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A football club is taken as a symbol and representation of the local community but for the people of Barcelona and Catalonia, Barca became an obsession

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Catalan Independence Movement: political movement historically from Catalan Nationalism, which seeks Independence of Catalonia from Spain

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FC Barcelona has always been Catalonia’s club and is an institution that
symbolizes everything Catalan

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Madrid are supposedly the more successful club and have never walked away from reminding Barcelona their superiority and authority in Spain

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Luis Figo was supposed to be a convert until he switched sides and
became a Madrid player in 2000

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Johan Cruyff declared that he could never play for Real Madrid because of their association with Francisco Franco

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Camp Nou= cathedral for the Catalans (only place where
they could speak and express themselves in their own language without having fear)

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General Franco had forced Catalonia under repression, got rid of several rights of the people and banned the Catalan language.

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A series of referendums on independence were held in Catalonia. About 40% of eligible voters participated, of whom 96% voted for independence

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Category:Referendums in Catalonia - Wikipedia

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The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more).

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A new constitution was adopted in 1978, which declare the "indivisible unity of the Spanish Nation", but grant "the right to autonomy of the nationalities and regions which form it"

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The first pro-independence political party in Catalonia was Catalan State, founded in 1922 by Francesc Macia

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Catalonia law creating in independent republic—majority "yes" vote in 2017

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After a 14-month siege, Barcelona surrendered to a Bourbon army on September 11, 1714

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The Principality of California was a territory of the Crown of Argon in the late 15th century

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Catalonia had referendums on independence from 2009-2011. All towns returned a high "yes" vote (turnout of around 30% of those eligible to vote)