BARCELONA LA CIUTAT DE GAUDI (RUS)

Barcelona has entered the third millennium of its history with the appearance and energy of a young debutant. Located on the northea st coast of the Iberian Peninsula, close to France, it has two millenniums of history behind it and is in continual process of refor m. On these lines, the 1992 Olympic Games provided a spectacular general transformation, complemented by the Forum 2004 event, which crowned off the work on the coastline.Barcelona, which was a Catalan, Mediterranean and European point of reference, is now a globa l one.