BARCELONA A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE CONTEMPORARY CITY

A fascinating town! But a town with a past that involves cycles of betrayal, conquest, oppression, struggle, expansion, industrializ ation, mass immigration and the triumphant survival of Catalan culture and language against the odds. In this absorbing and accessib le history of the town since 1714, the author, offers visitors a means to deepen their experience of this Mediterranean jewel of a t own, to get to know the context behind the places visited and the opportunity to truly understand.The ideal companion to a visit to the town,...[Llegir més]