From Old Barcino

Its importance continued growing in the Visigothic era, and for some years it was the capital of Hispania (with Ataúlfo). It suffered during the years of the reconquering of Hispania (it had been partially destroyed by Almanzor) to finally acquire in the Middle Age a growing importance in the Mediterranean sea.

Already integrated in the Crown of Aragón, Barcelona played an important role for this State that extended its domains throughout Italy.

Some social and economic chapters - the revolt of the peasants of remensa or the displacement of the economic axe to the Atlantic Ocean with the discovery of America - displaced the days of progress and development.

However, the development in the peninsular periferia, to the detriment of the interior of Spain, boosted once more the development of Barcelona, definitely settled in the 19th and the early 20th-century with a powerful economic and cultural movement.

Universal Expositions in 1888 and 1929 and the Olympic Games in 1992 have been essential for the city's general development, that has been able to complement its cosmopolitan vocation without compromising its Catalonian personality.

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