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Barcelona
Barcelona is the land recognized for the people who respond with undiminished enthusiasm. Barcelona is recognized as a world-class city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network.

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of Catalonia. As of Census 2006, the city had an estimated population of 1,605,602, making it a second largest city in Spain. Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona was declared as the capital of the Counts of Barcelona and the Crown of Aragon.

Barcelona is a city rich in traditions and culture, and when theres a party, the people of the city participate actively. People here organize their whole year around these festivals and celebrations.

The saint of the neighbourhood, Carnival, the Festivities of Santa Eul?lia, Sant Jordi, and the Christmas cavalvade of the Reis - the Three Kings are among the zealously celebrated festivals. And whenever a new one comes along, the people of Barcelona respond with undiminished enthusiasm.

Barcelona today has become an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Explore the city of a rich cultural heritage. The city has the Spains second largest airport named Barcelona International Airport. Barcelona lies in a Mediterranean climate zone. It has mild, humid winters and warm, dry summers.

Education
The city of Barcelona keeps up a well-developed higher education system of public schools as well as universities. The public schools range from nurseries to high schools, under the responsibility of the city council. Like other cities in Spain, Barcelona is also undergoing the integration of a large number of immigrant students from Latin America, Africa and Asia.

The University of Barcelona is a world-renowned research and training institution with campuses around the city. The other prominent universities in the region include the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the newer Pompeu Fabra University and, in the private sector, the Ramon Llull University.

Barcelona is also home to the internationally renowned institutions like ESADE Business School. The Autonomous University of Barcelona, another public university, is located in Bellaterra.

Culture and Museum
Barcelona is a bilingual city where Catalan and Spanish are official languages and widely spoken. Barcelona has strong cultural roots and its cultural history dates back to 2000 years. Since the arrival of democracy, several notable measures have been taken to promote the Catalan Culture. Emphasis was given both on recovering works from the past and stimulating the creation of new works.

Those who have taste for history and want to see it in its making can find Barcelona a great place to visit. The city houses an array of top-class museums, which cover different areas and eras. The National Museum of Art of Catalonia garners attention from notable number of people for possessing a well-known collection of Romanesque art.

The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art is also a worth-visit which primarily focuses on post-1945 Catalan and Spanish art. The Fundaci? Joan Mir?, Picasso Museum and Fundaci? Antoni T?pies have set up on display important collections of these world-renowned artists, the museums are named after.

There are several museums in the region covering the fields of history and archeology, such as the City History Museum, the Museum of the History of Catalonia, the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, the Barcelona Maritime Museum and the private-owned Egiptian Museum. The Erotic museum of Barcelona is a peculiar one, while Cosmocaixa is a science museum and has received the European Museum of the Year Award in 2006.

Entertainment and Performing Arts
The city is alive with electric entertainment genres and provides ample opportunity to its locals as well as out-of-towners to enjoy its vibrant life. Barcelona has numerous venues for live theater and music, including the country-renowned Gran Teatre del Liceu opera theatre, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, the Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la M?sica Catalana concert hall and many.

There are many small theaters as well; the popular being the Teatre Poliorama. People living in Barcelona find every reason a great reason to enjoy and celebrate. The city echoes with joys and celebrations that take place throughout the year.

The GREC festival takes place every summer. Renowned performing artists as well as companies from every corner of the globe come and take part in this festival.

Barcelona also celebrates the S?nar Music Festival which takes place around June each year. This is an electronica music festival which lasts for three days with two main events on each day.

The Barcelona and Catalonia National Symphonic Orchestra - OBC - is the largest symphonic orchestra in Catalonia. It features around 75 concerts every season. Come and explore yourself the majestic scale of Barcelona making it truly a marvelous spectacle!