Why Do Leap Years Exist?
A leap year adds an extra day to the calendar. Why? What day is added: the 24th or the 29th of February?
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Who is the Vella Quaresma?
The “Vella Quaresma” (Old Mother Lent) is a seven-legged woman with a cod and a basket who represents the period running up to Holy Week.
Cod, the star of Lent cooking
Traditionally Lent has been represented as an old woman with seven legs, brandishing a salted cod in one hand and carrying a basket full of vegetables in the other. The produce she has in her hands give us lots of clues about what people eat around...
Are you familiar with the legend of Santa Eulàlia?
Culture and free time. Legends and curious facts about Barcelona’s primordial patron saint.
Are Rodanxó and Rodanxona the only carnival giants in Barcelona?
This couple date from the 19th century and were closely linked to the city’s old carnival celebrations.
Three different versions of the legend of St Eulalia
Despite the most commonly associated number with the legend of St Eulalia being 13, in Barcelona there are a total of three different versions of the saint’s life and miracles: with two dances and a night guided tour.
Saint Eulalia, a single legend claimed by two different places
The legend of Saint Eulalia is deep-rooted in the city, but everything seems to suggest it is fiction and represents a local adaptation of the legend of Saint Eulalia de Merida.
Full programme for the Santa Eulàlia Festivities 2024
Culture and free time. This year marks 600 years of giants in Barcelona and is also the bicentenary of the birth of Josep Anselm Clavé.
Egg sausage, coca de llardons and omelette: the culinary delights of carnival
During carnival, food becomes another means of transgression and for this reason it takes centre stage at so many points in the festival.
How is Carnival celebrated in other parts of the world?
Battles of Oranges in Italy, fritters in the United States, multitudinous parades in Bolivia... Some features of the Barcelona carnival are reflected in other carnivals around the world. Would you like to know more?