EIBTM 2013 Barcelona

Dates: December 19 to 21

Industry Fair Business Travel, Meetings in Barcelona EIBTM.

EIBTM is an excellent opportunity to learn about industry trends, discover new destinations, products and services, and meet with over 3,000 international suppliers worldwide.

More information: www.eibtm.com

20th Day of Christmas traditions and customs in Catalunya

December 13, 2013

Family Activities / Special Christmas

Among the activities of the Fair (Fair) of Santa Llucia, this year the 20th edition of the Day of the Christmas traditions and customs in Catalunya is met. It takes place on the same day 13, Day of Santa Llucia, patroness of Fira, and consists of various activities throughout the day including a popular Tió a Cercavila (Parade), a puppet show, awards, musical performance by Scandinavian Choir Stella Polaris and the performance of "Dansaires" the "Esbart Catalan Dansaires". The day closes with the musical interpretation of the Republik of l'Avern.

Location: Plaça Nova

Web: www.bcn.cat / nadal

Hours: From 10:30 to 13 and 16 to 20:15 h

Born Cultural Center

From September 12 2013 to September 11, 2014
Exhibitions and activities

 

Under the market structure of an emblematic architectural iron s. XIX, the archaeological site of the Barcelona 1700, unique in Europe, the old market , the memory of the events of 1714 and the exhibits that come together to host Cultural Center El Born, an exceptional new historical space is flirting three centuries of history.

Barcelona 1700 

Exhibition recalls Barcelona society of the eighteenth century, dynamic and modern, but also marked by wars that beset 1691 to 1714.

The exhibit shows some 1,800 objects found during archaeological work at the site and they have provided valuable new knowledge to form a portrait of the daily life of how the inhabitants of Barcelona lived three centuries ago. Linked to the permanent exhibition, walk reservoir may also be three exhibition spaces with objects. Most notable is the War Room, where a selection of more than three hundred bombs of various sizes, types and materials that were found during the excavation will be displayed.

To get it: The 1714 site

Sample posing War 1713-1714 Catalans, epilogue War of Spanish Succession, which recreates the final battle of September Eleven. The exhibition focuses very specifically at the site of Barcelona and its outcome, the assault of September Eleven 1714. In the campaign of 1713-1714 and the site of Barcelona Catalans fought for freedom and against barbarism absolutist.

The exhibition features extraordinary pieces, like the flag of Santa Eulalia, which has been restored to be shown at the Cultural Center Born. The exhibition proposal, however, is not supported by pieces, but in a didactic museology, with an important visual component that aims to present understandably historical facts.

Location: El Born Centre Cultural | Pg. del Born, s/n Barcelona 

Web: www.elborncentrecultural.com

Auto Retro 2013 - Barcelona

Auto Retro 2013 - Barcelona

From 5 to 8 December 2013

30th edition of the Fair of the old car in Barcelona (AUTO RETRO). Special shows filled with classic cars. With affordable prices and a wide range of classics of all kinds.

More information: www.autoretro.es