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Els Gremis were the guilds created in the 13th century. There were three categories of each guild: masters, officers, apprentices. They were guided by a Book of the Guilds, “Libres Gremials”, that outlined the privileges, rights and rules each membership guild had. The guilds in present day Born area of Barcelona often operated solely onContinue reading “El Born”

There are several places to watch the sunset in Barcelona: the beach, the mountains, a rooftop bar, a park. Anywhere you watch the sunset in the city will be beautiful as you watch the sky turn from blue to pink to purple and then dark. Park Guell is my favorite place to go for sunset.Continue reading “The Sunset in Barcelona”

Pan con tomate is a very common tapa in catlalan culture, it is almost similar to american peanut butter and jelly. Pan con tomate is very easy to make, you only need bread and tomatoes!  The main type of bread used for pan con tomate is coca bread, because it has large holes that canContinue reading “Food- Pan Con Tomate”

An article I found in La Vanguardia, a generally neutral sometimes conservative news source, that I found interesting is about job security and employee rights. The article is about creating a law so that companies will not be able to fire employees after three consecutive times sick. The ministry of labor “wants justice for employees”,Continue reading “Catalan News- Job Security”

Popular view of culture is that it is a set of mandatory and valuable goods. Cultural norms are either emergent from the artifacts or established by the systems (for example legislation) . Others view culture as a set of tools were artifacts and values are a set of goods for a society. I tend toContinue reading “Catalan Culture- Calçots and Human Towers”

In Barcelona today you can still see the influence of the Romans; it is present in the arches, the walls, and the streets. In a class field trip to The Museu d’Història de la Ciutat, I was able to see a portion of the preserved Roman city of Barcino including its laundromat, sewage system andContinue reading “Barcino- Museu d’Història de la Ciutat”