COMENIUS PROJECT

THE HARMONY OF CULTURES

HUNGARY- ITALY- POLAND- CATALONIA

BARCELONABy students in the 5th year of the

LAVÍNIA SCHOOL

HISTORYBarcelona is a city in Spain.It is the capital city of

Catalonia.Barcelona is the second most

populated city in Spain.

Barcelona is on the Mediterranean coast. The city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besos. Barcelona city has a population of over 1.600.000 people and an

area of 100 km2. Barcelona’s

Flag

Barcelona’s shield

Barcelona is divided in 10 districts:

1- Ciutat Vella.

2- Eixample

3- Sants – Montjuïc

4- Les Corts

5- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

6- Gràcia

7- Horta-Guinardó

8- Nou Barris

9- Sant Andreu

10- Sant Martí

Districts of Barcelona

Ciutat Vella

L’Eixample

Sants-Montjuïc

Les Corts

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

Gràcia

Horta-Guinardó Nou Barris

Sant Andreu Sant Martí

THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND PLACES

LES RAMBLES La Rambla is a street

in central Barcelona. It’s a 1,2 kilometer-long, tree-lined pedestrian mall. It connects Catalunya Square and the Christopher Columbus Monument.

CATALUNYA SQUARE

It’s a large square in central Barcelona. Some of the city’s most important streets and avenues meet there.

SAGRADA FAMÍLIA

The church of Sagrada Familia was designed by Antoni Gaudí. The church has been under construction.

CASA MILÀ (LA PEDRERA)

Casa Milà, as La Pedrera is a building designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built during the years 1905-1910.

CASA AMATLLER Casa Amatller is a

building in the modernisme style. It was originally designed as a residence for chocolatier Antoni Ametller. It was constructed between 1898 and 1900.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MONUMENT

Christopher Columbus discovered America.

The boats that he had were the Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria.

This statue is watching America.

AGBAR TOWER

The Torre Agbar is a new technological building. It was constructed by a French architect in 2005. There are offices, services, an auditorium and a parking lot.

BEACHBarceloneta beach

is situated on the coast of Mediterranean sea.

HARBOURIt is the nineth

largest container port in Europe. It’s divided in three zones: Port Vell (the old harbour), the commercial port and the logistics port.

TIBIDABOIt’s a mountain

overlooking Barcelona. At 512 meters it is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola.

MONTJUÏCIt’s a hill situated in

the southwest of the city center. The top of the hill was the site of fortifications. The latest was the Castell de Montjuïc.

MONTJUÏC FOUNTAINS

The Magic Fountain of

Montjuïc. The fountain

was constructed in 1929.

It’s a musical fountain.

EIXAMPLEIt’s a district of

Barcelona. It’s famous because of its long straight streets crossed by avenues and square blocks with chamfered corners. It was designed by Ildefons Cerdà.

GOTIC DISTRITIt’s in the center of the old

city. There are buildings date from the Medieval period, the Romans, and there is also the Jewish quarter.

CAMP NOUIt’s a football stadium.

The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since 1957. In the club there are famous players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué, Puyol, etc.

PARKS

Maternitat Park

Ciutadella Park

Horta Maze Garden

Escorxador

Garden

PARK GÜELL The park Güell is

a garden that was designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. There’s a dragon made with ceramic in the park.

FESTIVITIES

LA MERCÈ

La Mercè is the most important festival in the city. It has been an official city holiday since 1871. The actual feast day is September 24th.

There are giants and tadpoles (capgrossos), beasts, and castellers.

Tadpoles

Castellers

Giants

EVENTS- OLYMPIC GAMES

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona.

Cobi was the official mascot

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

POLITICS

JORDI HEREU(1996)

September 8, 2006 is the current mayor of Barcelona

SPORTS GEMMA MENGUAL(1977-) she’s

a synchronized swimmer PAU GASOL(1980-)is player of

the LOS ANGELES LAKERS

JOAN ANTONI SAMARANCH (1.920-2010) 7th president of the International Olympic committee

GERARD PIQUE (1987-)

Football player of FCBarcelona club

SINGERS

JOSEP CARRERAS is a singer (1946-)

MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ is a singer(1965-)

ARCHITECTSLLUIS DOMÉNECH MONTANER (1850-1923)Is an architect. He built “Palau de la música” ,”Hospital de Sant Pau” and others...

RICARD BOFILL (1939)

Is an architect. He built “Teatre Nacional de Catalunya”, “Walden 7”, “Hotel Vela” and others…

PAINTERSJOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

He is a painter. One project is a Fundació Joan Miró, in Barcelona.

His pictures seem like children’s drawings and they have a lot of colours.

ANTONI TÀPIES (1923)

He is a painter. Fundació Tàpies, in Barcelona, is a museum dedicated to his life and work.