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