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IN 1992, BARCELONA HOSTED THE SUMMER OLYMPICS

Els Segadors” (The Reapers”) is the official national anthem of Catalonia

September 11th is the National Day of Catalonia

Caga Tió and Caganer: Catalan Christmas traditions

APM? is a Catalan comedy show from TV station TV3. Since 2004, being the longest-running humor show. APM? has also gained nationwide exposure and popularity. “La televisió és cultura”

• Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana was the largest encyclopedia before Wikipedia.

• L’Estaca (“the stake”, figurative sense “without liberty”) is a song composed by the Catalan singer-songwriter Lluís Llach in 1968

• The “Premio Planeta de Novela” is is financially the most valuable literary award in the world for an author or book. Awarded since 1952 in Barcelona by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta.

• Where to watch Castellers, human towers, in Barcelona? The main “castells” season is from April to October but you can find them all year round depending on festival dates.

The Senyera is the flag of Catalonia. The legend features Ramon Berenguer painting the bars with his own blood on a yellow shield

• April 3rd 1493 The Catholic Kings receiving Columbus in the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra in Badalona, Barcelona.

• September 11th commemorates the fall of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the subsequent loss of Catalan institutions and laws.

• Tragic Week (July 25th-August 2nd 1909) was a series of violent confrontations between the Spanish army and anarchists, freemasons, socialists and republicans of Barcelona and other cities in Catalonia.

• The fall of the city January 26th 1939, that will be followed by 40 years of dictatorship

• The Catalan independence movement is a social and political movement which seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain.

• Most traditional names are Mercè, Montse, Nuria, Eulalia, Xavi, Francesc, Pau, Pep, Joan and Albert.