It was inspired by the English garden city movement ; hence the original English name Park ( in the Catalan language spoken in Catalonia where Barcelona is located, the word for " Park " is " Parc ", and the name of the place is " Parc Güell " in its original language ).

Barcelona (,, ) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1, 621, 537 within its administrative limits on a land area of.

The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of between 4, 200, 000 and 4, 500, 000 within an area of, being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan.

Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona.

Barcelona sports club, but locals never refer to the city as ' Barça '.

The Bank of Barcelona, probably the oldest public bank in Europe, was established by the city magistrates in 1401.

Barcelona remained the second largest city in Spain, at the heart of a region which was relatively industrialised and prosperous, despite the devastation of the civil war.

Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, which helped revitalize the city.

In 797, Barcelona, the greatest city of the Marca, fell to the Franks when Zeid, its governor, rebelled against Córdoba and, failing, handed it to them.

Barcelona, a major city, became a potential target for the Franks in 797, as its governor Zeid rebelled against the Umayyad emir of Córdoba.

* 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Pujol was born in the Catalan city of Barcelona, Spain on 14 February 1912 ( or possibly 28 February 1912 ) to Juan Pujol, a Catalan who owned a factory that produced dye, and Mercedes Guijarro Garcia, from the Andalusian town of Motril in the Province of Granada.

* October 16 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Albertville, France to be the host city of the 1992 Winter Olympics and Barcelona, Spain to be the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

* Confronted with important financial difficulty due to the expenses of its Spanish crusade, the Republic of Genoa has to sell the city of Tortosa to the count of Barcelona, which had been conquered in 1148 during that same crusade.

Many Jews leave Barcelona after the following massacres, though a large number remain in the city.

The presence of the caricatore improved the fortunes of the city, turning it into one of the major ports of Sicily and strengthening its commercial relationships with the maritime republics of Genoa, Pisa, and Venice as well as the major Mediterranean ports ( Marseille, Barcelona, etc.

The plan chosen to extend Barcelona was a rigorous project based on a scientific analysis of the city and its modern requirements.

Montserrat () is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain.

The IEC is based in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, and the second largest city in Spain.

The University of Barcelona (; ; ) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain.

In his letter written 23 January 1398 and addressed to the councillors of Barcelona, he informed them that he had sought the Pope ’ s permission to found a university in the city by Juan Carlos IX

There has probably always been a bridge of some sort at the southeastern corner of the city.

I think that we are here also talking of the kind of fear that a young boy has for a group of boys who are approaching at night along the streets of a large city.

It is remembered and has been commemorated by a bust in a park and a square in the city which was renamed Piazzo Lauro Di Bosis after the war.

The inference has been too widely accepted that because the Communists have succeeded in building barricades across Berlin the free world must acquiesce in dismemberment of that living city.

Falling somewhere in a category between Einstein's theory and sand fleas -- difficult to see but undeniably there, nevertheless -- is the tropical green `` city '' of Islandia, a string of offshore islands that has almost no residents, limited access and an unlimited future.

The city has a stake in stimulating growth and purchasing power throughout outstate Missouri and Southern Illinois.

Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason -- I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our society has gone mad.

When a city has arranged things like this you cannot easily change them.

If the distant patron of the suburban branch has been frightened away from downtown by traffic problems, however, the city store can only pressure the politicians to do something about the highways or await the completion of the federal highway program.

`` For three days now a German reconnaissance plane has been over the city taking pictures.

Land within commuting distance of a growing city is usually high in price, higher if it has subdivision possibilities.

`` Washington '', President Kennedy has been heard to remark ironically, `` is a city of southern efficiency and northern charm ''.

In the city, he said, the waiting list for those who want to join the union is so long that unless a boy has an inside track he can't get in.

One of the hardest chores a detective has is hanging around on a city street, trying to make himself inconspicuous, keeping an eye on the entrance of an office building and waiting.

Mr. Hawksley, the state's general treasurer, has been a part-time CD director in the city for the last nine years.

These contend there is a serious question as to whether Mr. Wagner has the confidence of the Democratic rank and file in the city.

The city has sued for the full amount of the $172,400 performance bond covering the contract.

Gladden has been an outspoken critic of the present city administration and led his union's battle against the teamsters, which began organizing city firemen in 1959.

Mrs. Mary Self, who knows more than any other person about the 5,000 city employes for whom she has kept personnel records over the years, has closed her desk and retired.

A startlingly high percentage do not exceed $500 annually, which includes the librarian's salary, and not even the New York Public has enough money to meet its needs -- this in the world's richest city.

Practically everybody in Berlin has relatives and friends that live in the opposite part of the city.

As soon as the fox has taken hold on most of the populace he imports more wharf rats, who, of course, say they are the aggrieved victims of an extermination campaign in the city.

In describing the initial Allied occupation of a middle-sized German city, the picture has color, pictorial pull and genuinely moving moments.