Barcelona
City in Catalonia, SpainBarcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range.
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Timeline
AI Generated- 5000 BCEarly settlement ruins, including tombs and dwellings, are found in Barcelona.
- Mythological dateBarcelona is attributed to the founding by Hercules in Greek mythology.
- 1137Aragon and the County of Barcelona merge in dynastic union by the marriage of Ramon Berenguer IV and Petronilla of Aragon.
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Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
The centre of the old city of Barcelona
Principality of Catalonia
Principality in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula between the 12th century and 1714
Palace of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Historic palace and current government building in Barcelona, Spain
Plaça Sant Jaume
1855 Catalan general strike
General strike
¡Cu-Cut! incident
Assault conducted by Spanish officers
Barcelona City Hall
Jewish quarter (Barcelona)
Historic Jewish neighborhood in Barcelona