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Architecture and Art
... and frescoes, but by the end of the 19th century vandalism and the elements had deteriorated them so much that they had to be saved. Using a process known as strappo, they were removed from their original sites and can now be viewed at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) on Montjuïc in Barcelona and the Museu Episcopal in Vic. Both these museums also contain wonderful collections of Catalan Gothic art, which dates from the late 13th to the early 15th ...
Timeline
... to the whole peninsula. 821 BC - The Romans oust Hannibal and his Carthaginians from Catalonia and make their capital first in Empúries and later in Tarraco, modern Tarragona. They divide the Peninsula into two: Hispania Citerior (more or less modern Catalunya) and Hispania Ulterior (the rest of the Peninsula). 200-100 BC - The Romans build the Via Augusta road, which connects Southern Spain with Rome. The political and ...
The Catalan Language
... French and Italian words, parlar, parler, and parlare respectively, however, are rooted in the Vulgar Latin term parabolare. Furthermore, Catalan is a pure Latin language with no Arabic sounds, unlike Castilian which was influenced by the Moors for 800 years, meaning that around 15% of Castilian words are of Arabic origin. For example, all Spanish words that begin with 'al' (alcachofa - artichoke, alfombra - carpet) have an Arabic root ...
A Brief History of Catalonia
... Antequera, second son of Juan I of Castile, was elected king of the Catalan-Aragonese Confederation. As Castilians, he and his successors had little knowledge of Catalonia's rule by consensus. They rarely visited their kingdom and imposed Castilian legislators who managed to incite the people so much that civil war broke out during the reign of the tellingly named Joan II Without Faith. Things got even worse when Fernando II, who had married Isabel of Castile in 1469, ...
Wet wet wet
... received rain for ages! ofcoUrse it rains when we are here! At 1pm we set oUt for the town to go shopping... well sort of shopping Colin has not allowed me Usage of the credit cards and has confiscated them from me otherwise I will prob spend all or money for food accomodation etc etc! We really jUst looked for a Barcelona FC tie which was extremely hard to find. Then finally we foUnd a coUple bUt we wanted ...
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