Barcelona is not only the financial capital of Spain, but it is also a city affluent in art. Take a walk down to Port Olympic and admire the many sculptures that whimsically adorn your stroll. It is a ciiy teeming with young artists from many countries, drawing upon their particular cultures and infusing this Mediterranean land with a unique blend of African, South American and Asian motifs. This region gave birth to not only Pablo Picasso, but Antoni Gaudi, Salvador Dali, and Joan Miro. The Sagrada Familia Church, a work still in progress many years after it's architect's death, is a true manifest to the unusual almost psychodelic vision of its creator. This land has a unique history within Spanish politics. It is an autonomous region that resisted Franco and his Fascist government, and is very
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