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 Diada de Catalunya - September
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Contents of article "Diada de Catalunya - September"

- Diada de Catalunya

Diada de Catalunya

11th September

The 11th September, the Diada de Catalunya, is a national holiday throughout Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, politically and historically significant in its affirmation of Catalonian nationality.

The Diada is in fact the anniversary of the day in 1714, when the Franco-Spanish army captured Barcelona, ending the region’s autonomous status. Five thousand Catalans withstood the attack of forty thousand Castilian and French soldiers until the fall of the city on September 11th. This annual commemoration of a bloody and controversial episodes of Catalonia’s history is a patriotic expression of emotion and pride by the Catalonian people.

The event is marked by parades, castllers, gégants, sardanes... in towns and villages across Catalonia and the red and gold of the Catalonian flag are the colours of the day.





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