Kylie Minogue in Barcelona

Australian singer Kylie Minogue will bring her ‘Aphrodite – Les Folies  Tour‘ to Barcelona next 12th of March.

Aphrodite is Minogue’s eleventh studio album and the Aphrodite – Les Folies World Tour will bring her to Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.

Kylie Minogue will be joined on stage by a cast of dancers, aerial performers and [...]

February 2nd, 2011 | Category: Culture, Events | Leave a comment

La Merçè Festivity

The month of Setember is usually a very hard month as it comes just after summer holidays. In Barcelona, to make a softer and more pleasant return there are the 2 main festivities:

11th of Setember:  Diada de Catalunya (Catalonia Festivity)

24th of Setember: La Merçè (Barcelona’s festivity)

Merçè is the female catalan name that corresponds with the [...]

September 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Culture, Events | One comment

Catalonia Festivity

Catalonia Festivity is known as “Diada de Catalunya” and it is celebrated the 11th of Setember. With this festivity, Catalonia celebrates the the fall of Barcelona in the hands of the Bourbon troops under the Duke of Berwick during the War of Spanish Succession on September 11th, 1714, after fourteen months of siege.

Institutions and political [...]

September 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Barcelona, Catalunya, Culture | One comment

Castellers in Barcelona

First of all, we should start with a brief introduction to what Castellers are and the basic terminology. As this is a catalan tradition, all the terminology is in Catalan, although I will include the English transaction between brackets.

Basically a castell (castle) consists of a human tower with can have up to ten levels high. [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Culture, Events | Leave a comment
 
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