Barcelona references marks : culture, architecture, traditions..

Catalonia and Barcelona has become one of the first tourist destination of Spain, it knows how to please the big majority : with a history among the oldest in Europe, a capital, Barcelona, which never sleeps and an inland full of charm not to forget beautiful beaches in La Costa Brava. The variety of artistic treasures, the Romanesque churches and the great names in modern art and architecture , Dali, Gaudi, Miro, Picasso, etc.

Barcelona sited between the sea and the mountains, has found a formidable balance: a foot in the traditional things and the other in the avant-garde. Barcelona has the reputation of being the most cosmopolitan, modern and avant-garde city in Spain and it has renewed for the 1992 Olympic Games. When you visit this area, you will be able to visit:

Costa Brava owes its name of "wild coast" to the uniqueness of the sudden encounter between mountain and sea. Nature, climate and history, the picturesque of its ports and certain villages have been enough to have a world wide reputation.

Costa Dorada, in the south of Barcelona, it is the color of gold, luminous, being in the maritime littoral the reason of its name "Costa Dorada" (Golden Coast).

About culture in Barcelona

Culture

A museum, a treasure of the Romanesque painting. Barcelona bohemian. Three Masters : Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Antoni Tapies.

Architecture in Barcelona

Architecture

Barcelona Middle age's architecture, Barcelona Renaissance's architecture, Barcelona Modernism's architecture

Traditions in Barcelona

Traditions

Traditions in Barcelona: Sardana, Castellers, Catalan identity, bilingualism...

Catalan Literature: few catalan writers we like

Literature

Catalan Literature: a selection of books of Catalan writers

Barcelona Cinema

Cinema

Barcelona and the cinema

Cooking in Barcelona

Cooking

Cooking in Barcelona :Catalonian dishes, Catalonian desserts, Catalonian drinks...

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