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COMENIUS PROJECT
THE HARMONY OF CULTURES
HUNGARY- ITALY- POLAND- CATALONIA
BARCELONABy students in the 5th year of the
LAVÍNIA SCHOOL
HISTORYBarcelona is a city in Spain.It is the capital city of
Catalonia.Barcelona is the second most
populated city in Spain.
Barcelona is on the Mediterranean coast. The city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besos. Barcelona city has a population of over 1.600.000 people and an
area of 100 km2. Barcelona’s
Flag
Barcelona’s shield
Barcelona is divided in 10 districts:
1- Ciutat Vella.
2- Eixample
3- Sants – Montjuïc
4- Les Corts
5- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
6- Gràcia
7- Horta-Guinardó
8- Nou Barris
9- Sant Andreu
10- Sant Martí
Districts of Barcelona
Ciutat Vella
L’Eixample
Sants-Montjuïc
Les Corts
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Gràcia
Horta-Guinardó Nou Barris
Sant Andreu Sant Martí
THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND PLACES
LES RAMBLES La Rambla is a street
in central Barcelona. It’s a 1,2 kilometer-long, tree-lined pedestrian mall. It connects Catalunya Square and the Christopher Columbus Monument.
CATALUNYA SQUARE
It’s a large square in central Barcelona. Some of the city’s most important streets and avenues meet there.
SAGRADA FAMÍLIA
The church of Sagrada Familia was designed by Antoni Gaudí. The church has been under construction.
CASA MILÀ (LA PEDRERA)
Casa Milà, as La Pedrera is a building designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built during the years 1905-1910.
CASA AMATLLER Casa Amatller is a
building in the modernisme style. It was originally designed as a residence for chocolatier Antoni Ametller. It was constructed between 1898 and 1900.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MONUMENT
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
The boats that he had were the Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria.
This statue is watching America.
AGBAR TOWER
The Torre Agbar is a new technological building. It was constructed by a French architect in 2005. There are offices, services, an auditorium and a parking lot.
BEACHBarceloneta beach
is situated on the coast of Mediterranean sea.
HARBOURIt is the nineth
largest container port in Europe. It’s divided in three zones: Port Vell (the old harbour), the commercial port and the logistics port.
TIBIDABOIt’s a mountain
overlooking Barcelona. At 512 meters it is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola.
MONTJUÏCIt’s a hill situated in
the southwest of the city center. The top of the hill was the site of fortifications. The latest was the Castell de Montjuïc.
MONTJUÏC FOUNTAINS
The Magic Fountain of
Montjuïc. The fountain
was constructed in 1929.
It’s a musical fountain.
EIXAMPLEIt’s a district of
Barcelona. It’s famous because of its long straight streets crossed by avenues and square blocks with chamfered corners. It was designed by Ildefons Cerdà.
GOTIC DISTRITIt’s in the center of the old
city. There are buildings date from the Medieval period, the Romans, and there is also the Jewish quarter.
CAMP NOUIt’s a football stadium.
The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since 1957. In the club there are famous players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué, Puyol, etc.
PARKS
Maternitat Park
Ciutadella Park
Horta Maze Garden
Escorxador
Garden
PARK GÜELL The park Güell is
a garden that was designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. There’s a dragon made with ceramic in the park.
FESTIVITIES
LA MERCÈ
La Mercè is the most important festival in the city. It has been an official city holiday since 1871. The actual feast day is September 24th.
There are giants and tadpoles (capgrossos), beasts, and castellers.
Tadpoles
Castellers
Giants
EVENTS- OLYMPIC GAMES
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona.
Cobi was the official mascot
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
POLITICS
JORDI HEREU(1996)
September 8, 2006 is the current mayor of Barcelona
SPORTS GEMMA MENGUAL(1977-) she’s
a synchronized swimmer PAU GASOL(1980-)is player of
the LOS ANGELES LAKERS
JOAN ANTONI SAMARANCH (1.920-2010) 7th president of the International Olympic committee
GERARD PIQUE (1987-)
Football player of FCBarcelona club
SINGERS
JOSEP CARRERAS is a singer (1946-)
MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ is a singer(1965-)
ARCHITECTSLLUIS DOMÉNECH MONTANER (1850-1923)Is an architect. He built “Palau de la música” ,”Hospital de Sant Pau” and others...
RICARD BOFILL (1939)
Is an architect. He built “Teatre Nacional de Catalunya”, “Walden 7”, “Hotel Vela” and others…
PAINTERSJOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
He is a painter. One project is a Fundació Joan Miró, in Barcelona.
His pictures seem like children’s drawings and they have a lot of colours.
ANTONI TÀPIES (1923)
He is a painter. Fundació Tàpies, in Barcelona, is a museum dedicated to his life and work.