Sentence examples for fall of barcelona from inspiring English sources

But there is one man who, if he is not already crowing at the fall of Barcelona, will soon do so.

At ten, he published his first article, in the school newspaper: an editorial on the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War.

At 10 he wrote an editorial for his school newspaper on the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish civil war, a "lament about the rise of fascism".

Then in the second half of the last century there was sudden industrialization and a series of political eruptions, culminating in political autonomy for Catalonia, granted in 1932, ending with the fall of Barcelona at the termination of the Spanish Civil War.

Catalans have no weird and wonderful language, but they have a weightier history of war with the centre than do the Basques: a 12-year battle ending in 1714 with the fall of Barcelona, one of whose defending generals then had his head cut off, pickled and displayed in a jar for 12 years more as a lesson.

During the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia was a key Republican stronghold, and the fall of Barcelona to Gen Francisco Franco's right-wing forces in 1939 marked the beginning of the end of Spanish resistance to him.

Three more were to follow, first defender Gerard Pique and midfielder Cesc Fabregas, both 10 years old when they fell under the spell of Barcelona's famed blue and claret colors, and also midfielder Sergio Busquets, who was 17.

Arsenal have fallen short against the heavyweights of Barcelona and Bayern, as  well as the comparative minnows of Monaco, in recent seasons, but Walcott believes the manner of victory in Athens will make Wenger's team an unwanted opponent for even the biggest clubs on Monday.

Idealista, Spain's equivalent to Rightmove.co.uk, says prices have fallen most in Lleida, the coastal province south of Barcelona.

For me, Tibidabo became emblematic of Barcelona and of what made me fall in love with the city.

The fall of Tortosa (Ṭurṭūshah) and Lérida (Lāridah) to the count of Barcelona in the next year advanced the county's frontier to the mouth of the Ebro and concluded the expansion of Catalonia.