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JUAN MARAGALL: Was a Spanish poet, considered one of the fathers of modernist Catalan poetry.Member of the intellectuality of the Barcelona made a defense of spontaneity and the search for simplicity and died of brucellosis.
SANTA EULALIA: Saint Eulalia was a Christian martyr. She is considered holy both by the Catholic church and by the Orthodox. She was tortured several times before her death, and finally they took her naked down the street to the place where they crucified her for defending her religion
PALAU REIAL: The palace has its origin in an old farmhouse called Can Gustó or Mas Monterols, which in 1859 had acquired Joan Güell and Ferrer in the public, being its sole tenant the secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean.
JAUME I: Jaume the Conqueror, also known as Jaume I of Aragon, was a sovereign of the Crown of Aragon with the main titles of King of Aragon, King of Mallorca, King of Valencia, Count of Barcelona, Count of Urgell, and lord of Montpellier (1213-1276). He began reigning at the age of 10 years attended by the Royal Council, he reigned 58 years and died at the age of 68
ARC DE TRIOMF
The Arc de Triomphe It is a monument located at the confluence of the Paseo de Lluís Company and the Ronda de San Pedro, in the city of Barcelona (Spain). It was designed by the architect José Vilaseca as the main entrance to the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona in 1888.
SANT ANDREU
Andrew the Apostle also known as Saint Andrew, was probably the first apostle of Jesus He was the elder brother of the apostle Peter.
VERDAGUER
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló was a noted and well-known poet in the Catalan language.
( 1845-1902 )
Verdaguer is one of the great figures of modern Catalonia. Romantic poet, assigned to the generation of the Restoration of 1874, which in the context of the Renaixença Ihas once again placed the Catalan language in the category of literary language.
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PEP VENTURA
Pep Ventura, was a musician and composer who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla giving it amplitude. He was a popular figure at the time as an entrepreneurial cobla leader, prolific composer and tenor. He always lived in Figueres. He was an admirable instrumentalist, idol in the majors Empordà celebrations, so good at the flabiol, the flute, the clarinet and insuperable and agilísimo improvisador in the "obligados" of the waltzes, masurques, polques and rigodons, maximum delight of the villagers ( 1817-1875 )
NUMANCIA
Numancia is the name of a disappeared celtíbera population located on the Hill of the Muela, in Garray, province of Soria, in Castile and Leon (Spain), to seven kilometers to the north of the present city of Soria. The resistance of its inhabitants to the siege carried out by the troops of the Republic of Rome under the orders of Publius Cornelius Scipio Emiliano the Lesser African in the summer of 133 a. C.
SAGRERA
The sagrera is the name that, in Catalonia that surrounded the churches and that had the consideration of sacred territory, protected from violence.
Sagrera has its origin during the VII century, when the peasants of Catalonia began to suffer threats and attacks from the nobles.
TORRES i BAGES
he was born in a town near barcelona.Torres was always a staunch defender of the Catalan language and culture . One of the great works of torres was the restoration of its cathedral seriously ill, the bishop torres still had time to sign his last pastoral an his deathbed
GLORIES
A name that victor Balaguer, historian of the late XIX century, gave to a new place in Barcelona to remember catalan glories or glorious events of catalonia during the Middle Ages.This square is home to there more important streets in the Barcelona.