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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.

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