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  ipedia.com: Barcelona Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Barcelona seen from the harbour Beginning of La Rambla at the old harbour The Plaça Reial next to La Rambla The church of the Sagrada Família Barcelona is the capital of...
To its north the city borders the River Besòs and the municipalities of Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià de Besòs; to the south it borders the Zona Franca, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Esplugues de Llobregat; to the east is the Mediterranean; and to the west Montcada i Reixach and Sant Cugat del Vallès.
La Rambla ends at the old harbour, where a statue of Christopher Columbus points eastwards across the Mediterranean Sea to his birth place of Genoa.
www.ipedia.com /barcelona.html   (1738 words)

  
 Learn more about Barcelona in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The medieval walls were thorn down and the citadel of La Ribera was converted into an urban park: the modern Parc de la Ciutadella.
La Rambla ends at the old harbour, where a statue of Christopher Columbus points to the sea.
To the north of downtown is the Parc de la Ciutadella, which includes both the Parlament de Catalunya (Catalan Parliament) and the Parc Zoològic de Barcelona (zoo).
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/ba/barcelona.html   (1155 words)

  
 FGC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya or FGC is a (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway company, which operates several unconnected systems of lines in (A region of northeastern Spain) Catalonia.
The (additional info and facts about Vall de Núria Rack Railway) Vall de Núria Rack Railway, in the (A chain of mountains between France and Spain) Pyrenees mountains of northern Catalonia.
The FGC also operates two (A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars) funicular railways from the summit station of the Montserrat Rack Railway.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fg/fgc2.htm   (573 words)

  
 Barcelona - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
During a period of weaker control by the Madrid authorities, the medieval walls were torn down and the citadel of La Ribera was converted into an urban park: the modern Parc de la Ciutadella, site of the 1888 "Universal Exposition" (World's Fair).
A notable feature is La Rambla - a boulevard that runs from the city center to the waterfront, thronged with crowds until late at night and lined by florists, bird sellers, street entertainers, thieves, cafeterias, and restaurants.
Walking along La Rambla one can see the world-famous opera house El Liceu, the food market of La Boqueria and the Plaça Reial (literally Royal square), with its arches and palm trees, amongst other interesting buildings.
www.forwardingsite.com /places/barcelona.html   (1652 words)

  
 Narrow gauge
In Spain there is an extensive system of metre gauge railroads, in the north-west of the country, run by FEVE, at the centre of this system, is a metre-gauge line which runs for 650 km (400 miles) along the entire length of Spain's north coast.
The FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalan regional government railways) line from Barcelona to Manresa and Igualada is also a one-metre gauge railway.
Sweden once had some fairly extensive narrow gauge networks, but most narrow gauge railways are now closed.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/na/narrow_gauge.html   (1919 words)

  
 Enciclopedia.cc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de México 1968
Fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Roma 1960
enciclopedia de los barcos, La: 1.500 barcos civiles y de guerra desde el año 5000 A.C. hasta la acutalidad (Grandes ob...
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 UrbanRail.Net > Books on Subways and Metros
LA METROPOLITANA DI NAPOLI - nuovi spazi per la mobilità e la cultura.
Jean Normand: Le Val de Rennes: Un combat pour la ville.
Philippe Chapleau, Jean-Michel Niester: Métro de Rennes métropole: Chronique d'un chantier.
www.urbanrail.net /metrolit.htm   (3662 words)

  
 Subways / Transport
Amsterdam (smaller version;plan used in metro trains; scan a generous gift of Wilko Wieffering, who notes that although the De Vlugtlaan metro station is active, the corresponding train station is not)
Barcelona; select Plànol de la xarxa under Viatjar amb FGC (official Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, with light rail connections.
Salvador (Official Metrô de Salvador; under construction; select the "saiba mais" button to the right of the small map; thanks to Raimundo Nonato)
www.reed.edu /~reyn/transport.html   (6566 words)

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