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Spain - Barcelona a city to love

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Barcelona is a city with year-round sunshine, good fun and a rich cultural life, many people do not resist the charms of Barcelona and what you get instead. Because of this, Barcelona is today one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe . However, the identity of Catalan remains to be noted and marked. Proud of their language and their culture, he does not consider Spanish and, as proof, hate bullfighting, for example. If you want to fully enjoy the best of Barcelona, relax and let yourself go. Lose yourself in the Gothic Quarter. Travel in the forms of Gaudí. Hit the waves and let yourself go. Sleep late and wake up wanting to repeat the program. Okay, it's like that in Barcelona. Be a tourist fearless. Or you run the risk of losing the best in town.

Barcelona is the capital of the province, along the Mediterranean coast, between the rivers flowing into Besòs and Llobregat, Barcelona's territory is divided into three distinct areas: the mountains of Collserola (with 512 meters is the highest point city, is located atop Tibidabo), the plan and the deltas of rivers and Besòs Lobregat, who along with the coast limit their territory. About 160 km south of the Pyrenees mountains.

Barcelona is about 1.600.00 inhabitants, is known for parallel and perpendicular streets.

Barcelona has always been a city closely linked to industry. It was the first city in Spain to enjoy the Industrial Revolution despite the various economic crises is now the largest industrial center in the country.

The Port of Barcelona has become the most important of the Mediterranean in respect of goods and containers. It is also the most requested Mediterranean port for cruises.

Cultural, economic and political, Barcelona is a reference not only within Spain but also throughout Europe.

Museums

At the Foundation Joan Miró is some works of this painter and coming exhibitions are held in museums around the world. The Picasso Museum has an important collection of little known works of this painter, especially of its early epochs. In the National Art Museum of Catalonia is exposed an important collection of Roman art. The art of the present time is in the newly built Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Also of relevance are the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona located in El Raval, the Antoni Tapies Foundation Museum, the Museum of Science and CaixaForum, now with the name of CosmoCaixa.

Sport

The city of Barcelona is also notable in football where clubs: FC Barcelona and Espanyol stand out. The club Barcelona is the largest in Catalonia, where he has spent many famous soccer players like Maradona, Ronaldo, Cruyff, Luis Figo and others.
The city has also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992 and a few games of World Cup 1982.
Despite the great emphasis on football, other sports are also highlighted in the Catalan city, including sports, automotive, and others. In the Circuit de Catalunya are disputed evidence and the F1 World Championship Motorcycle.

Center and La Rambla

One of the most frequented places in Barcelona's La Rambla, a Catwalk located between the Plaza Catalunya, the city center and the old port of Barcelona. There are flower kiosks, cafes, restaurants and shops. As you stroll down La Rambla one can admire many beautiful buildings like the Palace of Virreina, the La Boqueria market and the famous theater "Great Liceo". A side street La Rambla leads to the Royal Square, a plaza with palm trees and buildings that house restaurants and breweries.

La Rambla ends at the old port, where the statue of Christopher Columbus pointing out to sea. Next is the Maritime Museum, dedicated primarily to the naval history of the Mediterranean, and which displays full-scale reproduction of an old guys fighting. The old port offers other attractions, such as a leisure center, with shops, restaurants, an IMAX theater and an aquarium of Mediterranean marine fauna.

Architecture

Barcelona is known as the capital of modernism. The city, in which he lived and worked the architect Antoni Gaudí has some of his most renowned works, which every year attract millions of tourists worldwide. The most representative is the Atonement Temple of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudí left unfinished and that it continues to be built the same way that cathedrals in the Middle Ages. The end of construction is planned for 2020. Other works of Gaudí's most known are the Park Guell, Casa Mila, also known as 'La Pedrera' and Casa Batlló. In Gaudi, Barcelona has other jewels of Catalan modernism as the Hospital de Sant Pau and the Palace of Catalan Music Lluís Domenech i Montaner, or Palace Macaya and many other works of Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

Despite the modernist works, Barcelona also has important works belonging to other styles and historical periods. In the medieval period stand out especially Gothic works that fill the historic center, just called "Gothic" as the Cathedral of Barcelona. This same style is still the Church of Santa Maria del Mar, characterized by its austerity and harmony in action.

It also has different and several samples of contemporary architecture. Among them was the German Pavilion by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, which was built for the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona in 1929, as well as the Joan Miró Foundation's Catalan architect Josep Lluis Sert. For the 1992 Olympics, the city was a major step changes that led to works like the Palau Sant Jordi Arata Isozaki, the Tower of Collserola Tower by Norman Foster and Santiago Calatrava's Montjuic. Before the Games were also the remodeling and expansion of Barcelona airport by Ricardo Bofill. And in the post-Olympic city followed its development while maintaining architectural, building buildings like the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA or) by Richard Meier, the Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel, and draft a new station at La Sagrera the Railway Triangle Tower by Frank Gehry. Other constructs were made by the Universal Forum of Cultures, such as Building Forum of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

Montjuic and Tibidabo

Two mountains converted to dominate the city sights. The Montjuic is a small hill located near the harbor, where the top is an old military fortress that was used to monitor the entry of Barcelona by sea. This mountain is still the Olympic venues as the Olympic Stadium Lluis Companys, the Sant Jordi Palace Pools and Picornell. It can also be seen in Montjuic botanical garden, featuring a unique collection of cacti. The Tibidabo, the Uptown is another mountain of Barcelona. You can go to Tibidabo by car, bus and train. In Tibidabo is the Church of the Sacred Heart, visible across the city, the Tibidabo Amusement Park, and the Tower of Collserola, telecommunications antenna that has a gazebo.

For a good time in Barcelna there are several options for staying, including advise: Hotel Denit Night & Breakfast, Hotel The Mirror , Hotel W Barcelona and Primera Primero Boutique Hotel .

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