CATALONIA

CATALONIA

This is the Catalan flag, La Senyera is a yellow flag with four red vertical stripes. This is the official flag of Catalonia.

WHERE IS CATALONIA?

CATALONIA AREA

BARCELONA It is the capital and largest city of Catalonia.

Barcelona is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula and it is facing the Mediterranean Sea.

SAGRADA FAMILIA

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This monumental basilica will surprise you !!

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This church has got 7 towers.

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This was designed by the genius architect, Antoni Gaudí.

PARK GĂœELL This park is designed

by Antonio Gaudi .

It has curving structures and multiple colours all over the park.

There is an iconic dragon at the entrance.

HUMAN TOWERS One of Catalonia's most famous traditions.

There is no mechanical help, and tens and even hundreds of people can take part in it.

Human towers have lifted by building different levels of people.

TRADICIONAL DANCE The Sardana is a musical genre typical of Catalan culture and danced in circle following a set of steps.

Men and women join together in a circle by holding hands and facing inwards to dance

DALIĂ?

Salvador DalĂ­ made paintings, sculptures and films about the dreams he had.

The Persistence of Memory (1931).

He painted melting clocks and floating eyes, clouds that look like faces and rocks that look like bodies.

PABLO PICASSO Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

He was the co-creator of Cubism.

Picasso was so experimental, and created so many different kinds of art.

Paul vestido de Arlequin, Paris, 1924, Oil on canvas

His great work is divided into different stages

JOAN MIRĂ“

MirĂł

was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.

An artist who is considered as one of the masters of surrealism.

His use bright colors.

Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman. painting

SPORTS Marc Marquez is one of the catalan moto gp riders.

He has participated in more than 40 Grand Prix.

He won 4 World Championship.

MONTSERRAT CABALLE Montserrat Caballe , a Spanish

opera singer died recently in Barcelona.

Two of the legendary opera singers: Montserrat Caballe and Luciano Pavarotti.

One of the most exciting singers on the opera stage in the final four decades of the 20th century