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THE DICTATORSHIP OF PRIMO DE RIVERA
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This environment of conflict, especially the assassination of prime minister, Eduardo Dato, assassinated in Madrid by Catalan anarchists, led a military coup on September 13, 1923, by the captain general of Catalonia, Miguel Primo de Rivera, which wa... |
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INDUSTRIALIZATION
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The Industrial Revolution had a quick implementation in Catalonia, is a pioneer in the country in implementing manufacturing procedures initiated in Britain in the eighteenth century. In 1737 was established in Barcelona the first factory manufacture... |
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HISTORY OF BARCELONA
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The history of Barcelona stretches back well over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village, named Barkeno. Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean sea, on the coastal route... |
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ROMAN BARCINO
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Information about the period from 218 BC until the first century BC is scarce. The Roman Republic contested the Carthaginean control of the area, and eventually set out to conquer the whole of the Iberian peninsula in the Cantabrian Wars, a conquest ... |
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URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS
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Parallel to the industrial processes, Barcelona lived through the nineteenth century a wide range of urban transformation: the center was reorganized with the remodeling of the Plaza de Sant Jaume and Carrer Ferran, Jaume I and Princess, and opened t... |
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BARCELONA UNDER THE CROWN OF ARAGON
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While Alfonso II of Aragon inherited the Crown of Aragon in 1162 thanks to the marriage in 1137 of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona, with Petronila of Aragon, future Queen of Aragon, the administrations of Aragon and Catalon... |
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VISIGOTHIC BARCHINONA
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At the start of the 5th century, the Western Roman Empire suffered ever more serious attacks at the hands of various Germanic peoples, notably the Goths and the Vandals. Alaric's stepbrother and successor Ataulf led the Visigoths into southern Gaul, ... |
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SUCCESSION WAR
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The momentary peace with the Spanish monarchy did not last long: the death of the childless King Charles II caused a succession dispute that led to the War of Succession (1706-1714), which involved the major European powers (France defender Philippe ... |
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THE FRwidth="130"O DICTATORSHIP
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The support of the city to the forces of the Republic cost him dearly in Barcelona, not only during the three years of war, but during the thirty-six years of dictatorship (1939-1975). The new regime made a political purge that relegated to any perso... |
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