It was the capital of Revolutionary Catalonia during the Spanish Revolution of 1936, and the seat of government of the Second Spanish Republic later in the Spanish Civil War, until its capture by the fascists in 1939. Barcelona became the centre of Catalan separatism, briefly becoming part of France during the 17th century Reapers' War. After joining with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the confederation of the Crown of Aragon, Barcelona, which continued to be the capital of the Principality of Catalonia, became the most important city in the Crown of Aragon and the main economic and administrative centre of the Crown, only to be overtaken by Valencia, wrested from Moorish control by the Catalans, shortly before the dynastic union between the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1492. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range.įounded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan.
It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. Barcelona ( / ˌ b ɑːr s ə ˈ l oʊ n ə/ ( listen) BAR-sə- LOH-nə, Catalan: ( listen), Spanish: ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
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