Brief history of Barcelona

What we know today as Barcelona was founded as Roman colony at the end of 1st century B.C.with the name of Barcino.

Back then, I had about 1,000 inhabitants and it was surrounded by a defensive wallof which the remains can still be seen in the old town of Barcelona.

For more than 200 years Barcelona was kept low Muslim rule. With Christian reconquestbecame the county of the Carolingian Empire and in a habitual residence of the Crown of Aragon.

The medieval period turned Barcelona in a great center political and economic of western Mediterranean.

The Gothic Quarter of this city is witness to all the the splendour of Barcelonafrom 13th century until the 15th century.

From there and until eighteenth century, Barcelona suffered a small decadence, while struggling to maintain its economic and political independence.

In year 1714, this struggle comes to an end, with the downfall of the city in the hands of the Borbon troops. In that year, there is the loss of the rights and privileges of Catalonia and in general of all the Catalans.

At the end of eighteenth century, Barcelona would begin to acquire again all his cultural significance. The city would reach a great geographical expansion and a number of people began to emerge sports clubsamong which the following stand out FC Barcelonafounded on the year 1889.

By the middle of nineteenth centurywith the arrival of the industrial revolution and the rise of the textile industrybegins a recovery phase in the city.

This stage is the Renaixençaa period in which the Catalan language is renewed as a literary language. It was possible to recover all the glory that he had lost the city in his war years.

The 20th century there is a major urban transformation in the city of Barcelona which culminates in the Eixample Quarterwhere are located some of the buildings of the era of the Catalan modernismwhich are the most distinctive of the Barcelona

In addition to the construction of several buildingsthe project of metro construction.

Catalan Antoni Gaudí was one of the architects the most outstanding of this time frame. He was the author of well-known works, such as the Milà House (o the Pedrera), the Batlló House or temple of the Holy Family.

The Civil War of year 1936 y the dictatorship reduce liberties achieved during this stage.

During Spanish Civil Warthe city of Barcelona opposed the Franco regimewhich gave rise to a number of bombardments on the same, in addition to the taking of the city by the Franco's army in year 1939the elimination of the Catalan autonomy and the prohibition of Catalan language.

Restoration of democracy and economic recovery in the history of Barcelona

In year 1978with the restoration of democracythe city of Barcelona regained its great strength on the economy y Catalan.

Once you've retrieved the democracy in the country, Barcelona set out to continue its development social and cultural. In 1992 became the headquarters of the Olympic Games of that year.

The celebration of the Barcelona Olympic Games in year 1992 produced the boom of all its potential and confirmation of your capitalism. This is quite a milestone in the history of the city.

After the Olympic Gamesthe Forum of Cultures carried out year 2004 has been the flagship event that's been held in the city. This is another great event of the history of Barcelona.

At present, Barcelonaafter various reconstructions, extensions and constructions of bonitas buildingshas become one of the world's cultural capitals the most important Europe and the whole world.

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