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Barcelona traditions
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Photo by Iseult Larkin
M5 - September 11th
Discover key Catalan landmarks and find out how September 11th (the National Day of Catalunya) is remembered
Sara Blaylock
La Gran Festa de la Calçotada
Every year, on the last Sunday of January, Valls hosts a city-wide barbecue to honour the calçot—a sweet and rich onion famous throughout Catalunya, invented in the 19th-century Valls.
Andrea Moreno
Sant Jordi
Every April 23rd, Catalunya celebrates its patron saint Sant Jordi with an exchange of books and roses between lovers