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Woman training for a Republican militia by Gerda Taro, Somorrostro beach (1936) Barcelona was the capital of the Republic of Spain from November 1937 until January 1939. [55] [56] During that Spanish Civil War period, both Barcelona and Madrid were still under the rule of the republic. In the image Azaña and Negrín on the city outskirts.
Barcelona is settled by the Romans under the name of Barcino (ca. 15 BC) Medieval Barcelona. The city is conquered by the Visigoths and becomes for a few years the capital of Hispania (5th century) After being conquered by the Arabs in the early 8th century, Barcelona is conquered by Charlemagne's son Louis and incorporated into the Frankish ...
The coat of arms of Barcelona is the official emblem of the City Council of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, has its origin in the Middle Ages, these arms were first documented in 1329. [1] The Government of Catalonia conferred the coat of arms and the flag as official symbols of the municipality in 2004.
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Plaça de Catalunya. Plaça de Catalunya (pronounced [ˈplasə ðə kətəˈluɲə], meaning in English "Catalonia Square"; sometimes referred to as Plaza de Cataluña, its Spanish name) is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city (see Barri Gòtic and Raval, in Ciutat Vella) and the 19th century-built Eixample ...
Poema visual Bàrcino (1994) by Joan Brossa in the Plaça Nova. Public art in Barcelona is a designated group of monuments and outdoor sculptures in the city. The artworks in city's architecture and network of museums, parks, and gardens, put an artistic stamp on the Catalan capital. [1]
View of Barcelona Sants from the square. Plaça dels Països Catalans is a square in Barcelona (the capital of Catalonia, Spain) on one side of the city's central railway station, Estació de Sants, in the district of Sants-Montjuïc. It borders carrer de Tarragona, carrer de Numància and Avinguda Roma.
In 1932, Barcelona became the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia within the Second Spanish Republic, thus being the seat of the Generalitat (the Catalan institution of self-government). The city had prepared to host the People's Olympics during the summer of 1936, building the Olympic Stadium and developing the Montjuïc area, but ...