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In a privileged position on the northeastern coast of the Iberian peninsula and the shores of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain in both size and population. It is also the capital of Catalonia, 1 of the 17 Autonomous Communities that make up Spain. There are two official languages spoken in Barcelona: Catalan, generally spoken in all of Catalonia, and Castillian Spanish. The city of Barcelona has a population of

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1.510.000, but this number spirals to more than 4.000.000 if the outlying areas are also included.

Montserrat
Montserrat, only 40 kilometres (30 miles) inland from Barcelona, is a very powerful symbol for the Catalan people, and you would be hard pressed to find a Catalan who hadn’t, at some point in time, visited Montserrat.
Tarragona
Tarragona, located on the Mediterranean coast in the northeast of Spain, is the most southern of the Catalan provinces.
Girona
The province of Girona in the northeast of Spain, borders France and the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida.

Gothic Quarter
Barri Gótic, the old town distric known as the Gothic Quarter for the treasure house of Gothic monuments found there, occupies what was formerly an ancient fortified Roman village.

Ribera Quarter
Outside the first wall but still medieval in origin is the Ribera Quarter, separated from the Gothic Quarter by the Via Laietana.
El Eixample
El Eixample or "Enlargement" is the central area of the city of Barcelona and is formed by a grid like layout of streets with diamond-shaped intersections.

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Barcelona is a city with style, allure and a unbelievable number of things to do, from art to gastronomy to pop music. The city has a clear metropolitan character. For some students that can take a bit of getting used to. If that is the case you might consider studying first of all in another city for a while. Most of our students, though, really feel at home in Barcelona.
And rightly so, Barcelona is an experience in its own right.