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LA SENYERA CATALANAThe legend says that the CountofBarcelona“Guifré el
Pelós” fell injured during the war. The king puthisfingersin hiswound and marked the fourstripsof
blood on hisgoldenshield.
LA GENERALITATTHE INSTITUTION OF SELF GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA
LA GENERALITAT IS THE INSTITUTION OF SELF GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA (EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT).
ACCORDING TO THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION OF 1978, CATALONIA IS A HISTORIC COMMUNITY, A NATIONALITY, WITH ITS OWN LANGUAGE, CATALAN -SPOKEN BY ABOUT 7 MILLION PEOPLE.
EL CANIGÓ Symbol of strength for all Catalan people.
THE PYRENEES (NORTH OF CATALONIA)
BAQUEIRA/BERET SKI RESORT Vielha (Vall d’Aran)
COSTA BRAVA• TOURIST PLACE NORTH EAST
OF CATALONIA
• MILD CLIMATE, DIVERSITY OF LANDSCAPE, LIGHT, VEGETATION...AND THE BEST KNOWN CATALAN BEACHES
MONTSERRATPLACE OF MEETING, PRAYER AND CULTURE
THE BENEDICTIVE MONASTERY, CURRENTLY FORMED BY 80 MONKS, HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT 1000 YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF PILGRIMS WHO COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO VENERATE THE IMAGE OF THE BLACK VIRGIN
TARRAGONA (SOUTHCATALONIA)ROMAN REMAINS A SYMBOL OF THE ROMAN CIVILIZATION IN OUR COUNTRY
THE DELTA OF THE RIVER EBRO•IT IS KNOWN AS THE BIGGEST WET ZONE IN CATALONIA. (Area 320 Km) •IT MAKES UP THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT AQUATIC HABITAT IN SPAIN, AFTER THE NATIONAL PARK OF DOÑANA.
GAUDÍ
(1852-1926). HE WAS A GENIUS OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE.
HE GOT INSPIRED FROM NATURE, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN HIS WORKS.
Sagrada Familia Temple
Güell ParkCasa Batlló
La Pedrera
JOAN MARAGALLJOAN MARAGALL (BARCELONA(BARCELONA,,1860-1911) 1860-1911) MODERNIST POET OF MODERNIST POET OF ROMANTIC SPIRIT. ROMANTIC SPIRIT.
JACINT VERDAGUER (1845-1902)
THE MOST IMPORTANT POET OF CATALAN RENAISSANCE.
OUR MOST POPULAR WRITERS
Soft ClocksThe Room
SALVADOR DALÍ
(1904-1989) HE WAS A GENIUS OF ABSTRACT PAINT. MOST OF HIS MASTERPIECES ARE PRESERVED IN THE DALI THEATRE-MUSEUM IN FIGUERES.
Dalí theatre-Museum in Figueres
Flat neutral backgrounds painted in a limited range of bright colors, especially blue, red, yellow, green, and black
His surrealist works are some of the most original of the 20th C.
JOAN MIRÓ
Catalan painter (Barcelona, 1893-1983)
Their subject matter drawn from the realm of memory and imaginative fantasy.