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 This will be the 4th year in a row that the World Press Photo comes to Barcelona, in cooperation with the CCCB (Centro de Cultura Catalana de Barcelona).


The Photographic Social Vision Foundation, based in Amsterdam, each year organises one of the most prestigious contest in the world, where an international jury made of 13 members selects the best photos among all the ones


 November will be the month for the new edition of the Wintercase San Miguel. This festival has been the first itinerant music festival in Spain and it is now at its 7th edition. It always passes through Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, bringing in these cities some of the biggest names of the independent music.

This year festival will bring on the stage some new bands,



 Summer is almost over, but Barcelona still has one big festival to go.
From the 19th to the 24th of September takes place the Festes de la Mercè (or simply called La Mercè) to celebrate the Patron Saint of the city.

According to the legend, on the 24th of September of 1218, during the 5th Crusade, the Virgin appeared to King Jaume I, St. Pere Nolasc and St.


festa de graciaUntil 1897 Gracia Quarter was an independent village, separated from Barcelona by fields. In the XIX century it grew a lot thanks to the immigration of the new industrial worker class.

In the same years we can find the origins of the Fiesta Major de Gracia, a popular and traditional street festival. If at the beginning it had some religious meanings, soon it became just a


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