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  Barcelona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Population of the province of Barcelona is 5,226,354 (est.
Barcelona was a stronghold for the anarchist cause -anarchist opposition to the call-up of reservists led to the city's Tragic Week in 1909- siding with the Republic's democratically elected government during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).
Barcelona is a hub for RENFE, the Spanish state railway network, and its main suburban train station is Sants-Estació (which is under renovation and enlargement at present in order to prepare for the arrival of the AVE system).
www.99travel.com /barcelona.shtml   (3169 words)

  
 Barcelona, Spain
The counts of Barcelona became increasingly independent and expanded their territory to include all of Catalonia, later formed the Crown of Aragon who conquered many overseas possessions, ruling the western Mediterranean Sea with outlying territories as far as to Athens in the 13th century.
Barcelona was a stronghold for the anarchist cause, siding with the Republic's democratically elected government during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).
Barcelona, with its mild weather and dense medieval center, is renowned for its parks and open spaces.
www.creekin.net /c6593-n172-barcelona-spain.html   (2445 words)

  
 Sasha's Barcelona Travel Guide - Sightseeing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barcelona's main cross-town traffic arteries are the Diagonal (so called because it runs diagonal to the longitudinal line through the city) and the midtown speedways Carrer d'Arago and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, both cutting northeast-southwest through the heart of the city.
Barcelona's most spectacular food market, also known as the Mercat de Sant Josep, is an explosion of life and color sprinkled with little bar-restaurants.
Barcelona's magnificent Gothic cathedral, named for La Seu, or See, the seat of the bishopric, was built between 1298 and 1450, with the spire and neo-Gothic facade added in 1892.
barcelona.sashaguides.com /sightseeing.html   (2802 words)

  
 U.S. Mayor Article | Barcelona Mayor Joan Clos Illuminates Core Principles of Sustainable Development in Revitalization ...
Barcelona chose to carefully preserve the old walled city while performing "acupuncture, that is, intervention to improve public architectural spaces inside the old city," such as recovery of Cathedral Plaza.
Barcelona has moved from being a declining city dependent upon its industrial and manufacturing base to a world-class city of the 21st century with a strong public-private cooperation and the political will to continue to strengthen its beauty and sustainability, a true example of Sophocles' observation of the human passion of building cities.
Mayor Clos concluded by expressing his pleasure that the U. Conference of Mayors is interested in the gathering of international mayors and stressed the importance of sharing experiences from cities around the world.
www.usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/06_23_03/clos.asp   (737 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Barcelona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The city of Barcelona was taken as an example: handicapped individuals document the problems they encounter on their way through the city by using images and in a few cases sound recordings.
Barcelona is the home city of two internationally-known football teams: FC Barcelona, also known as Barça, who play at the 100,000 capacity Camp Nou stadium, and RCD Espanyol, who play at the 56,000 capacity Olympic Stadium.
In addition to the University of Barcelona, the city is home to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Technical University of Catalonia, the Ramon Llull University and the International University of Catalonia.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/barcelona   (3931 words)

  
 Barcelona - Plaza Mayor and Los Austrias | Footprint Guides
The Plaza Mayor is the grandest square in all Madrid, completely enclosed, and surrounded by elegant arcades.
The Plaza Mayor is vast, a huge cobbled expanse surrounded by elegant arcades and tall mansions topped with steep slate roofs.
Much more atmospheric is the crypt (entrance around the corner on Calle Mayor), which was the first part to be completed, and has a creepy charm of its own.
www.footprintguides.com /Barcelona/Plaza-Mayor-and-Los-Austrias.php   (2277 words)

  
 See Barcelona - Welcome! (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And Barcelona is promoting another themed programme in 2005 called the Year of the Book and Reading, with lots of exhibitions, street fairs and other related events.
Barcelona is a place that people feel at home in right away, so make sure you get out and about and enjoy the unique lifestyle that the city offers.
Barcelona has opened up to the sea in recent times, our beaches are some of the best you’ll find in any city and our parks bring nature into what is a very urban place.
www.seebarcelona.com.cob-web.org:8888 /welcome.htm   (226 words)

  
 Acceptance speech :: The Mayor of Barcelona :: Barcelona City Council (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A change which has put Barcelona in a position of high standing: for its international projection, in the field of economy, the improvement of major infrastructures, for its culture, high grade facilities and services, for the improvement of quality of life in the neighbourhoods, in far-reaching, ambitious collective projects.
Joan Clos is the mayor of the urban recovery of the coastal areas; the mayor of the return of Tibidabo to the city; of the approval of the Municipal Charter; of the opening of the Diagonal to the sea; of the network of libraries.
He is the mayor of facilities and services for all neighbourhoods; of the Biomedical Research Park; the mayor who, like no other, has understood the need for Barcelona to be innovative, daring, open, cosmopolitan, metropolitan and great.
www.bcn.cat.cob-web.org:8888 /alcalde/en/discurs.htm   (3217 words)

  
 City Mayors: Joan Clos - Mayor of Barcelona
At the center of this controversy is Mayor Joan Clos.
Bringing the AVE to the center of Barcelona is an anchor point of Clos’s grand vision of the city.
The mayor’s website lists his three primary objectives as: improving the quality of life of city residents, achieving respectful cohabitation between tourists and residents, and honing the potential of Barcelona as the Catalan capital to address the world’s problems.
citymayors.com /mayors/barcelona_mayor.html   (2872 words)

  
 Barcelona Diary
Last on Barcelona Diary we left off with an exciting cliffhanger as Francesc Santacana, the General Co-ordinator of the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona began to speak to the delegation.
Barcelona's strategic plan association was originally formed to take advantage of the 1992 Olympic Games being held there.
Barcelona 2004 is being used as a fulcrum for the waterfront development we heard about earlier in the day.
www.cityofseattle.net /tda/Barcmay8.htm   (1318 words)

  
 Universitat de Barcelona
Commemoration of the centenary of the faculty of medicine and the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
On the morning of 27 February, in the assembly hall of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Professor Cristòbal Pera gave a lecture entitled "The necessary reform of 1972 and its consequences".
In Catalonia as a whole the first records of medical teaching date from 1300 or even earlier, in Lleida, though the studies were not organized by an Estudi General, the term used at the time to refer to a university.
www.ub.edu /homeub/en/news/032006_centenary.htm   (787 words)

  
 Barcelona Diary
He said that by necessity, Barcelona had to do something to "change its path." To organize the games, the region needed an agreement among its three governmental structures-the Catalonian government, Barcelonan and national governments-all three of which were ruled by different political parties.
Mayor Clos quoted a philosopher who said "politics is medicine on a bigger scale." So, for the Mayor, a transition from medicine to politics made sense.
Mayor Clos was an engaging speaker and talked with the delegation until nearly midnight.
www.cityofseattle.net /tda/Barcmay9.htm   (1734 words)

  
 Home Alcalde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The mayor announced that the appointment of the new mayor would be made official at the city council plenary session next week.
Barcelona City Council, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and the Catalan Parliament have signed an agreement to enlarge the parliament building as part of remodelling the Parc de la Ciutadella.
Mayor's speech on the inauguration of the Biomedical Research Park in Barcelona
w3.bcn.es /V00/Home/V00HomeLinkPl/0,2587,2244713_2284311_3,00.html   (352 words)

  
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The Barcelona Institute is held with the encourgement of the Mayor of Barcelona, the President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of Catalonia, and the General Director of Catalan Universities, with the support of the Catalan Universities.
Diagonal 684, 08034 Barcelona, in the Pedralbes district (Metro: Palau Reial).
Barcelona is centrally located on the Mediterranean coast between France's Cote d'Azur and Spain's Costa Dorada, near the Costa Brava.
www.acusd.edu /lawabroad/99barcel.htm   (748 words)

  
 Barcelona : In Depth : Today | Frommers.com
Visitors from pre-1992, that pivotal year when Barcelona presented a new-and-improved city to the rest of the world at the Summer Olympics, sometimes barely recognize the place.
Although it's still possible to find bargains in rural areas and the coast, tourism of the $5-a-day variety is now a distant memory as prices have skyrocketed, especially since the introduction of the euro in 2002.
Barcelona reinvented itself yet again in the mid-1980s after the city had time to digest its newfound, post-Franco freedom.
www.frommers.com /destinations/barcelona/0045020043.html   (695 words)

  
 5 mayoral bets in 'hot spots' sign peace pact - Mar. 14, 2004
The mayoral candidates who signed the covenants were provincial board member Rolando Ponsica and reelectionist Mayor Santiago Barcelona for Escalante; Mayor Carminia Bascon and her opponent, Rogelio Tongson for Himamaylan; and Frank Nazareno of Moises Padilla.
The two mayoral candidates of Cadiz City, and Moises Padilla Mayor Jose Garcia were not present at the signing of the covenants.
The mayoral candidates pledged to avoid assassination of the characters of their opponents and to conduct the campaign in the spirit of good grace and friendly rivalry.
www.inq7.net /reg/2004/mar/14/reg_2-1.htm   (438 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Barcelona to strengthen existing ties
Joan Clos, Mayor of Barcelona, told presspersons here on Thursday that the "Barcelona Business Bridge" will help create greater awareness on these cities and explore business opportunities.
Barcelona has recently specialised in high value added activities like communications, environment services, biomedicine and aerospace," he said.
The business sector in Barcelona is highly internationalised, and 23 per cent of exporting companies in Spain are located here.
www.hindu.com /2005/10/28/stories/2005102809400400.htm   (245 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of Copenhagen (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mayor Kramer Mikkelsen hopes that in time, the centres will also be able to help with information on services provided by the state.
The Mayor told City Mayors that Copenhagen was also a front-runner in providing its citizens with self-service options on the internet.
In 1901 the Municipality of Copenhagen was extended by large tracts of land to the north, south and west of the city.
www.citymayors.com.cob-web.org:8888 /interviews/copenhagen_mayor.html   (1835 words)

  
 NYU - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
How cities relate to their own citizens, to their own countries, and to other countries and cities around the world are issues that many mayors are truly having to confront for the first time only now.
As the millenium approaches, mayors have been transformed from local officials worried about police, fire and sanitation to international figures worried about trade, terrorism and the environment.
The big-city mayors share ideas, programs, issues, problems, and burdens that do far more to connect them than their national boundaries do to divide them today.
www.nyu.edu /publicaffairs/newsreleases/b_Inter.shtml   (342 words)

  
 Joan Clos i Matheu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joan Clos (born June 29, 1949) was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from 1997 to 2006.
The debâcle augurs ill for Mayor Clos' plans to route a high-speed train (AVE) line under the city centre, just a few feet beneath the skimpy foundations of Barcelona's 19th century urban core.
Other opponents of Mayor Clos' vision of Barcelona point to what they consider to be insensitive area clearance schemes in the city's medaevil center and the wholesale levelling of 19th century factories in the Poble Nou district.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joan_Clos_i_Matheu   (661 words)

  
 World Mayor: The 2004 contest
The aim of the project was to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as to honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally.
Between January and June 2004, readers of City Mayors were asked to nominate mayors of large, medium-sized and small cities who, in their opinion, deserved to become World Mayor 2004.
The Mayor of Leipzig, Wolfgang Tiefensee, was instrumental in the fall of the communist regime in the former East Germany.
www.worldmayor.com /worldmayor_2004/contest_2004.html   (1576 words)

  
 News & Events - The New School for Social Research
President Maragall, of the Catalan Socialist Party, previously served as Mayor of Barcelona from 1982 to 1997.
During his tenure as Mayor of Barcelona, he helped engineer a massive urban transformation of the city, dramatically expanding its influence and international image.
President Maragall - the grandson of the distinguished modernist poet and intellectual Joan Maragall, and the son of Senator Jordi Maragall - received a Licentura in Law and Economics from Barcelona University in 1965, an M.A. in Economics from the GF in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 1978.
www.newschool.edu /GF/news/03-04/articles/040113_maragall.htm   (332 words)

  
 DMPED: Press Release November 9, 2005
The purpose of the conference is to provide policymakers an opportunity to exchange views on major urban issues with a focus on revitalizing urban communities.
On Friday, November 11, Mayor Williams will deliver a presentation on the District's "New Communities" initiative, which he first announced in his State of the District address earlier this year.
Other mayors scheduled to attend the conference include Joan Clos, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain; Pedro Santana Lopes, Mayor of Lisbon Portugal; Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Rosa Lervolino Russo, Mayor of Naples, Italy.
dcbiz.dc.gov /dmped/cwp/view,a,1368,q,603032.asp   (259 words)

  
 The Mayor of Barcelona :: Barcelona City Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Positive balance of the joint initiatives between Barcelona City Council and the Autonomous Government of Catalonia
The agreement between Barcelona City Council and central government is possible thanks to the city's Municipal Charter.
Barcelona City Council and the Autonomous Government of Catalonia sign an agreement for the construction of a centre for research, and to act as a source of information and a museum for design.
www.bcn.cat /alcalde/en/welcome.htm   (111 words)

  
 Il sito ufficiale di Genova 2004 capitale europea della cultura (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Mayor of Athens, Dimitris L. Avramopoulos, the Mayor of Barcelona, Dr. Joan Clos i Matheu and the Mayor of Genoa, Prof.
The three cities will give their support to commercial and business enterprises established in Athens, Barcelona and Genoa, in view of the development of commercial and business collaboration, and they will offer their services and experience to the business sector in their cities and countries.
The three cities voice their desire to contribute to the maintaining and stabilisation of peace and co-operation in Europe and the world, by encouraging co-operation and friendly civic relationships amongst themselves and other cities of the Mediterranean Region, as well as in the major cities of the European Union.
www.genova-2004.it.cob-web.org:8888 /default.asp?id=436&lingua=ENG   (347 words)

  
 Barcelona Connect|Synagogue Mayor
Visit the middle-aged jewish quarter in Barcelona with the oldest synagogue from Spain and Europe.
The facade of the synagogue is oriented towards Jerusalem, constructed especially in this direction and therefore breaking with the direct line of the street.
For more information about the jewish quarter and the jewish community in Barcelona: www.calldebarcelona.org or contact Asociación del barrio judío medieval de Barcelona, Marlet, 5 -08006 Barcelona directly.
www.barcelonaconnect.com /showlisting.asp?cfgId=1-130-483   (116 words)

  
 NYU > Office of Public Affairs > International Meeting of Mayors and Scholars to Be Held at NYU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
International Meeting of Mayors and Scholars to Be Held at NYU
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York, Mayor Cuauhtémoc Cardenas of Mexico City, and Mayor Sila Calderón of San Juan, Puerto Rico will be among the XX mayors and XX scholars participating in “De Urbe et Orbe: The Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization for Cities in Spain, Latin America and the United States.”
What the Mayor of New York and the Mayor of Barcelona have to say to each other about relations between Americans and Spanish citizens may ultimately turn out to be just as important as what the President of the U.S. and the Prime Minister of Spain have to say to one another.”
www.nyu.edu /public.affairs/releases/detail/489   (414 words)

  
 Piqué: weekend attack on Partido Popular headquarters in Girona not just ‘hooliganism’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Text within the news headline and/or news body may be subject to copyright.
Barcelona Reporter does not claim copyright to any such text.
Please refer to the URL-referenced web page (the ‘Article Source’) for further information and details of the original source from the Barcelona Reporter website.
barcelonareporter.com /index.php/pg_print_article/...   (270 words)

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