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Palau de la Música Catalana

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Palau de la Música Catalana (Catalan pronunciation:, English: Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth). It was inaugurated on 9 February 1908.

BarcelonaBarcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain after Madrid. With a population of 1.7 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.7 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is o...Flag of BarcelonaThe flag of Barcelona (Catalan and Spanish: Bandera de Barcelona) is the official municipal flag of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is derived from the city's coat of arms and combines the Cross of Saint George, associated with Saint George (Catalan: Sant Jordi), one of the city's patron saints, with the four red pales of the Senyera, the historic emblem of the Counts of Barcelona and later of the Crown of Aragon. Although its origins date back to the 14th century, in its present form it has been official since ...

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