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

Portuguese Cultural Week in Barcelona

For third year in a row, the Portuguese Consulate General in Barcelona is organizing a Portuguese Cultural week in Barcelona. This is a great oportunity to get to know all what Portugal has to offer.

This event is called “Portugal Convida” (Portugal invites you) and will take place from the 8th to the 14th of June. [...]

June 8th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Culture, Events | One comment
 
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