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Les Homilies d'Organyà (12th century), first written in Catalan.. By the 9th century, the Catalan language had developed from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern end of the Pyrenees mountains (counties of Rosselló, Empúries, Besalú, Cerdanya, Urgell, Pallars and Ribagorça), as well as in the territories of the Roman province and later archdiocese of Tarraconensis to the south. [1]
The Catalan government also provides subsidies to various means of promoting Catalan culture, including for example the making of Catalan-language films or the subtitling of foreign-language films in Catalan. In 1992 Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, [142] which brought international attention to Catalonia.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. People from Catalonia and Northern Catalonia For other uses, see Catalan (disambiguation). Ethnic group Catalans [a] Total population c. 9 million Regions with significant populations Spain (people born in Catalonia of any ethnicity; excludes ethnic Catalans in other regions in Spain ...
The great responsibility of developing the Catalan cultural heritage was started by the Commonwealth of Catalonia, and from 1931 on followed by the Ministry of Culture of Catalonia. In that very same year, a proposal for the creation of a National Archive of Catalonia was made by the Archives, Libraries and Fine Arts Conference, but was only in ...
The sardana is a circular.. Among the musical traditions, there is the very special music of the cobles, the wind bands that play sardanes.The sardana is a circular, open dance, that originated in the Empordà region (north of the country by the Mediterranean sea) and the Pyrenees (Catalan Pirineus), and is now danced in many squares and streets all over Catalonia.
Last Catalan Courts, presided by Charles III of Habsburg, they recognized Charles as Count of Barcelona and represented an important progress in the guarantee of individual, civil and political rights. 1713: 9 July: The Junta de Braços of Catalonia votes to remain on the fight against Philip V, thus starting the War of the Catalans.
Cultural history of Catalonia (5 C) L. Languages of Catalonia (2 C, 5 P) Libraries in Catalonia (1 C, 2 P) ... Congress of Catalan Culture; D. The Day of Books and ...
Barcelona's culture stems from the city's 2000 years of history. Barcelona has historically been a cultural center of reference in the world. To a greater extent than the rest of Catalonia, where Catalonia's native language Catalan is more dominant, Barcelona is a bilingual city: Catalan and Spanish are both official and