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1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Landscapes of the imagination |
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Landscapes of the imagination.
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| Contents |
Birth and rebirth of a nation -- Portbou and Montserrat : sea and mountain -- Mediterranean, the centre of the earth : Tarragona -- Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees -- Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens -- The poet-priest and the indiano : Verdaguer and Antonio López -- The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell -- Geniuses -- Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus -- The birth of modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges, Casas and Pablo Picasso -- The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí -- Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró -- I come from a silence : Catalan music -- Tourism and war -- The sweaty groin : Barcelona's Raval -- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona -- Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret -- Plain and river : Lleida and the Ebro -- The anarchist dream : George Orwell and revolution -- The landscape in the pot : food, drink and identity -- Cradle and refuge : FC Barcelona |
| Summary |
Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too. Michael Eaude traces this history and it monuments: roman Tarragona, celebrated by the poet Martial; Greek Empuries, lost for centuries beneath the sands; medieval Romanesque architecture in the Vall de Boi churches (a World Heritage Series) and Poblet and Santes Creus monasteries. He tells the stories of several of Catalonia's gr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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History.
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History
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history (discipline)
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HISTORY.
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Civilization
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History
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Kultur
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Kultur -- Katalonien -- Geschichte.
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| SUBJECT |
Catalonia (Spain) -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020927
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| Subject |
Spain -- Catalonia
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Katalonien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198043928 |
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0198043929 |
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9781908493255 |
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1908493259 |
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9781908493248 |
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1908493240 |
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