*SANT JOSEP SCHOOL, Navàs.

The 5 best places of Catalonia

*Where is Catalonia?

5 great places

Montserrat

Barcelona

Costa Brava

St. Climent de Taüll

Tarragona

*Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia.

*It has 1.600.000 inhabitants.

*The largest Metropolitan city of the Mediterranean sea.

*It was Olympic city in 1992.

*It has become a world reference in culture, gastronomy, tourism , economy, fashion and arts .

*BARCELONA

*What can you see in Barcelona?

*LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA

*La Sagrada Família means: The Holly Family.

*It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.

*Gaudí was inspired by the nature when he build the basilic. The columns inside look like a forest of giant trees.

*Different moments of the Bible are shown around and inside the church.

*Considered UNESCO world heritage site.

* We are on excursion in La Sagrada Família and Barcelona

Güell Park, the mosaic style of Antoni Gaudí is amazing The Maritime zone of Barcelona where we can find this famous sculpture of the Catalan artist Antoni Miró. Two interesting sites of the citiy, where art and beauty live together.

*Parc Güell

*Maritime zone

Woman and bird,Antoni MIRÓ

The dragon.Antoni Gaudí

* The pure beauty of the beaches , the green trees touching the sea and the transparent waters. One of the best touristic places in the Mediterranean Coast.

Costa Brava

A group of seven islets near L’Estartit in Costa Brava.

The Medes Islands are today one of the most important marine flora and fauna reserves in the western Mediterranean, as well as being a popular scuba diving destination.

*The Medes islands, in Costa Brava

*Sant Climent de Taüll, The Pyrinees

Clement of Taüll is a Roman Catholic church. It is a form of Romanesque architecture that contains magnificent Romanesque art. World Heritage site by the UNESCO.

*The artwork inside the church include the famous mural paintings by the Master of Taüll  as well as the wooden altar frontal. These works of art represent different aspects of Christianity. The most famous fresco, of Christ in Majesty.  

*TARRAGONA

*The Roman aqueduct

* Berà Arch.

It stands on the line of what was the Via Augusta, now the N-340 road

Tarragona is a city with thousands of years of history. Ancient Tarraco, founded by the Romans, was one of the most important cities in the Mediterranean. This impressive Roman legacy has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

*Montserrat (Serrated Mountain) is the spiritual heart of Catalonia .

* Thousands of years ago it was under the sea.

* The monastery called Monestir de Montserrat was founded in 1025 to commemorate numerous visions of the Virgin Mary.

* Today it houses a community of about 80 monks, and pilgrims come to venerate La Moreneta (the Black Virgin) because of its black skin.

*Many girls and women in Catalonia are called Montserrat.

*MONTSERRAT

*On excursion in Montserrat

The choir ( at the top right corner )

and the Virgin called “La Moreneta” ( Black skin)