CATALONIA

Catalonia is located at the north-east of Spain.It has got 31895 km² and its coast is the Mediterranean sea. Our country has got 7.500.000 habitants.

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Languages:Our language is the Catalan and it’s a roman language, with 11 million speakers.

Here are the percentages of the speakers in Catalonia:•The 48,8% speak Catalan•The 44,32% speak Spanish •And the 0.02% Occitan

Although more than 52% of the Catalan population have parents who use the Spanish as his language.

The only country where the Catalan is the official language is Andorra.

Flag and Symbols:The Catalan flag is yellow with four red

stripes.

The origin of this flag became from the

history of “Guifre el Pilós”.

He was a brave warrior, who was

wounded at the war. For that the king of

Catalonia poured his fingers on his blood

and paint Guifres blond escutcheon with

the red fingers of blood, forming four red

stripes.

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The symbol of our county is a donkey

Barcelona

Barcelona is a city and a metropolis. This city is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain. It has a population of 1.628.090 habitants so is the most populated of the principality and the eleventh of the European Union.

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BARCELONA ARCHITECTURE

Barcelona has a rich long architectonic history,starting with the oldest rests of the romansettlement who establish this incredible city.From the medieval period has been conserveda lot of architectonic buildings, we attach a greatimportant to a wonderful church in this city:“L’esglèsia de Santa Maria del Mar”.In Barcelona there are a lot of important buildingsbecause some famous architects lived there andthey built beautiful buildings during her live, like “ParcGüell” and “la casa Batlló” by Antoni Guadi.

ESGLÈSIA DE SANTA MARIA DEL MAR (CHURCH)

PARC GÜELL

LA CASA BATLLÓ

TOPOGRAPHY• TopographyCatalonia has an important geography diversity, andknowing that it has a relative small size of its territory.The Catalan geography it’s constituted by:• “Pirineus”: is a range of mountains that connects the Iberian

Peninsula with the European continental territory. They are situated at north of Catalonia.

• The Catalan coastal ranges : are an alternation of elevations and parallel flats on the Mediterranean coast.

• The Central Catalan depression: is an structural unit that conforms the oriental sector of “Vall de l’Ebre”.

Rivers

• All the rivers that flow through Catalonia end at the Mediterranean sea except “Garona”. The most important river in Catalonia is “Ebre”.

MONTSERRAT

Montserrat is a very important mountain inCatalonia. It has been highlighted for itscharacteristic geology and topography . TheMonserrat monastery it’s situated near Bages,Anoia and Baix Llobregat (counties of Catalonia). In Montserrat there is a train who takes you toits cave and there you can see the Montserratmother of god it’s called “la moreneta”.

“LA MORENETA”

La sardana• “La Sardana” is a Catalan folk dance and is

the national dance of Catalonia. We dance it doing a circle. The music is typical from Catalonia, “la cobla". “La Sardana” has only two main steps, there are two different rolls to dance it, one of them is called the short roll and the other the long roll. Short and long rolls are alternated until completed 7 or 10 rolls in total.

the11th of SeptemberThe 11th of September is an important national day. This day we celebrate the lost war in 1714, we lose the counties of “Conflent”, “Rosselló” and “Perpinyà”. The king “Felip V” was the cause of this was because he attacked us with his French army.

Saint George’s day:

• Saint George's Day is a popular day in Catalonia. A lot of people go to the streets of his towns and villages to buy roses or books. The tradition says that this day the man give to the woman which is in love with and she gives him a book. Occasionally, some persons not only gives roses or books to the persons who are in love with, they sometimes give presents to some members of his family too.

Pà amb tomàquet:

• How to prepare?• Cut the tomatoes in half. • Slice the bread.• Squeeze the tomato and rub it on the bread

starting from the edge, continue rubbing until the skin of the tomato is left. Pour the olive oil on top and let it sink into the bread.

• Sprinkle a little bit of salt on top.

CATALAN ECONOMY

At this moment the Catalan economy depends onSpanish economy which is really in a bad situation and that’s why, together with some other reasons, that Catalonia wants to be independent. But Spain doesn’t let Catalonia be independent, because if this would happen Spanish economy will get worse.

Thanks for your attention

Ariadna Bonet

Alvaro MartilAnna MocunillJoan Roca

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