Barcelona is the most important city of Catalonia and the second largest in the Kingdom of Spain after its capital, Madrid. It is situated south of the Pyrenees bordering on the Mediterranean coast and surrounded by rivers Llobregat and Besos.

Its urban area has a population of over one million and half people extended to five million if you count all the province of Barcelona.

It is a city of great importance to European and international level, particularly following the Olympic games held in the city in 1992 which represented a boost to economic activity and tourism providing high international prestige. In addition to this sporting event also hosted the World Exposition in 1888 and in 1929 the International Exhibition.

There is evidence of Neolithic sites but the most relevant data on its foundation came from the Carthaginian invasion that took the city and formed a permanent settlement during the second Punic War by the Carthaginian general Amilcar Barca.

Barcelona has a mild Mediterranean climate that allows you to have a pleasant summer temperatures hovering around 30 degrees while the winter is milder than in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula to be difficult to drop below 0 º. Rain is rare but intense in the fall season and snow strange and always occur in winter.

The old city has many tourist attractions make it one of the most visited cities in Europe, not only for its excellent climate in summer but for its architecture, museums and nightlife entertainment. Among the most interesting places for a tourist highlight the Olympic village, the monastery of Montserrat, the holy family, the monastery of Saint Mary of Pedralbes, the basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the art museum contemporary Barcelona, the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, the Fundació Tàpies and Miró, the Ramblas, La Boqueria Market, Mount Tibidabo, the square of the Monumental bull, Agbar Tower, Montjuic Castle, the palace of the Catalan music, the Palace of the Generalitat, the Liceu Theatre, the park's labyrinth of Horta, Parc Guell, the Moulin Rouge cabaret, the Victoria Theatre or the football stadium Camp Nou.

Also include its exquisite cuisine with dishes such as crème brûlée, the calçots, the pa amb tomaquet, the sausage, cannelloni stuffed with meat, snails in sauce, honey and killed, and of course its wines and champagnes of international fame.

As for its festivals include the Feast of St. George, patron saint of Catalonia, the day of the National Day celebrated throughout Catalonia and all religious festivities given deep Christian feeling of Barcelona.

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