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- The first human settlements in Barcelona date back to Neolithic times. The city itself was founded by the Romans who set up a colony called Barcino at the end of the 1st century BC .

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- From the 15th to 18th centuries Barcelona entered a period of decline, while it struggled to maintain its economic and political independence. This struggle ended in 1714, when the city fell to the Bourbon troops and Catalonia's and Catalans' rights and privileges were suppressed.

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- A period of cultural recovery began in the mid-19th century with the arrival of the development of the textile industry. During this period, which was known as the Renaixença, Catalan regained prominence as a literary language.

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- The 20th century ushered in widespread urban renewal throughout Barcelona city, culminating in its landmark Eixample district, which showcases some of Barcelona's most distinctive Catalan art-nouveau, or modernista, buildings.

The Catalan Antoni Gaudí, one of the most eminent architects, designed buildings such as the Casa Milà( known as La Pedrera, the Catalan for stone quarry), the Casa Batlló and the Sagrada Família church, which have become world-famous landmarks.

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- The city's hosting of the 1992 Olympic Games gave fresh impetus to Barcelona's potential and reaffirmed its status as a major metropolis.

In 2004, the Forum of Cultures reclaimed industrial zones to convert them into residential districts. An example of the renewed vigour with which Barcelona is looking towards the 21st century .

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- There are two stories about the founding of Barcelona. One version claims the city was founded by Hercules, 400 years before the building of Rome.

- The second version attributes the founding of Barcelona to Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, who named the city Barcino after his family in the Third century BC.

- The Art Nouveau movement throughout Europe between 1880 and 1950 left an important legacy in Barcelona, including the work of architect Antoni Gaudí.

- Barcelonans are crazy about football (soccer to Americans.) The city is home to one of the worlds’ largest and richest football clubs, FC Barcelona. The club’s Camp Nou stadium in Europe’s largest, with a capacity of 100,000. More 1.5 million people visit the attached FC Barcelona Museum each year, making it Barcelona’s most-visited museum.

- Driving in Barcelona is dangerous with an accident occurring in the city every 19 seconds. As a result, many Barcelonans prefer to walk. The city has more than 320 acres dedicated to pedestrians.

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- Antoni Gaudí was born in 1852 in the Catalan town of Reus as the son of a craftsmen. In Barcelona, he studied architecture and concluded his studies in 1878.

- Gaudí overcame the prevailing historical styles of the eclecticism of the 19th century and developed his own aesthetic with its own distinctive, but difficult to classify style.

- Gaudí is also a great craftsperson. In collaboration with artists of his time, he designed all the architectural space filled elements: works from forged iron, furniture, ceramics, sculptures, mosaics and stained glass windows. His forms were always organic, curved and into the building.

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- Saint George Day, known in spanish as Día de Sant Jordi, is a national Catalan holiday. It is also called the Day of the Rose, which in spanish is el Día de la Rosa, because of the amount of roses that one can find all over the city.

- Barceloneta beaches are artificial . In fact, there were no beaches in Barcelona until 1992. The seaside of Barcelona was full of local industries up until they decided to host the Olympic Games.

- Each year, 8 million tourists visit Barcelona, making it Europe’s third most visited city after London and Paris.

- Spanish artist Pablo Picasso spent his formative adolescence artist apprenticeship years in Barcelona. The Picasso museum located the gothic Palau Aguilar houses 4,251 works and focuses on the artist’s work from his formative years through his Blue Period.

-  Barcelona is the first and only city that received a Royal Gold Medal for architecture in 1999. This honor for architecture is awarded annually since 1848, by the Royal Institute of British Architects

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- Antoni Tàpies i Puig is one of the most important Spanish artist. He was born in 1923 in Barcelona, Spain.

- In its early phase he painted portraits in the style of Van Gogh and Picasso, but then he turned to the abstract painting and developed his own style.

- Antoni Tàpies was influenced by Miró, Klee and Ernst, in some phases his works are assigned to  surrealism. Through a scholarship he came to Paris and had contact with the so-called "informal painting." Here, the artistic means are reduced to the essentials. Tàpies also takes up religious elements in his work.

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- Josep Puig i Cadalfach is regarded as the last representative of the architecture of modernism and the first of Noucentisme, the following style era. He was not only an architect, he was also an art historian and politician.

- Josep Puig i Cadafalch was born on the 17th of October 1867 in Mataró, an industrial town at the coast about 20 km north of Barcelona. He studied architecture and "ciencias exactas" in Barcelona, which means mathematics, physics and other natural sciences. After completing his studies, he took over the office of the Municipal Architect in Mataró.

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- Joan Miró was born on 20.4.1893 in Barcelona. The Catalonian artist was one of the most important representatives of surrealism.
His appearance resembled rather than a rich bourgeois than an unconventional artist.

- In 1900 he received private drawing lessons. From 1907 Miró studied at the trade school and at the Art Academy of Barcelona, which already has been visited by Picasso. After his training he worked for some time as a bookkeeper until he chose the artists career against the resistance of his parents.

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- With various popular fashion districts and a handful of notable fashion events each year, Barcelona has proved itself as a major city for fashion. According to the Global Language Monitor, which ranks world fashion capitals, Barcelona ranks as #5.

- The Shopping Night Barcelona (TSNB), founded in 2010, offers shoppers the opportunity to stay out until 1:00am to shop in the Passeig de Gràcia neighborhood at the beginning of December. Many stores offer promotions and sales aimed at attracting holiday shoppers. Additionally, traffic is blocked off so that shoppers can easily move through the streets, enjoying the stores as well as the festive events such as street food booths, local concerts, and other performances. In 2015, TSNB brought 85,000 shoppers to Passeig de Gràcia.

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- Lluis Domènech i Montaner was born in Barcelona on 21 December 1849 as the son of the book-binder Pere Domènech i Saló and Maria Vila i Montaner. Before Domènech was devoted to his study of architecture, he studied in Madrid two semesters of physics and natural sciences.

- For his works he brought his inspiration from Moorish architecture. Playful looking mosaics and the light-flooded areas are the special recognition feature of his buildings, which is particularly at its main buildings recognized: the Hospital de Santa Creu i de Sant Pau and the Palau de la Música Catalana. Both buildings are located since 1997 on the list of World Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.

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- 080 Barcelona is Barcelona’s bi-annual Fashion Week in which designers display their most recent collections to the public. Over the course of five days, there are 40 fashion parades that give both buyers and the general public the opportunity to see the latest trends. Currently, internationalization is at the focus of the event in order to present local designers to the world and to ensure Barcelona remains a top city for fashion.

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- Founded in 2013, Barcelona Fashion Summit offers an annual meeting point that brings together Spanish fashion executives to learn and discuss trends in the industry. The forum offers important information regarding how companies can grow and succeed in the world of fashion. Regarded as the leading event for fashion professionals in Barcelona, Barcelona Fashion Summit provides attendees with conferences, round tables, and networking events crucial for those that want to advance in the industry.

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- Its sportswear, prêt-à-porter apparel and accessories are handmade in small Barcelona ateliers using mostly sustainable, recycled and organic fabrics sourced from ethical European suppliers. Founder Adrià Machado, designs with the strong and contemporary woman in mind, and strives to create minimalist garments inspired by nature.

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- Although this will be Xevi Fernández’s first 080 Barcelona Fashion Week, he has already won prizes in Berlin and Bilbao for his designs. Growing up in a village on the Costa Brava, he spent his afternoons surrounded by piles of fabric, spools of thread and buttons in the family haberdashery. He later studied pattern-making and made his catwalk debut in Madrid in 2016. His handmade haute couture collections feature futuristic fantasy looks and playful pastels – think candy-coloured latex bodysuits, cropped metallic vests and transparent collared shirts in duck-egg-hued silk georgette.

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- Ester Ferrando , born in Barcelona , learned how to knit and crochet from her mother and grandmother at a young age. After many years in the fashion business, she finally launched her own knitwear-focused clothing line for men and women in 2012. She uses natural materials such as alpaca wool, Egyptian cotton,  and cashmere.

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- Ivori is a fashion brand but also a boutique in Barcelona where you can find a selection of clothes and accessories 100% designed in Catalonia. Ivori’s own collection is playful and fresh and draws inspiration from vintage and retro fashion.

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- Seville-based designer Jaime Álvarez recently turned the final project for his fashion design degree into his first major runway show at the 21st edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion Week.

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