Barcelona: A Thousand Years of the City's Past

by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Book Overview

Barcelona, like Spain itself, has in recent years attracted the gaze and fascination of the world. Chosen as the host city for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, the international spotlight will soon focus on this beautiful, two thousand year-old city, furthering Barcelona's hopes for a lasting place on the world stage. But success has never come easily to this Spanish metropolis. Not blessed with a natural port, and checked throughout history by a series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192852736
• ISBN13: 9780192852731
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"