What is the history of Barcelona Spain?

I'm taking a trip there for the first time in the spring and am interested in some enjoyable reading material to give me some context.

Please help us with travel planning and logistics for Spain! My SO and I have a flight to Marseilles for two weeks mid-October. Since we already visited France earlier this year, we plan to spend these two weeks in Spain.  Initially, we thought...

tau_ceti and I are leaving for a vacation in Spain this week, hitting Madrid/Basque Country/Barcelona. We're looking for recommendations of stuff to read on our Kindles about the history, culture, geology, etc of regions we might be driving through....

We will be in Europe for about a month, and I think we will spend June 23rd to July 5th in Spain. That's 12 full days. We will be leaving Paris on the 23rd, and may be able to leave a day or two early. Neither of us have been to Spain, though we've both...

I am now a student in the UK (from Romania) but am finding culture here very difficult to adapt to as I'm very 'European'...I am contemplating where to do my master's degree and was thinking about Spain, even though to be honest, I've never been there...

I have visited Spain, many times. I never know what to get my sons as gifts. I once bought them Barcelona jerseys. They are 30 and 31 years old. They both like soccer, history, ...show more

Barcelona, Spain... I'm making a documentary on the city and i need a small little history lesson on the city but also tying the history into the modern city it is today. i really ...show more