Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain.

In the center of the picture is "The Basílica de la Sagrada Família", also known as the "Sagrada Família", is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on the building is part of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.

The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Iberian "Baŕkeno", attested in an ancient coin inscription found on the right side of the coin in Iberian script as "Barkeno" in Levantine Iberian script, in ancient Greek sources as" Βαρκινών", "Barkinṓn"; and in Latin as "Barcino, Barcilonum and Barcenona".

Some older sources suggest that the city may have been named after the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who was supposed to have founded the city in the 3rd century BC, but there is no evidence that Barcelona was ever a Carthaginian settlement, or that its name in antiquity, Barcino, had any connection with the Barcid family of Hamilcar. During the Middle Ages, the city was variously known as Barchinona, Barçalona, Barchelonaa, and Barchenona.

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