Barcelona Gary Mcdonoghsergi Martínezrigol by Gary Mcdonogh;sergi Martínez-rigol 9780745670690, 9780745670706, 9781509511044, 0745670695, 0745670709, 1509511040 instant download after payment.

Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city revived, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It became a center of culture, ornamented by modern planning and wondrous works by GaudI and others. Barcelona became known as "The Rose of Fire": home to revolutionaries and anarchists. Creativity and conflict continued to shape Barcelona in the twentieth century, as its citizens faced the Spanish Republic, Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Linking social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city, McDonogh and MartInez-Rigol reveal Barcelona's hidden history to modern-day visitors and residents alike.;Cover; Acknowledgments; Map of Barcelona; Introduction; Notes; 1 The Evolution of a Mediterranean City (to 1000 CE); Defining the Mediterranean; Humans on the Pla de Barcelona; Barcelona as a Roman City; Christianity, Invasions and Fragmentation; Islamic Barcelona and Catalonia; Building a City, a Territory and an Empire; Conclusions; Notes; 2 Barcelona the Capital (1000-1500); Centuries of Expansion and Change; The Holy City: Roman Catholicism and Judaism; Jewish Barcelona: The Other Holy City; Sites of Civil Power; The People of the City: The Raval and the Ribera