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Barcelona : Top 10 Historical Figures

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1. Guifré the Hairy

The first Count of Barcelona (d. 897) is regarded as the founding father of Catalonia.
2. Ramon Berenguer IV

He united Catalonia and joined it with Aragon by marrying Princess Petronila in 1137.
3. Jaume I the Conqueror

This 13th-century warrior-king (d. 1276) conquered the Balearics and Valencia, laying the foundations for the empire.
4. Ramon Llull

Mallorcan philosopher and missionary, Llull (d. 1316) is the greatest figure in medieval Catalan literature.
5. Ferdinand the Catholic

King of Aragon and Catalonia (d.1516), he married Isabel of Castile, paving the way for the Kingdom of Spain’s formation and the end of Catalan independence.
6. Idlefons Cerdà

19th-century urban planner who designed the Eixample.
7. Antoni Gaudí

An idiosyncratic and devout Modernista architect, Gaudí was responsible for Barcelona’s most famous monuments.
8. Francesc Macià

This socialist nationalist politician proclaimed the birth of the Catalan Republic (1931) and Catalan autonomy (1932).
9. Lluís Companys

Catalan president during the Civil War. Exiled in France, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 and returned to Franco, who had him executed.
10. Jordi Pujol

A centre-right regionalist politician, Pujol’s Convergència i Unió coalition ruled Catalonia from 1980 to 2003.