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Title: Barcelona, Spain


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Barcelona, Spain
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Info on Barcelona
  • Barcelona is the Capital and most populous city
    of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia
    (Cataluña) and the second largest city in Spain.
  • Barcelona is located on the Mediterranean Coast
    in between mouths of the rivers Llobregat and
    Besòs.

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Population of Barcelona
  • The population of the City of Cataluña is
    1,621,ooo.

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Barcelona's Economics
  • Barcelona is a major economic centre with one of
    Europe's principal Mediterranean ports, and
    Barcelona International Airport is the second
    largest in Spain after Madrid-Barajas Airport.

5
Weather
  • Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate with
    sub-mediterranean influence, which makes of it
    not to be the "classical mediterranean climate"
    with mild, humid winters and warm, dry summers.
  • December, January and February are the coldest
    months, averaging temperatures of 9C(48 F).
    July and August are the hottest months, averaging
    temperatures of 24C (72F)

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Architecture
  • Particularly renowned are architectural works of
    Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner that
    have been designated as popular tourist
    attractions such as La Sagrada Familia

7
Education
  • Barcelona has a well-developed higher education
    system of public universities. Most prominent
    among these is the University of Barcelona, a
    world-renowned research and teaching institution
    with campuses around the city. Barcelona is also
    home to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia,
    the newer Pompeu Fabra University

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Entertainment
  • Barcelona has many venues for live music and
    theatre, including the world-renowned Gran Teatre
    del Liceu opera theatre, the Teatre Nacional de
    Catalunya, the Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la
    Música Catalana concert hall.
  • Also Barcelona held the 1992 Olympic Games.

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Parks
  • Barcelona contains 68 municipal parks, divided
    into 12 historic parks, 5 thematic (botanical)
    parks, 45 urban parks and 6 forest parks.
  • Of Barcelona's parks, Montjuïc is the largest.
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