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unusual facts about Catalunya



C300

Canal 300, a public television channel operated by Televisió de Catalunya in Catalonia

Catalunya Ràdio

Catalunya Ràdio has grown significantly since its inception, and is currently available in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Northern Catalonia, La Franja, and Andorra.

D-Mark

Meanwhile, D-Mark took his first appearance outside the zone of Catalunya, Spain, and moved to Madrid to perform a gig alongside DJ Precision and Menno de Jong, together with his friends and artists Shammu, DJ Row and the resident DJ at Future Club in Barcelona Pllo Future.

Disseny Hub Barcelona

The collection was prepared by the Agència Catalana de Turisme, the Direcció General de Turisme and Artesania Catalunya of CCAM, the Foment de les Arts i el Disseny (FAD), the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) and the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC).

Joan Fuster

He received the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes ("Catalan Letters Award") (1975) and also, in the year 1983, the Medalla d’Or de la Generalitat de Catalunya ("Gold Medal of Catalonia's Generality").

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

La Capella Reial de Catalunya was created in Barcelona in 1987 by its conductor Jordi Savall as a group of soloist singers whose aim is to make the repertoire of Catalan historical music and, by extension, that of Spanish and other music widely known throughout the world.

Maragall

Pasqual Maragall i Mira - the 127th President of Generalitat de Catalunya

Monserrat, Buenos Aires

The small city's growing population led to the introduction of a number of other religious orders in this area, notably the Catalan Brotherhood of the Virgin of Montserrat, whose chapel became the neighborhood namesake in 1769.

Nairo Quintana

In 2013, Quintana won stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya, and the following month, he won the queen stage of the Tour of the Basque Country by sprinting to victory after the final climb in EibarArrate, two seconds before a group of six fellow overall contenders.

Oriol Junqueras i Vies

He is the current mayor of Sant Vicenç dels Horts and has been the president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC) since 17 September 2011.

Sarazen World Open

It was played at Chateau Elan (Legends course) in Braselton, Georgia except for 1999 when it was played at PGA Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Spanish basketball league system

1ª División (14 groups, one for each autonomous community except Basque Country, La Rioja, and Navarra, who share the same group, like Valencian Community and Region of Murcia); in Catalonia, known as, Copa Catalunya.

Tom Danielson

Following Catalunya, Danielson finished twentieth at the Tour of the Basque Country, and offered a good showing at the Tour of California, where he took fifth place in the "queen stage" of the race, a finish at altitude at the winter ski station of Mount Baldy.

TSS – Transport Simulation Systems

TSS originated in 1986 as LIOS, a research group at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) headed by Professor Jaume Barceló.


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