| Barcelona is a town with a history that like a good | | | | many powerful groups of people including the |
| Catalan red wine is both rich and dark. Its | | | | Visigoths, the Moors and the Muslim ruler Al |
| foundations stretch back to at least the 15th | | | | Mansur. Plundered, conquered, nearly destroyed |
| century BC, if not earlier. Like so much of ancient | | | | and under siege for much of its life, it comes as |
| Europe the Romans founded the first semblance | | | | no surprise that Barcelona is also a city with a |
| of the town we know today as Barcelona. In the | | | | particular penchant for civil rights and freedom. |
| centuries that followed Barcelona was invaded by | | | | |