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History & Sidelights

History of Barcelona

Starting with Hercules

1929 International Exhibition

Barcelona would never be the same

An Independent Catalonia?

The neverending question

Anarchism

The Rose of Fire

Batty Barcelona

They're everywhere—but why?

Castellers

Human Towers

The Catalan Crapper

And his sidekick, 'Uncle pooping log'

Domus of Sant Honorat

An Ancient Roman House Under the Street

The Drummer Boy of El Bruc

Pa rum pa pum pum!

El Call: Jewish Barcelona

Life in Barcelona's ghetto

FC Barcelona

'Més que un club'

Flirtations with Utopia

When Poble Nou was 'Icaria'

Gaudí and Güell

Barcelona's odd couple

Hercules in Barcelona

And did his feet in ancient times...?

Jocs Florals

Barcelona's troubadours, old and new

Madronita Andreu-Klein

Pioneer cinematographer

Monument to Rafael Casanova

Lawyer and hero

Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya

Archaeology Museum of Catalunya

Museu d'Historia de Barcelona (MUHBA)

A slice of Roman Barcelona and a Royal Palace

Museu d'Història de Catalunya

Try on a Suit of Armour

Painted Pigeons, Pushy Parrots

Barcelona's for the birds

Plaça de la Vila de Madrid

Roman Tombs in the City Centre

Porxos d’en Xifré

Picasso's first Barcelona address

La Renaixença

The 19th-century Catalan Renaissance

Sant Agustí

A rare Neoclassical bit of BCN

The Sardana

Catalonia's national dance

Squatters (and squatter bars)

Anarchism ain't dead yet

St Jordi and the Dragon

Barcelona's Beast

Submarines everywhere

Meet the Ictineo

The Monster of Carrer Ponent

The dark side of Barcelona's golden age

The Totality of Design

What happened after the Modernistas

The Universal Exhibition of 1888

Barcelona Finds its Calling as a World Class Show-off

Tibidabo

On top of the Collserola

Two Hairy Guys

The Miracle on Monserrat