This document provides information about Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain. It discusses that Catalonia has over 7 million inhabitants, with Barcelona as its capital. The region has a temperate climate and speaks both Catalan and Spanish languages. Some iconic foods mentioned include bread with tomato, calçots and romesco sauce, and panellets (almond cakes). An important tradition is building human castells (towers) during festivals. Major landmarks highlighted include Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia and Park Güell in Barcelona. The document encourages learning more about Catalan culture and traditions.

1. My country:
CATALONIA
Sant Pere i Sant Pau School
6th graders

2. The flag
11 of September: The
National Day of Catalonia, is a day long-
festival in Catalonia.

3. General information:
• Catalunya is a region in the
north-est of Spain.
• It is a small country.
• Catalunya has got more than 7
million inhabitants.
• The capital of Catalonia is Barcelona.

4. Language
We speak catalan…
…and spanish.

5. The weather
• We have a temperate weather:
 A bit cold in winter
 Hot and wet in summer

6. Typical food
• Bread with tomato
We also eat with cold
meat like:
-Ham or cooked ham
-Sausage
-Cheese…

7. • Calçots* and romesco sauce
Sauce ingredients:
-12 toasted almonds
-10 hazelnuts
-1 head of garlic
-5 peppers
-2 ripe tomatoes
-1 cup of olive oil *Calçots: mild onion
-salt and pepper
-1/2 cup of vinegar
-1 slice of bread fried
-1 slice of chilli (if you like)

8. Panellets are often accompanied by
Panellets a sweet wine. Panellets are small
cakes in different shapes, mostly
round, made mainly of mazipan (a
paste made of almonds and sugar).
Panellets or "little bread" are the
traditional dessert of the All
Saints holiday, the Castanyada, The most popular are
in Catalonia. the panellets covered
with pine nuts, and
varnished with egg
white.
Also we can cover with:
-Chocolate
-Coconut
-Almonds
-Cherries

9. Tradicions: ‘Human Valls, near the city
• The tradition of building castells originated in
towerS’
of Tarragona, in the southern part of Catalonia towards the end of the 18th
century. Later it developed a following in other regions of Catalonia and,
since 1981, when the first castell of 9 levels of the 20th century was built.
• A castell is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many locations
in Catalonia. At these festivals, several colles castelleres or teams often
succeed in building and dismantling a tower's structure. On November 16,
2010, castells were declared byUNESCO to be amongst
the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible
Heritage of Humanity.

10. Handkerchief
Coloured shirt
Team’s emblem
Black sash
White trousers

11. Castells in Tarragona
• In Tarragona there are four teams.
• In our school some students take part in Colla Sant Pere i Sant Pau
(green shirts) and one of the English teachers in Colla Jove Xiquets
de Tarragona (purple shirts) .

12. Competition
• In our city we make a Castells competiotion every two years with the
best Colles Castelleres (teams) of the moment. It is an amazing
show.
• This year the winners are Castellers de Vilafranca.
Jove de Tarragona 4th

13. IF YOU WANT MORE …
• We recomend to see our castells in this video Som
castells filmed and edited by David Oliete.
http://vimeo.com/29500445 or somcastells.cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeyTr43cEYw
• If you want you can find more on Youtube
the film ENXANETA.

14. Theme park

15. Important monuments
• Antoni Gaudí, one of the most important modernist arquitect
in Catalonia.
Sagrada Família
Parc Güell

16. Thank you for your
attention!