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Dissent and Decline - Catalonia remained a state within the Habsburg Empire, which stretched across Europe and elsewhere in the world. A phase of economic growth began in Catalonia, though the struggle between the Hispanic monarchy and France led to constant border conflicts. The sea also became a border with other ...
Economic Recovery and Renaixenca - During the course of the 18th century, the foundations of the Industrial Revolution and of present-day Catalonia were laid. Specialisation in farming, particularly in wine and spirits in coastal areas, the construction of cotton and printed calico mills and the opening up of the American market ...
From Prehistory to the Visigoths - Humans have been present in Catalan lands ever since the Lower Palaeolithic period, the most remote era in prehistory. The oldest remains of homo erectus, some 450,000 years old, have been found in Tautavel (Roussillon). The spread of arable agriculture and husbandry, beginning in the Neolithic ...
History - The Costa Brava and Catalonia have known a troubled history. The unique identity of the Catalans began to emerge, with a distinct language and a national flag (the old Crown of Aragon flag, four red bars on a yellow background ).
During the 13th century Catalan influence spread through military ...
History Museum - Permanent exhibitions featuring prehistoric and ancient civilisations; ceramics, crystal and art; rescues at sea and the cork room. Plus temporary exhibitions. The Museum began with the display of the archaeological finds of Eduardo González Hurtebiese at Punta dels Guíxols in the ...
Jewish History Museum - Jewish History Museum wants the rehabilitation of Girona's old Jewish Quarter, as well as housing temporary exhibitions on themes related to Jewish culture. Jewish History Museum services also include a specialised documentation centre and library. Activities related to Jewish culture throughout ...
Jewish History Museum, Girona - Jewish History Museum wants the rehabilitation of Girona's old Jewish Quarter, as well as housing temporary exhibitions on themes related to Jewish culture. Jewish History Museum services also include a specialised documentation centre and library. Activities related to Jewish culture throughout ...
Modern Catalonia - General Franco's dictatorship (1939–1975) was characterised by repression of pro-democracy and left-wing organisations. In the early decades, the regime's policy of self-sufficiency and the consequences of the war led the country to economic collapse, rationing and poverty. The opening up of ...
The Birth of Catalonia - In 711, the Muslim army began its conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom and a new country - al-Andalus - came into being. For four centuries, the lands of Balaguer, Lleida, Tarragona and Tortosa were part of the Islamic world, an economic and religious community that stretched all the way to ...
The Golden Age - In the 13th century, Jaume I's conquest of Majorca and Valencia led to a period of military and trading expansion throughout the Mediterranean that continued until the 15th century. The growth of the cities, the dramatic rise in trade and the consolidation of merchants and craftsmen are just some ...
Toy History Museum - The Museum has more than 2.500 toys, dated from between 1870 and 1970, most of them made in Spain (private collection belonging to Tomàs Pla). You can follow the development of toys from tin to plastic.
Rambla Antoni Vidal, 48-50
17220 Sant Feliu de Guíxols
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War and Repression - The political map began to be dominated by the Regionalist League and republican parties in 1901. The Mancomunitat de Catalunya (1914-1925), with Enric Prat de la Riba as its president, was a federation of the provincial councils. The declaration of the Second Republic in 1931 paved the way for the ...