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| The central part of the city is reasonably flat, but the city extends onto the surrounding hills. | The central part of the city is reasonably flat, but the city extends onto the surrounding hills. | ||
| The architect ] lived and worked in Barcelona, leaving many famous buildings. One of those is the yet unfinished cathedral called ]. | The architect ] lived and worked in Barcelona, leaving many famous buildings. One of those is the yet unfinished cathedral called ]. | ||
| It has an airport to the southwest of the city named "El Prat". | It has an airport to the southwest of the city named "El Prat". | ||
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Barcelona is a major city in Spain, situated in the northeast of the country on the Mediterranean coast. It is the largest city in Catalonia and the site of the Catalan parliament. It was the site of the 1992 Olympic Games.
The central part of the city is reasonably flat, but the city extends onto the surrounding hills.
The architect Antoni Gaudi lived and worked in Barcelona, leaving many famous buildings. One of those is the yet unfinished cathedral called Sagrada familia.
It has an airport to the southwest of the city named "El Prat".
Barcelona is known for its lively nightclubs and tapas bars. It also has a large aquarium near the sea. Another nearby tourist attraction is the mountain of Montserrat.
There are more than the Barcelona in Spain, though all of them result from the Spanish dominance of the region where they are. In Sicily, Italy thereis a city called Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, and it was founded in the 1600s during the Spanish dominance of the island. It has about 45,000 inhabitants.
In Venezuela there is another Barcelona, which is one of the biggest cities of the country.