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Barcelona is the largest city in Catalonia, Spain, situated in the Mediterranean coast. Site of the Catalan Parliament since restoration of Generalitat. Site of the 1992 Olympic Games.
Legend attributes the Carthaginese foundation of Barcino to Amilcar Barca, father of Hannibal. Later on, Romans redrew the town as a castrum centered on the Mons Taber, a little hill nearby the contemporary city hall (Plaça de Sant Jaume). This planning is still visible today on the map of the historical center. Important Roman remains are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, entrance by the city museum, Museu d'Història de la Ciutat.
The historic city center is reasonably flat, but nowadays the city extends onto the surrounding hills and along the continguous valleys of Llobregat and Besòs rivers.
The airport to the southwest of the city is named El Prat, after the nearby town El Prat de Llobregat.
The architect Antoni Gaudí lived and worked in Barcelona, leaving many famous buildings including the Palau Güell and the yet unfinished cathedral called Sagrada Família, that has been under constructior since 1882.
Some other tourist attractions are the Tibidabo hills (with a funfair at the top), the mountain of Montserrat (a benedictine abbey), the large Aquarium, and a Zoo that prides itself on owning the only white gorilla in the world.
The website of the Barcelona city council: http://www.bcn.es/
Some cities and towns in Barcelona province: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Cerdanyola, Mataró, Granollers, Sabadell, Terrassa, Sitges, Igualada, Vic, Manresa, Berga.
Other cities and places named Barcelona:
- Barcelona (Province): Province of Catalonia, Spain.
- Barcelona, Venezuela: City in Venezuela.
- Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto: City in Sicily, Italy, founded in the 1600s during the Spanish dominance of the island. It has about 45,000 inhabitants.