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This famous Spanish rice dish is widely served in Barcelona, often with seafood.
What is Paella?
Barcelona is the capital of this autonomous community in Spain.
What is Catalonia?
This massive basilica designed by Gaudí is still under construction.
What is Sagrada Família?
This world-famous football club is based in Barcelona.
What is FC Barcelona?
This Spanish painter, co-founder of Cubism, spent his formative years studying art in Barcelona.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
Barcelona’s most famous food market is located off La Rambla.
What is La Boqueria?
This famous architect is responsible for many of Barcelona’s iconic modernist buildings.
Who is Antoni Gaudí?
This famous pedestrian street runs through the heart of Barcelona.
What is La Rambla?
FC Barcelona’s home stadium, one of the largest in Europe, is called this.
What is Camp Nou?
This museum in Barcelona is dedicated to Picasso and houses one of the most extensive collections of his early works.
What is the Picasso Museum Barcelona?
This sparkling wine from Catalonia is often compared to Champagne.
What is cava?
This major 1992 global event helped transform Barcelona’s infrastructure and international reputation.
What are the 1992 Summer Olympics?
This hilltop park with colorful mosaics and city views was also designed by Gaudí.
What is Park Güell?
This Argentine legend is widely considered Barcelona’s greatest player ever.
Who is Lionel Messi?
This surrealist artist, closely associated with Catalonia, created works like The Persistence of Memory.
Who is Salvador Dalí?
This traditional Catalan dessert is a custard topped with a caramelized sugar crust, similar to crème brûlée.
What is crema catalana?
During this 20th-century conflict, Barcelona was a stronghold of Republican forces.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
This Gothic neighborhood is one of the oldest parts of Barcelona.
What is the Barri Gòtic?
This fierce rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid is known by this Spanish term.
What is El Clásico?
This Barcelona museum focuses on modern and contemporary Catalan art and is located in the Raval district.
What is the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art?
This Catalan bread dish is rubbed with tomato, olive oil, and sometimes garlic.
What is pa amb tomàquet?
Originally a Roman city, Barcelona was known by this ancient name.
What is Barcino?
This less-visited Gaudí house museum in the Gràcia district is known for its oriental-inspired design.
What is Casa Vicens?
This Dutch player and coach introduced the “Total Football” philosophy to Barcelona in the late 20th century.
Who is Johan Cruyff?
This Joan Miró foundation on Montjuïc hill showcases the works of the Catalan artist who blended surrealism with abstraction.
What is the Fundació Joan Miró?