Catalunya
Catalonia , historic region and autonomous community in Spain , located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula between the Mediterranean coast and the Pyrenees. There are about 7 million inhabitants , representing about 16% of the total population of Spain.Capital of Catalonia and at the same time one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean , Barcelona. Administratively autonomous community is divided into four provinces Barcelona, Tarragona , Girona and Leida . This is the most developed area of Spain. It produces 23% of the gross national product.
The modern Catalonia harmoniously in the customs , architecture and monuments of history are combined to achieve different ages and very different peoples living on this earth at different times : the Greeks, Romans , Goths, Saracens , Jews, Slavs, Bulgarians , bogumilov , Franks and other .
The first inhabitants of present-day Catalonia were Iberians, who came from North Africa and settled on the coast near present-day Barcelona and Mataro .
about 600 BC. Oe. Catalan coast there are the Greeks and create their own settlement Emporion , Empures today .
In the 3rd century BC. Oe. in Catalonia penetrate the Carthaginians . Posle197 BC. Oe.When Carthage . was forced to abandon his Spanish dominions , the Romans founded here their province , Spain Near the administrative center of Tarraco (Tarragona ). Under the domination of the Roman province of blooms, a special recovery experiences of Tarragona and Barcelona , known as Julia Augusta Paterna Faventsiya Bartsino .
In 414Visigoths conquered northern Spain , and in 476 and Barcelona, they make capital of his state Gotaloniya .
In 711 the Moors invaded Spain from North Africa and soon captured and Catalonia.
In the VIII- IX centuries. during the reign of Louis the Pious Carolingians replacing the Moors from Catalonia.King Wilfred unites the Frankish border area with the Spanish territories in the Spanish brand , divided into nine counties. The greatest power of different county Barcelona .
In the XII century.As a result of marriage between heirs dynasties graph Barcelona and the King of Aragon Kingdom of Aragon was founded , that became in the Middle Ages into a powerful maritime and trading nation .
In 1714, the Spanish King Philip V of Spain attaches it to .
In 1979,Catalonia gets autonomous status , followed by the formal recognition of the Catalan language .
The modern Catalonia is very attractive for tourists. This is a development of the Mediterranean area, which apart from the magnificent historical monuments has a huge resource in the treatment of various diseases.Exclusively curative and relaxing properties of mineral and medicinal waters and sea were known to the ancient inhabitants of these places.Traditions of treatment, but rather, on the waters of healing goes back to Roman times - the Romans first uncovered the wealth of mineral waters, and it were one of the main causes of centuries-old residence of the ancient Greeks and Romans on the territory of Catalonia. Today, in its territory is situated 16 zdravnitsbolee with more than 2,000 seats.These beautiful buildings are usually a few kilometers from the coast in such famous places as the Costa Brava, Costa Dorada and Pyrenees, and in addition to beautiful scenery , restaurants with delicious food, and more thought-out infrastructure and entertainment carefully planned routes for these entertainments.
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