Barcelona Metropolitan Issue 188
August 21, 2012 barcelona_metropolitan 44 other publications
While Barcelona’s ethnic mix has exploded over the past two decades, for centuries the city has played host to, and been the birthplace of, a wide spectrum of people. From Roman settlers, Columbus and Cervantes to immigrants from southern Spain, northern Europe and beyond, its appeal has long spread far and wide. This eclectic facet of the city is well reflected in the many different people included in this issue. Our features look at: marriages between locals and people from abroad, discovering the pros and cons of such unions; the visit of Heinrich Himmler here in his search for the Holy Grail; and the continuing controversy over Catalunya’s bullfighting ban, where we hear from the two sides in the debate.
While Barcelona’s ethnic mix has exploded over the past two decades, for centuries the city has played host to, and been the birthplace of, a wide spectrum of people. From Rom...
