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Catalonia. Monuments and Landmarks. There are lots of famous landmarks and monuments in Catalonia. Sagrada Familia is a very famous cathedral designed by Gaudí . They began to build the church in 1882. It is still in construction.
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Monuments andLandmarks There are lots of famouslandmarks and monuments in Catalonia SagradaFamiliais a very famous cathedral designed by Gaudí. They began to build the church in 1882. It is still in construction. Camp nouisthefootballstadium of F.C.Barcelona. Up to 120,000 people can sit in thestadium. Thereisalso a museumwhereyou can seethetrophies and past kits of F.C.B.
ParcGüellwas designed by Gaudí. It was built between 1900 and 1914. It is a beautiful park with lots of colourful buildings and sculptures.
The Dalí museumis in Figueres, Girona. It is one of the most interesting and popular museums in Northern Spain. It shows the work of Salvador Dalí.
Food In Cataloniawehavelots of traditionalfoods. WeeatSpanishOmlette. Itismadewitheggs and potatoes and onions.
Wealsoeat «paambtomaquet» . Thisis bread withtomato and olive oil. In Catalonia, wenormallyeatseafood
A typicalCatalandessertis «crema catalana» Itis similar tocustard. Itismadewithmilk, sugar, eggsand cinnamon At Christmas, weeat «turrons», these are traditionallymadewithalmonds , chocolate and driedfruits.
Traditions Castellers – human tower. Thisis a tower made of people. Sant Jordiis similar to St. Valentine. Thegirlsgive a booktotheboys and theboysgivea rose tothegirls.
At Christmas, wecelebratethe «caga tiό». Itis a treetrunkwith a face . Onthe 24th of Decemberthechildren hit thetrunkwith a stick, sing a song and itgivesussmallpresents.
The Sardanais a traditional dance in Catalonia. Boys and girls dance in a circle and theyholdhands. Themusicisplayedby a smallorchestrawithwindinstruments and drums.
Geography Cataloniaissituated in thenortheast of Spain and in thesouth of Europe. Cataloniaisverynear France and Andorra.
In Cataloniathere are fourregions. They’recalled; Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
Cataloniaisborderedbycoastline. Themaincoastlineisthe Costa Brava. It has lots of beautifulbeaches. In wintertheweatheriscold , butsunny and in summeritishot and verysunny.
Thebiggestriver in CataloniaiscalledEbre. There are alot of mountains in Catalonia. Themostfamous are thePyreneesmountains.