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Publisher makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information given in the editorial and advertising pages of See Barcelona but accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions for claims made in any section of this magazine. 8 SEE BARCELONA: HISTORY OF BARCELONA arcelona is the heart and motor of the autonomous region 988 Count Borrell II achieved independence from the Carolingian of Catalonia in the northeast corner of Spain. Catalonia is kings for the County of Barcelona and became the dominant politi- BSpain’s leading economic region with almost 20% of nation- cal and military force in the region later known as Catalonia. The al production for a region that is only 6,3% of Spain’s extension and 11th and 12th centuries consolidated Barcelona as an important has just over 15% of the population. There are more than 7 million Mediterranean city. inhabitants in Catalonia and of these close to 70% live in Barcelona and the immediate surroundings (metropolitan area). With over BARCELONA’S GOLDEN AGE 4 million people, Barcelona has one of the largest metropolitan In the year 1070 gold was the medium of exchange in 95% of areas among Mediterranean cities. Recent developments such as the commercial transactions. The internationalization of trade by the new high speed train link to Madrid and eventually to France, way of maritime transportation was fundamental in the develop- or the expansion of the port and the new airport runway and ment of 12th century Barcelona, and soon the city became as terminals will allow Barcelona to grow even further. influential as Genoa or Venice. The growth of the city then and later was to be directly related to the increasing importance of its BARCELONA’S HISTORY port. There are still some buildings from this prosperous period, Barcelona’s origins go back more than 2,500 years when such as the romanesque style church of Sant Pau del Camp or Phoenicians and Carthaginians settled in the area and chose to the chapel of Santa Llucia in the Cathedral. A good selection of have a commercial port. The name of Carthaginian ruler Amilcar artwork commissioned or purchased by Barcelona’s rich patrons Barca is often referred to as the origin of the name Barcino, later can be seen in several of the city’s museums, such as the MNAC used by the Romans. The Carthaginians were replaced by the (National Museum of Catalan Art) or the City History Museum in Romans in the 1st century B.C. who preferred Tarraco (modern the Plaça del Rei. day Tarragona) as their regional capital. Barcelona has several surviving monuments from this period, concentrated around Jaume I “The Conqueror” established the “Consell de Cent” in the the Plaza Sant Jaume and the gothic quarter. During the third 13th century, an innovative form of government. The Cathedral century AD Barcino replaced Tarraco in importance and became of Barcelona was begun in the 13th century and shows just how the major Roman outpost in the area of Hispania Citerior; the prosperous the city had become. It was the preamble to the build- Roman walls, still visible as part of later buildings in the Gothic ing boom of the 14th century when Barcelona was reaching out quarter, were reinforced in this period to repel the Frankish and and conquering foreign ports under Jaume II. The chapel of St. German invasions. Agatha in the Royal Palace of the Plaça del Rei was built for Jaume II, who died in 1327. The foundations of the church of Sta. Maria With the disintegration of the Roman Empire came the invasion del Pí were laid in 1322 and the church of Sta. Maria del Mar was of the Visigoths who occupied Barcino in 415 A.D. and renamed begun in 1329. The plague decimated the population of Barcelona the city Barcinona. Three hundred years later at the beginning of and at one point half the councillors and 4 of 5 magistrates had the 8th century the moors conquered Barcelona during their drive died. But the building boom continued unabated until the end from northern Africa to the south of France. Only one hundred of the century. years later, the Franks led by Louis the Pious occupied Barcelona and established a strong military presence in what became known Under Pere III (1336-1387) the city was particularly embellished as the Spanish Mark, the front line of a constant battle between with civil buildings. The vaulted halls of the Saló del Tinell and the Christian kingdoms of the North with the Arabs. This conflict the impressive vaulted structure of the royal shipyards (Reials eventually evolved into what became known as the Reconquest. Drassanes, today the Maritime Museum) are part of this building crusade. Pere III embarked on a series of Mediterranean wars and The Carolingian Empire established a number of Counties and had his galleons built in Barcelona’s shipyards.