcino. [ note 1 ] Originally, it was a small walled city which took the urban form of castrum initially, and later oppidum , seated on the Mons Taber (16.9 meters above sea level ), a small hill located on the site of the current Plaça de Sant Jaume .