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Catalonia Calling

Concentrating particularly on Catalan culture, history and language and paying attention to the current independence process. I wil also be including excerpts from my forthcoming book 'Catalonia Is Not Spain: A Historical Perspective'

Barça vs Madrid Clásico Dates Back To 1714!
Thursday, September 25, 2014 @ 1:34 PM

This is obviously not a serious political or historical point but during the War of the Spanish Succession and particularly during the Siege of Barcelona in 1714, the Catalan troops dressed in blue and claret (blaugrana)

 

Whereas Felipe V's Bourbonic Castilian troops dressed in white

 

 

Some things never change!

 

 

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CROWDFUND FOR THE BOOK!!!

 

 

 

 

 



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