Ramblas - the main tourist - a pedestrian street in Barcelona. The heart of the Catalan capital! All tourism in Barcelona starts from here and only here. Barcelona Tourism Mecca - the most notable promenade planet. Old Arbat Street in Moscow or Deribasivska in Odessa - is the Rambla in Barcelona. Being in Barcelona and not be on the Rambla - it means you do not have in Barcelona.

Ramblas - a street riddled with centuries of historical eras - the Roman and feudal - medieval era of modernism and Francoism, the modern era postfrankistskogo period also left its mark on the most famous promenade of the old Europe.Rambla - is the dried bed of ancient rivers. Planted with palm trees street with narrow passages for vehicles on the edges down the long parched riverbed where - that served as a source of drinking water for the first Roman conquerors and gutter for the medieval locals - Catalans. In summer, a small-sized creek dried up and served as a meeting place and evening festivities for locals - as well as all the rivers of all these streams in all the coastal villages of Catalonia. That is still the main essence of the Rambla, but now the festivities are stretched almost around the clock, and to drift along the townspeople join the hordes of tourists, street musicians, pickpockets, sharps, police, prostitutes, entertainers freezes living statues and everything else who is capable more to revive the busiest street of the planet.

Exhibitions in Barcelona

Every year in the capital of Catalonia - Barcelona, hosts over 80 exhibitions, JUMEIRAH BEACH RESIDENCE latest technological solutions, design finds and millions of people around the world. shows Barcelona - two-thirds of the major career-oriented exhibitions in Spain. Each year in the program exhibition center in Barcelona there are new exposure. Fifteen of the exhibits are held among the three largest in Europe in its field.

The main part of the exhibition is held on the slopes of Montjuic from the Parallel Avenue. In 1920, it hosted the first trade fair, but according to the city acquired its own exhibition-fair complex in 1932. called the International Exhibition Centre of Barcelona (Feria Internacional de Barcelona).

The history of the city's founding goes back to antiquity. It is believed that Barcelona was founded in the III century BC. e. Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, father of the legendary Hannibal. During a military campaign in the Iberian Peninsula, he built at the foot of Montjuic fortified settlement, which was called Barsine - in honor of the family of Hamilcar. In the II century Barsine came under the power of the Romans, and began to develop as a military and commercial center. After sunset, Rome, in the V century the city was captured by the Visigoths, and some time was the capital of the Visigoth kingdom, is now being called Barsinova. After a while the name softened to the well-known Barcelona. In 716 the city was captured by the Moors, but already conquered in 801 by Louis the Pious - the son of Charlemagne. Barcelona became the capital of the Spanish brand Frankish empire. Subsequently, the city became the property of Gifreda Hairy, which Charles the Bald for bravery in the fight against the Moors, together with Barcelona bestowed the title of Count. It is connected with the name of Gifreda origin of the coat of arms - yellow shield with red stripes. It is believed that one of the battles seriously wounded Gifred fingers left these bloody streaks on my yellow shield (another version - did Charles the Bald blood Gifreda). Today and Barcelona, âEUR