Barcelona is known as the city of art!
City reputation: Barcelona's pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, monuments, known as the "Pearl of the Iberian Peninsula," known as Spain's most famous tourist attractions. It is Spain's ancient city of culture, the Mediterranean Manhattan. The whole city is located by the mountains and the sea, with majestic terrain, and the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings and modern buildings in the downtown area reflect each other. Between Placa Portal de la Pau and Placa de Cataluna, with the Cathedral at the center, there are countless buildings worth visiting. The city tour starts at the Royal Palace. Gaudi's architectural works are Barcelona's brightest jewels, and the Mediterranean Gold Coast is a seaside resort. Cultural Characteristics: Barcelona, as a diverse city, has a diverse face. When visitors who are not familiar with the history of the city come here, may feel a little difference, in such a modern city, the old Gothic Quarter still retains the original style, the historical dynasties as if it has never had any touch on it. Architectural features: Barcelona has no shortage of Spanish Romantic architecture, and the Church of the Sagrada Familia, which stands like a signpost to the sky, is one of them. Built in 1882, the church was delayed due to lack of funds, and only the Nativity Gate, one of the three main doors of the sanctuary, has been completed. Nonetheless, those who have seen it have been moved and dazzled. The Palais Gouel is as moving and marvelous as the Garden City. The Guggenheim Museum is an extraordinary building, with huge, thick rocks piled up to form an immense kettle, grotesque, treacherous yet imposing. If you've never been to Barcelona, you can't imagine it there. Barcelona is a secluded city with slopes on the outskirts of town gently rising up to connect the surrounding hills. The coast from Barcelona to the French border is full of rocky headlands and sandy coves. The golden sandy beaches, with their blue waters and dark green olive trees and pine forests on the shore, will make you feel like you are in a fairyland in the full sun or at sunset. Barcelona's streets are full of statues of people with a distinctive flavor. The climate in Barcelona is mild and pleasant. The city's Plaza de Catalunya is both an entertainment center and a shopping destination. In the street stalls you can buy the most local suede jackets and coats, lace shawls, and exquisite silverware. In addition to entertainment and shopping, it is very convenient to stop for a meal. Cafes, restaurants and bars of all classes offer excellent service. Local specialties include lobster, seafood and beans with sausage from the Brava Bay. There are also Chinese restaurants. Barcelona's nickname: Azulgrana (Azulgrana), which is the name of Barcelona in the Barcelona area for both old and young people, and Barcelona in the province of Catalonia. Barcelona is very much like Shanghai in China, beautiful, famous, ancient, intelligent but not the capital, so some factor contributes to their love of their own language rather than the official language, Barcelona team alias is thus generated. Catalan dialect in Azul (Azul) for blue, Grana (Grana) for red, together is the color of the Barcelona uniforms, Azul Grana became synonymous with the Barcelona team, Spanish soccer professionals also use more Azul Grana, because Barcelona is not necessarily talking about the team, and Azul Grana must be a special reference to the Barcelona team (but also includes). Barcelona's other programs: handball, basketball, water polo, etc.). Barcelona also has an older title: Cules, which has a nastier connotation. In the 20's Barcelona, not yet have today's world-renowned soccer stadium, the stadium was very small, the audience sat on a thin strip of benches to watch the game, the back are exposed to half of the buttocks, due to the lack of fences, from the periphery of the stadium, countless half-hips exposed, becoming a spectacle in Barcelona at the time. So, people will be Barcelona team name Gures, and Gures is the buttocks. Today, this name is not very common in the Barcelona area, but only the whites remember it and adopt it from time to time. Eight buildings in Barcelona are listed as World Heritage Sites: the buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí i Cornet were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1984: 1. CASA VICENS (1883-1888) 2. PALAU G?ELL (1886 - 1889) 3. PARC G?ELL (1986 - 1889) 4. PARC G?ELL (1900-1914) 4. CASA BATLL? (1904-1906) 5. CASA MIL?, LA PEDRERA (1906-1912) 6. TEMPLE EXPIATORI DE LA SAGRADA FAM?LIA (1883-1926) Domenico (1926) 1926) Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and listed as a World Heritage Site in 1997: 1. The Palau de la Música Catalana (1905-1908) 2. The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (1902-1930) 3. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (1902-1930)