Barcelonan — noun see Barcelona … New Collegiate Dictionary
Floral Games — were any of a series historically related poetry contests with floral prizes. In Occitan, their original language, and Catalan they are known as Jocs florals (modern Occitan: Jòcs floraus ). In French they became the Jeux floraux . The original… … Wikipedia
BARCELONA — BARCELONA, Mediterranean port in Catalonia, northeast Spain, seat of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the country. Amram gaon sent his version of the prayer book to the scholars of Barcelona. In 876/7 a Jew named Judah (Judacot) was the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Barcelona — geographical name 1. province NE Spain in Catalonia on the Mediterranean area 2986 square miles (7734 square kilometers), population 4,654,407 2. city & port, its capital population 1,623,542 3. city NE Venezuela near coast population 109,061 •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Barcelona — This article is about the capital of Catalonia. For the football club, see FC Barcelona. For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). Barcelona from top, left to right: Barcelona skyline, Castell dels Tres Dragons, Port of Barcelona, Sagrada… … Wikipedia
Politics of Catalonia — Catalonia is a Spanish Autonomous Community with a high level of self government. Politics of Catalonia are primarily related to the autonomous Parliament of Catalonia and the Generalitat institutional system. But regional Catalan politics also… … Wikipedia
Theudis — [Theudis is the name assigned him by Isidore of Seville, but his real name was probably Theodoric.Fact|date=July 2007] (in Spanish, Teudis , in Portuguese Têudis ) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania from 531 548. After the death of Amalaric,… … Wikipedia
Tragic Week — (in Catalan la Setmana Tràgica , in Spanish la Semana Trágica ) (July 25 August 2, 1909) is the name used for a series of bloody confrontations between the army and the working classes of Barcelona and other cities of Catalonia, backed by the… … Wikipedia
Pedro Friedeberg — (born January 11, 1937) is a Mexican painter.Friedeberg was born in Florence, Italy, on January 11, 1937, the son of German Jewish parents, Friedeberg arrived in Mexico at the age of three. Having shown an early inclination for drawing and… … Wikipedia
Josep Pla — i Casadevall (March 8, 1897, Palafrugell, Girona April 23, 1981, Llofriu, Girona) was a Spanish Catalan journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and… … Wikipedia