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Catalan Nation
Catalonia - Catalunya The biggest non independent nation in Europe

Catalonia has an original and interesting past as far as it concerns to culture, however the present is probably one of the most active periods in history.

During centuries catalonia has been the gate to cultural manifestations for the whole Iberian peninsula.

Architecture, with the little Romanesque churches in the Pyrenees. The Renaissance period with its baroque and neo-Classical. But especially the Modernisme, the national art of catalonia with architects like Antoni Gaudi and others.

Opera and classic music has been very important in catalonia. El Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is a well know opera house worldwide and the real home for catalan voices such as Francesc Vinyas, Maria Barrientos, Conxita Supervía , Victoria de los Ángeles, Montserrat Caballé, Jaume Aragall or Josep Carreras.

Pau Casals, a member of the Catalan opposition to Franco's regime and a renowned pacifist, pianists such as Ricard Vinyes or Alícia de Larrocha, and musicologist Jordi Savall, amongst many others, are the best ambassadors of catalan classic music during the last century. We can't forget the great composers of sardanes, Catalonia 's national dance, such as Pep Ventura or Juli Garreta, Anselm Clavé and prestigious institutions such as the Orfeó Català.

During the last decades musicians in other stiles such as Tete Montoliu and Jordi Rossy in jazz, Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluís Llach or Maria del Mar Bonet amongst the singer-songwriters, Peret, the leading exponent of Catalan rumba.

Painting and sculpture have also been very important during the last century with names like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró , Antoni Tapies and many others.

Design is the new area in which Catalonia is focused. During the Barcelona Olympic Games previous years the country started out a new period and Barcelona became a city known worldwide allowing catalan design to become the next national challange for the country.