Presentation on the city of Barselona

2. *Barcelona is the capital of the
Autonomous Province of
Catalonia and the province in
Barcelona in northeastern Spain.
Located on the shores of the
Mediterranean at some 120
kilometers from the Pyrenees and
the border with France.*

3. According to the latest report of of Statistics
in 2006, the city of Barcelona has 1,605,602
inhabitants.

4. The city is also an important tourist destination
and has a rich cultural and historical heritage,
of which the most important architectural
works of Antonio Gaudi and Lluís Domènech i
Montaner, of which several UNESCO declared
world heritage site.

5. Barcelona hosted the important world events
that have contributed to becoming very famous
and visited city. The most important are the
World Exhibition in 1888 and 1929 Summer
Olympic Games in 1992, and the Forum of
Culture 2004.

6. FC Barcelona plays its games at the Camp
Nou stadium, which has 99,345 seats and was
built from 1954 to 1957. The construction of
the stadium was completed on 24 September
1957.

8. One of the most attractive places of the city is Las Ramblas promenade
Les Rambles located between Catalonia Square (Plaza Catalunya Plaça
Catalunya), the nerve center of the city and the old port. The promenade
is packed with people every day until late at night. Newsstand, shop
flowers and birds, live street skulture, cafes and restaurants, all of this
can be found on the boardwalk. The building named Palace Vireina, the
world famous Theatre Liceu and the main market Bokerija are of great
tourist interest. The promenade ends at the old harbor market Gate of
Peace (Portal de la Pau Portal de la Pau), and the famous statue of
Christopher Columbus. It is interesting that the statue with
outstretched hand finger pointing away from the American continent,
geared towards the Italian city of Genoa, which is considered his
hometown.

9. Korida or also the bullfight is a traditional play
that is performed especially in Spain and
Portugal, and in some Latin American
countries. The actors of this show, also called
bullfighters stick in the bull spear and killed
him with the sword. Only in Spain is roughly in
1700 bullfighting year killed about ten thousand
bulls. [1] Some people consider this traditional
entertainment in the form of animal abuse and
she gradually abolished and prohibited.

10. *Ivana Kukucka *