Barcelona is a very ancient city, with a rich history of heroic events. For dominance over him for several thousand years, different nations fought, and he often only won from this.

According to legend, Hamilcar Barca, the father of the legendary commander Hannibal, is considered the founder of Barcelona. Although archaeologists believe that there was a settlement on this site before, and Barca could only restore it, another legend confirms it, according to which the legendary Hercules built his city at this place.

Probably, Borsina (viz. it was originally called this city) so it would remain a small village if the Romans did not conquer the territory of modern Spain . It was the Roman rulers who contributed to the development of the city, during their reign a city wall was built, In general, urban streets are broken - they stretch from the sea to the mountains perpendicular, from which the city's plan looks very much like a chess board . The Romans turned Barcelona into a fairly lively port, which led to a rapid growth of the city's welfare . In general, they significantly expanded the city borders .

With the advent of the Germanic tribe of the Visigoths in the 530s to our lands in the Iberian Peninsula, Borsin was renamed to their Lad in Barcelona and even became the capital - it's true, only for a couple of decades. Then the city was captured by the Arabs, practically destroying it. Their dominance lasted for almost a hundred years, but they eventually could not resist the army of Louis the Pious.

By 878, the city finally regained its freedom. It was during this period that Barcelona maximally extended its borders and experienced the times of the greatest dawn, being one of the most important counties in the whole Old World. It was then that Barcelona became the capital of Catalonia.

For a long time there was a royal residence here, and poor, but brave explorer Columbus came here to ask the queen for sponsorship to equip his expedition, and here in Barcelona, ​​the traveler got the opportunity to make his legendary swimming . But so Columbus, one might say, indirectly led to the demise of a powerful city, because he opened a new sea route that now ran through the port of Madrid - which contributed to the rapid development of the city the deflating Spanish capital, while Barcelona also rapidly began to lose its leading position .

Barcelona could only find its power and glory at the beginning of the last century, and the holding of the XXV Olympic Games in this city contributed to its significant transformation.