The 1985 World Fencing Championships were held in Barcelona, Spain.
The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso 76-65.
When the seeking deadline passed on 2014, three candidate cities (Barcelona, Spain; Eugene, Oregon, USA and Doha, Qatar) had confirmed their candidatures/
There were also protests in Argentine embassies and consulates in cities such as New York, Miami, Madrid, Sydney, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Naples, Zurich and Barcelona, among others.
Other responsa sent to Joseph ben Ḥen (Graziano) of Barcelona and Meshullam ben Jacob of Lunel are found in a manuscript belonging to Baron de Günzburg in Saint Petersburg.
Aimsun is an integrated transport modelling software, developed and marketed by TSS - Transport Simulation Systems based in Barcelona, Spain.
Andreas Faber-Kaiser (Barcelona, 5 April 1944 - Barcelona, 14 March 1994) was a Catalan esoteric writer of German descent.
After Leonello's unexpected death (1450) Angelo sought patronage elsewhere, moving first to Barcelona, then spending time at the Neapolitan court of Alfonso the Great of Aragon, where his brother also served, and returning to Barcelona after Alfonso's death in 1458, at the invitation of Carlos de Aragon, Prince de Viana.
Expositions of his paintings and pictures were held in Madrid and Barcelona.
At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona she won one as a member of the 4 x 50 m freestyle S1–6 relay team who won the event in world record time.
The airport is to develop further Ryanair routes from the airport to European cities such as Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan.
Villa The Heerlijkheid, which is part of WiMBY!, was selected for the shortlist of the 2008 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain, out of a longlist of 722 entries from 63 countries worldwide.
The 2010 London Festival of Architecture sought permission from the CEPC to lay a new pathway in the park, as part of the construction of a London Las Ramblas, designed by noted British urban architect Sir Terry Farrell, after the original in Barcelona.
She died on 26 December 1416 in the Castle of Falsetto, Barcelona.
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She was a member of the House of Barcelona as the daughter of Peter of Aragon and his wife Joan of Foix.
Elisabeth Christine arrived in Spain in July 1708 and married Charles on 1 August 1708 in the church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona.
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When her husband left for Vienna to take possession of the imperial crown in 1711, he left Elisabeth Christine behind in Barcelona appointing her as General Governor of Catalonia during his absence.
They are: that the opera Dafne was written and conducted by the composer in Barcelona in 1709; that he visited London, where he wrote his Stabat Mater, possibly for the society of "Antient Musick"; that it was performed in Oxford in 1713; that in 1712, he was in Vienna.
Because of this historical significance, streets or squares named 'Entença' or 'Entenza' are common in towns and villages throughout Catalonia, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands.
The men's big air competition of the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships was held in Barcelona, Spain on January 15, 2011.
The GNU MDK, published in book form in 2002, was written by theoretical physics PhD Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz of Barcelona, Spain, and is released under the GNU General Public License, to allow and encourage users to freely share and improve the software.
Hairstyles is a title used for international editions of a professional hairdressing magazine originally published in Barcelona, Spain under the name Peluquerias.
He died in Barcelona, Spain on 17 June 2008 with his second wife Hillary at his side.
Because of the historical significance of this bloodline, streets or squares named 'Entença' or 'Entenza' are common in towns and villages throughout Catalonia, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands.
Although the 22 km from Tardienta to Huesca (part of a branch from the Madrid to Barcelona high-speed line) has been reconstructed as mixed Iberic and standard gauge, in general the interface between the two gauges in Spain is dealt with by means of gauge-changing installations, which can adjust the gauge of appropriately designed wheelsets on the move.
The most famous football player to play for IFK Ölme is Magnus "Ölme" Johansson, who played in the Swedish Olympic team in Barcelona in 1992 and the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg.
Blanca was forced to ask permission to live in Barcelona to her cousin Alphonso XIII of Spain, who belonged to the rival branch of the Spanish Bourbons.
He also chaired (from 1983 to 1987) the Public Transport commission in Barcelona.
José Ardévol (13 March 1911, in Barcelona – 7 January 1981, in Havana) was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation.
Between 1539 and 1543, he lived with family members in Barcelona coinciding with his father's stint as Viceroy of Catalonia.
Juan Jover Sañés (23 November 1903 – 28 June 1960) was a Spanish racing driver, born in Barcelona.
Several other Carthusian monasteries have taken inspiration from the restoration of La Valsainte for work on their own churches, notably the Montalegre Charterhouse near Barcelona.
Ladislao Vajda (18 August 1906, Budapest – 25 March 1965, Barcelona) was a Hungarian film director who made films in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.
The opera subsequently premiered in Barcelona in 1795, Lisbon in 1797, Vienna in 1799, Paris in 1802, and London in 1804, remaining popular during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Born in Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, to Portuguese parents who had settled in the country, Jardim returned to Portugal at a very young age, relocating to the island of Madeira.
Lucas Cruz Senra (born on 26 December 1974 in Barcelona) is a Spanish computer engineer, mostly known as a rally racing co-driver and experienced navigator.
The Venezuelan version of the T2 was manufactured in Barcelona by the Grupo Consorcio 1390 S.A. (currently MMC Automoritz S.A.) as the Mercedes-Benz Class L3.
Promoted to lieutenant, he served at the relief of Barcelona in 1706, and at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718, he was Captain of the 70-gun Grafton, and led the attack.
It was announced in February 2007 at the 3GSM show in Barcelona.
In: Vida Apícola 133 (September/Oktober 2005), 15-21 (Montagud Editores, Barcelona, Spanien).
His conception was to plan a gigantic hotel in the style of Gaudí's Sagrada Família church in Barcelona.
In 1926 he moved to Barcelona, where he worked as a painter decorator until 1929 where he was forced to emigrate to France, because he refused military service.
Ward went on to work in Barcelona and Sydney on major regeneration projects before being appointed to head the regeneration of St Kitts in the Caribbean.
Already in 1760 where there more than 40 ships from Brigs to Sloops registered in New London many under the Shaw Family flag conducting business in the East and West Indies as well as such foreign ports at Lisbon, Barcelona, Amsterdam and even as far as Russia in addition to the mother country England.
Whilst in command of her, he was active ashore at the relief of Barcelona and the capture of Alicante.
Rosetta Pebble was formed by Eric Frakes and Steve Gulian in summer 1999, in Barcelona, Spain.
A large Romanesque tomb, said to belong to the legendary Mudarra González, was moved to the Cathedral of Burgos, and some frescoes have been transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and others, the Paintings from Arlanza, to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.
The song "Letter from Spain" was used as backing music in commercials for the Games of the XXV Olympiad, held in 1992 in Barcelona.
The interest in Semih has continued to grow and as of 8 January 2009, there is speculation of a move to either Arsenal or Barcelona as well as Inter Milan.
At Barcelona, he applied for assistance to Solomon ben Adret, who gave him a further letter of recommendation.
The main meeting is held in the UK or continental Europe (Swansea, Wales, 2002; Southampton, England, 2003; Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004; Barcelona, Spain, 2005; Canterbury, England, 2006; Glasgow, Scotland 2007, 2009, 2011; Marseille, France, 2008; Prague, Czech Republic, 2010; Salzburg, Austria, 2012; Valencia, Spain, planned for 2013).
The three semi-finals were held at the Casino l'Aliança del Poblenou theatre in Barcelona on 14, 21, and 28 February, leading up to the final on 28 February 2009, the same night as the third semi-final.
In 1992 the Spanish Baja was cancelled as it coincided with the Olympic games in Barcelona.
This results in under-representation for the large urban circumscriptions of Madrid and Barcelona, and over-representation for the conservative provinces of Castile and Galicia.
Spain's largest and oldest rock music scenes are in Madrid and Barcelona.
At first Rubén was living in his native country (Dominican Republic), and he would do his calls from there, but early in 2009, Rubén moved to Barcelona, Spain, and he has become a permanent resident of this country, so now the prank calls are conducted from Spain.
Gibbs co-founded the The Alchemy Company, a media firm based in Barcelona, Spain and Los Angeles, California.
Torres Europa (Torre Europa 1 to 5), complex of skyscrapers in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, suburb of Barcelona
The different background and evolution of local elites in Valencia and Barcelona fueled a sense of city rivalry, particularly present in the former.
The opera was first performed at the Nuovo Teatro del Palazzo Reale in Naples on 21 December 1652, to celebrate the Spanish capture of Barcelona, which put an end to the revolt of Catalonia (Naples was also a Spanish possession).
With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Codovilla remained in Madrid advising the PCE, but has been regarded as generally less effective than his Barcelona-based counterpart Ernő Gerő.
Richard Vaughan died in Barcelona in 1795 but his son William eventually returned to Wales and obtained a restoration of the main portion of his estates, as heir to his uncle.
Winnipeg Art Gallery is internationally respected, exhibitions having been shown in New York, Caracas, Bogotá, Barcelona, Tokyo, Thessaloniki, and Verona.
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The competition started on May 14, 1939 and concluded on June 25, 1939 with the Final, held at the Montjuïc Stadium in Barcelona.
The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.
The second round of the season was set to take place in Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, as part of the Barcelona X Games.
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(DH): An event in Barcelona at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium May 19 was called off because of weather conditions.
During the long Spanish postwar period (1940-1959) millions of Spaniards left their homes in the poor provinces to migrate to industrial areas such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Basque Country.
Recently he has received the commission of a new opera, "L´enigma di Lea", based on the original idea and libretto by Rafael Argullol, by the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona to be premiered next 2016-2017 Season.
A work of Lluís Domènech i Montaner, the structure sits at number 35 on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gracia.
He was the mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat from 1994 till 2008, and Vicepresident and then President of the Diputación de Barcelona.
The village is best known for the border railway station, Gare de Cerbère, on the French side of the border on the railway line between Perpignan and Barcelona.
Afterwards, however, it turned out that Barcelona's goalkeeper, José Manuel Pinto, had tried to emulate the sound of the referees whistle, thus confusing Santin.
Born in Corella on October 13 1820, after qualifying in law in Madrid he practised law there and in Pamplona after which he became a judge and public prosecutor in the Courts of Seville, Barcelona and Granada until in 1859 when he moved to the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.
Born in Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, he studied law at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude.
Felix Bwalya (born October 27, 1970 in Chingola – died December 23, 1997 in Lusaka) was a boxer from Zambia, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Gracia Arts Project aims to have sufficient members to group together so as to obtain 'a versatile space' (Codename "La Colmena") in the area of Gràcia for the use of all its members who live, work or regularly use Barcelona with their artistic work.
European engagements include Brag in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen at the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona; Somnos (Semele) and Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro) with De Vlaamse Opera; and Xuthus in Pam Vir's Ion for the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg.
Michael Carruth, a gold-medal winner in the welterweight boxing division at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games, was from St Peter's Road and retains close ties to the area.
His Highness the Prince is an object-sculpture made by Joan Miró in 1974 and now part of the permanent collection of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona.
The HQME Steering Committee, a newly formed group of mobile and content industry leaders that includes SanDisk Corporation, SoftBank Mobile, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Orange, announced HQME at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain on February 14, 2011.
The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.
He dovetailed that European campaign with a season in the French Formula Renault Championship, competing in eleven of the series' thirteen races, finishing sixth with two wins coming at Magny-Cours and Barcelona.
Josep Maria Bonet (1903 La Seu d'Urgell – 1988 Barcelona) was a master glassmaker in the first half of the twentieth century .
Josep Melcior Prat i Colom, or in Spanish Joseph Melchior de Prat, (Els Prats de Rei, Anoia, 1780 - San Sebastian, 1855) was a Catalan nationalist politician, writer, and in 1835 governor of Barcelona, and 1855 civil governor of Guipuzcoa.
He was an instrumental figure in the side's qualification for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, with the club also finishing fifth in the league and reaching the final of the Copa del Rey, lost to eventual champions Barcelona in a penalty shoot-out.
On 23 May 2007, Thelenius told in an interview that she had signed a four-year contract with the pornographic producers Private Media Group which told that they had bought Thelenius an apartment in Barcelona.
He helped them to the 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Final where he scored one of their goals as they beat Barcelona 3-2.
As a young boy of 5 the civil war in Spain lead him to Barcelona where, soon, his mother died and his father disappeared.
On the accession of Joseph Bonaparte to the throne of Spain in 1808, Álvarez was commander of the castle of Montjuïc in Barcelona.
She is patron saint of the Santa Madrona church in Barcelona, the Santa Madrona hermitage in the mountain of Montjuïc, as well as churches in the villages of Madrona (Pinell de Solsonès) and Móra d'Ebre.
MediaPro is based in Barcelona, with branch offices in Girona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Lisbon, Madeira, Madrid, Miami, Porto, Qatar, Seville and Tenerife.
In Spain, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: Madrid, Palencia, Barcelona and Girona.
Support for iOS, Android and Moblin was announced on 19th Feb 2010 during Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona.
It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundición Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971.
Tollwood Festival, Munich / Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia / Trafalgar Square Festival, London, UK / Juste pour rire/Just for laughs, Montreal, Canada / The Esplanade Festival, Singapore / NZ International Festival, Wellington, New Zealand / Kleines Fest im Grossen Garten, Hanover / Daidogei World Cup, Shizuoka, Japan / Hogmanay, Edinburgh, Scotland / Festes de la Mercè, Barcelona
Pasaje Del Terror is an interactive walk-through horror attraction with branches in thirty different cities in Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Seville, Malaga, Salou, Santander, etc. as well as some of the major cities of the world, such as Rome, Lisbon, Blackpool, Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Cancun, San Salvador and Tokyo.
Raquel Saavedra Salvador (born May 11, 1981 in Barcelona) is a vision impaired S11/B1 swimmer from Spain.
In the summer at the Mare Nostrum meets, he won 6 gold medals and 2 silver medals (in Monaco, Canet, Barcelona and Rome), which earned him second place in the general circuit ranking.
In June 2008, at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Professor Paolo Macchiarini and his team, of the University of Barcelona, performed the first tissue engineered trachea (wind pipe) transplantation.
He was awarded honorary doctor's degrees by the universities of Toulouse and Barcelona.
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre (c.1139-1179),daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and his first wife Berenguela of Barcelona; wife of Sancho VI of Navarre
He won the bronze medal by swimming for the Japanese team in the 4×100m medley event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona alongside his team mates Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima and Takuro Fujii.
1991 also saw the band take part in a huge concert at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, which celebrated Catalan popular music and also featured the three other leading Catalan bands of the time, Sau, Els Pets and Sangtraït.
Keys was a junior at Arsenal F.C. Academy and after spending a season with Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Development Academy he signed with Spanish license football agent José Ramón Alexanko and moved to Barcelona, Spain where he remained for 2 season playing under Pep Guardiola, living at the famous Barcelona youth academy La Masia.
L'Hospitalet is located immediately to the west of Barcelona's Sants-Montjuïc and Les Corts districts, meaning transit between the two cities is quite straightforward, even though it was not fully implemented until late.
Vigilantius now settled for some time in Gaul, and is said by one authority (Gennadius) to have afterwards held a charge in the diocese of Barcelona.
FOC established a hold over the Metalworkers' union, and thus had a lot of influence over the Barcelona Workers' Commission for a brief moment.