He was also appointed organist for the Bach Concerts of the Orféo Català at Barcelona and often travelled there for that purpose.

Alfonso III ( 1265, Valencia – 18 June 1291 AD ), called the Liberal ( el Liberal ) or the Free ( also " the Frank ," from el Franc ), was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfons II ) from 1285.

Alfonso IV, called the Kind ( also the Gentle or the Nice, ) ( 1299, Naples – 24 January 1336 ) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfonso III ) from 1327 to his death.

Alfonso the Magnanimous KG ( also Alphonso ; ; 1396 – 27 June 1458 ) was the King of Aragon ( as Alfonso V ), Valencia ( as Alfonso III ), Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica ( as Alfonso II ), and Sicily and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfonso IV ) from 1416 and King of Naples ( as Alfonso I ) from 1442 until his death.

That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.

While the town's name is generally seen as a diminutive form of Barcelona in Spain, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing point out an earlier attestation of the name Barcilona in Barcelonnette in around 1200, and suggest that it is derived instead from two earlier stems signifying a mountain, * bar and * cin ( the latter of which is also seen in the name of Mont Cenis ).

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe as the second longest in the world.

Simon's greatest triumph was the victory against superior numbers at the Battle of Muret — a battle which saw not only the defeat of Raymond of Toulouse and his Occitan allies — but also the death of Peter of Aragon — and the effective end of the ambitions of the house of Aragon / Barcelona in the Languedoc.

For seven years he also published the Dada periodical 391 in Barcelona, New York City, Zurich, and Paris from 1917 through 1924.

The event attracts amateur swimmers from all over the Canaries and Spain, and also swimming professionals such as David Meca and Maarten Van der Weijden, the paralympist Jesús Collado Alarcón who won gold medals for 100m backstroke and butterfly in Athens 2004, and Xavi Torres Ramis, the paralympic champion in Barcelona ' 92, Sydney and Atlanta.

Barcelona were being managed by former Queens Park Rangers manager Terry Venables, who had also brought in Manchester United and Wales striker Mark Hughes.

Muslim interest in the peninsula returned in force around the year 1000 when Al-Mansur ( also known as Almanzor ) sacked Barcelona in 985.

" The Doors incorporated " Asturias " into their song " Spanish Caravan "; also, Iron Maiden's To Tame a Land uses the introduction of the piece for the song bridge ; and more recently, a guitar version of Granada functions as something of a love theme in Woody Allen's 2008 film Vicky Cristina Barcelona

In the following years, Gerbert studied under the direction of Atto, Bishop of Vic, some 60 km north of Barcelona, and probably also at the nearby Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll.

In addition, he also composed music for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony.

He also composed the score of the opening ceremony for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, telecast live to an audience of over a billion viewers.

Presuras also appear in Catalonia, when the count of Barcelona ordered the Bishop of Urgell and the count of Gerona to repopulate the plains of Vic.

Catalonia came under intense pressure from the taifas of Zaragoza and Lérida, and also from internal disputes, as Barcelona suffered a dynastic crisis which led to open war among the smaller counties ; but by the 1080s, the situation calmed, and the dominion of Barcelona over the smaller counties was restored.

The latest in modern architecture was also represented by the likes of the Barcelona Pavilion in Spain and the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, at its completion the tallest building in the British Empire.

This enabled the smaller countries in the network to afford their own landing points, and also allowed the network to accommodate for large changes in traffic demands at any individual station, such as the dramatic increase during the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Barcelona, Valencia and Seville hold also local Pride Parades.

There are also links to Barcelona via the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport ( TMB ) metro ( underground ) and bus system, as well as the Trambesòs line.

Having reached the 2012 Copa del Rey Final by defeating giantkillers CD Mirandes ( based in a small town close to Bilbao ), Athletic faced the same opponent as in 2009-powerful FC Barcelona, who again proved too strong in another 3-0 result.

The first railway line in Iberia was built in 1848 between Barcelona and Mataró In 1852 the first narrow gauge line was built ; in 1863 a line reached the Portuguese border.

AIK reached the third round where their paths crossed with FC Barcelona, just before the start of the 1997 Allsvenskan season.

In 1935, the former won the Campeonato Levante-Sur, a competition that featured teams from Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia, and subsequently reached the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup, consecutively beating Valencia and FC Barcelona, before losing to eventual runners-up CE Sabadell FC.

When he reached the age of 11 or 12, the leader of the Barcelona Cathedral took attention to him as a young talent.

In 1986, the team reached the semi-finals of the European Cup but were defeated on penalties against FC Barcelona.

Ríos again reached the final in Santiago de Chile ( where a sort of curse seemed to deny him victory in front of his home crowd ), and also reached the finals in Barcelona and Scottsdale.

At the start of the clay-court season, González reached the semifinals at Barcelona and Rome.

They also reached the European Cup final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish side FC Barcelona with an 1 – 0 score after extra time.

In 1986 Vujadin Boskov was appointed as new head coach ; the club won their second Coppa Italia in 1988, being admitted to the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup 1988-89, where they reached the final, being defeated 2 – 0 by Barcelona.

In the following season, Sampdoria reached the European Cup final, and was defeated again by Barcelona at the Wembley Stadium.

In the 1955 – 58 Fairs Cup, which took place over three seasons, and which allowed only one team from each participating city, a London XI made up of players from various London clubs, reached the final where they lost 8-2 to over two legs to Barcelona.

The next Fairs Cup also took place over three seasons from 1958 to 1960, and Birmingham City reached the final where they also lost to Barcelona, 4-1 in a one-off final.

He was a regular feature of Barcelona's 2001 – 02 Champions League campaign as they reached the semi-finals before bowing out to fierce rivals Real Madrid, but failed to inspire Barcelona to any trophy success due to a financial crisis the club suffered during the early 2000s.

When it reached Barcelona it was covered with a coat of paint which was removed.

2004 started slowly for Gaudio, but he eventually reached the final in Barcelona losing to Tommy Robredo in 5 sets, then posted two victories in the World Team Cup over Martin Verkerk and Lleyton Hewitt.

He was an instrumental figure in the side's UEFA Cup qualification as fifth, as it also reached the Spanish Cup final, lost to eventual league winners FC Barcelona.

On 28 April 2010, José Mourinho reached the UEFA Champions League Final for the second time in his career after Internazionale beat current holders Barcelona 3 – 2 on aggregate, after losing 1 – 0 at Nou Camp ( which Mourinho called " the most beautiful defeat of my life ").

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she reached the second round despite illness.

This, along with an offer from PSV, sufficed for the manager to leave one year before the end of his contract, even though Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League before losing to Barcelona, who ended up winning the trophy.

The team also qualified for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, where it reached the second round, unluckily having to face, in its first game of the elimination round, a United States National team composed of NBA players ( the Dream Team ), finishing at the end in 8th place.

They also reached the European Cup final in 1992, losing to Spain's Barcelona.

Dinamo's greatest achievement in Europe to this day was in the 1971 – 72 European Cup Winners ' Cup, where they reached the final at Camp Nou in Barcelona, losing 3 – 2 to Scottish side Rangers.