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