Barcelona, Spain

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Barcelona, Spain
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Info on Barcelona

• Barcelona is the Capital and most populous city
  of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia
  (Cataluña) and the second largest city in Spain.
• Barcelona is located on the Mediterranean Coast
  in between mouths of the rivers Llobregat and
  Besòs.

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Population of Barcelona

• The population of the City of Cataluña is
  1,621,ooo.

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Barcelona's Economics

• Barcelona is a major economic centre with one of
  Europe's principal Mediterranean ports, and
  Barcelona International Airport is the second
  largest in Spain after Madrid-Barajas Airport.

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Weather

• Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate with
  sub-mediterranean influence, which makes of it
  not to be the "classical mediterranean climate"
  with mild, humid winters and warm, dry summers.
• December, January and February are the coldest
  months, averaging temperatures of 9C(48 F).
  July and August are the hottest months, averaging
  temperatures of 24C (72F)

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Architecture

• Particularly renowned are architectural works of
  Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner that
  have been designated as popular tourist
  attractions such as La Sagrada Familia

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Education

• Barcelona has a well-developed higher education
  system of public universities. Most prominent
  among these is the University of Barcelona, a
  world-renowned research and teaching institution
  with campuses around the city. Barcelona is also
  home to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia,
  the newer Pompeu Fabra University

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Entertainment

• Barcelona has many venues for live music and
  theatre, including the world-renowned Gran Teatre
  del Liceu opera theatre, the Teatre Nacional de
  Catalunya, the Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la
  Música Catalana concert hall.
• Also Barcelona held the 1992 Olympic Games.

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Parks

• Barcelona contains 68 municipal parks, divided
  into 12 historic parks, 5 thematic (botanical)
  parks, 45 urban parks and 6 forest parks.
• Of Barcelona's parks, Montjuïc is the largest.