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CATALUNYA

CATALUNYA. CEIP Ramon Macip - Dolors Granés. Catalunya. Catalunya (Catalonia) has a surface of 32,091 Km 2 . It has a population of 6,995,206 inhabitants. Its population density is 219.3 inab/km 2. PROVINCES OF CATALONIA. Catalonia is divided into four parts.

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CATALUNYA

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  1. CATALUNYA CEIP Ramon Macip - Dolors Granés

  2. Catalunya Catalunya (Catalonia) has a surface of 32,091 Km2. It has a population of 6,995,206 inhabitants. Its population density is 219.3 inab/km2.

  3. PROVINCES OF CATALONIA Catalonia is divided into four parts. They are called provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.

  4. Catalunya Aragó València Mar Mediterrani

  5. RELIEF OF CATALONIA THE PYRENEES CENTRAL DEPRESSION CATALAN MEDITERRANEAN SYSTEM Catalan relief is characterized by 3 territorial units: the Pyrenees, Catalan Mediterranean System and the Central Depression.

  6. MOUNTAINS , CATALAN COASTS AND RIVERS The highest mountain of our region is Montseny (1,712 m of altitude). The longest river of Catalonia is Ebre. Coasts of Catalonia are: Costa Brava and Costa Daurada.

  7. HISTORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF CATALONIA

  8. HISTORY More than 1000 years ago, Catalonia and Aragon were unified and they had these lands.

  9. MORE HISTORY In the 15th century the Castile Kingdomand Aragon Kingdom were unified and formed Spain.

  10. THE FIRST GENERALITAT The proclamation of the Spanish Republic allowed the establishment of La Generalitat de Catalunya (the autonomous government of Catalonia). The presidents were: Francesc Macià and Lluís Companys.

  11. ADMINISTRATION The present president is José Montilla Aguilera Catalonia has also competences in Education, Culture and Health.

  12. ART OF CATALONIA

  13. ROMANESQUE CHURCHES Romanesque art was developed in Western Europe between 10th and 13th centuries. In Catalonia it is characterized by barrel vaults, semicircular arches, big bell towers and cloisters. Santa Maria de Taüll is a Romanesque church and it is a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO.

  14. MODERNISM Catalan Modernism is an architectural style developed in Catalonia from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

  15. SALVADOR DALÍ Dalí was a famous painter of Catalonia. He was one of the most important representatives of Surrealism. One of his most popular paintings is La persistència de la memòria (the persistence of memory). Salvador Dalí Persistència de la memòria

  16. JOAN MIRÓ This painter, sculptor, engraver and ceramicist was born in Barcelona on the 20th of April in 1893. He is considered one of the best representatives of Surrealism. Joan Miró Dona i ocell

  17. ANTONI TÀPIES Tàpies is a painter, sculptor and theoretician of Spanish art. He is one of the famous artists of Abstract Expressionism. Tàpies worked in a style known as “Arte Povera” in which non artistic materials are incorporated into the paintings. Antoni Tàpies Núvol i cadira

  18. CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS

  19. SANT JORDI St. George’s Day is on the 23rd of April. Giving a rose and a book is a tradition between couples in this day.

  20. SANT JOAN We celebrate St. John’s festival on the 23rd of June at night. We throw firecrackers and make bonfires. This is a summer solstice celebration.

  21. DIADA DE CATALUNYA We celebrate the national day of Catalonia on the 11th of September.

  22. LA CASTANYADA In All Saint’s Day, the first of November, there is a tradition consisted in toastint chestnuts and eating sweet potatoes and panellets.

  23. OUR LANGUAGE Languages: In Catalonia we study and speak Catalan. We also know Spanish. There are very important writers in Catalan and Spanish languages.

  24. CATALAN GASTRONOMY

  25. GASTRONOMY We follow a Mediterranean diet. Staple food: Meat and eggs Fruit and vegetable Olive oil Pulse

  26. CHEFS OF CATALONIA In Catalonia we have great international chefs as: Carme Ruscalleda Santi Santamaría Sergi Arola Ferran Adrià

  27. TYPICAL FOOD OF CATALONIA Pa amb tomàquet (Bread with tomato) Escudella Botifarra amb mongetes (Sausage with beans)

  28. CATALAN DESSERTS Crema catalana Panellets (Catalan crème) Mel i mató Recuit (Honey and curd cheese) (Cottage cheese)

  29. FLORA & FAUNA

  30. CATALAN DONKEY It is an animal in danger of extinction. Its race is called Equus Asinus. This donkey became a symbol of Catalonia thanks to this drawing:

  31. FAUNA The typical animals of Mediterranean forests in Catalonia are: rabbits, wild boars, squirrels, Spanish Ibex, badger, weasel, hedgehog, dormouse, shrew, bat, starling, bee eater, red gurnet, swallow, eagle, goshawk, peregrine falcon, tawny owl, owl, catfish, carp and trout. Dormouse Bee eater

  32. FAUNA Fauna in highmountains of Catalonia is: black woodpecker, Cadí-Moixeró, wild goat, roe-deer, rabbit, red mole, squirrel, shrew, fox, marten, weasel and wild cock. Wild cock Roe-deer

  33. FLORA The Mediterranean forest is typical of Mediterranean climate zones. The characteristics of Mediterranean forests are: evergreen trees, as holm oak and pine, because there aren’t enough water and trees can’t renew all the leaves together each year.

  34. FLORA Flora in highmountains of Catalonia is: pine (Pinus uncinata), juniper (Juniperus nana), rhododendron (Rhododendron ferrugineum), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), subalpine pine forests (Pulsatilla-Pinus uncinata)…

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