Guide to Barcelona [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, is situated on a site bathed by the Mediterranean sea and bordered at either end by the Llobregat and Besôs river deltas. It is surrounded by the Sierra de Collserola, whose highest point is Mount Tibidabo (512 m). Another of the mountains look-ing down on the city is Montjuic, ris-ing over the sea. Barcelona is made 2 up of the old centre, the Eixample district (built during the period of expansion in the 19th Century) and the peripheral areas enveloping the first two zones. The climate here is typically Mediterranean, with hot summers and mild winters and annual average températures of 16°C. The enormous economic strength of this large, dynamic city cornes in part from its privileged geographica! posi-