The history of Barcelona stretches over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named Barkeno.[1] Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean Sea, the coastal route between central Europe and the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, has ensured its continued importance, if not always preeminence, throughout the ages.
Barcelona is currently a city of 1,620,943,[2] the second largest in Spain, and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its wider urban region
is home to three-quarters of the population of Catalonia and one-eighth of that of Spain.
Origins
The origin of the earliest settlement at the site of present-day Barcelona is unclear. Remains from the Neolithic and early Chalcolithic periods have been found on the coastal plain near the city. The ruins of an early settlement have been excavated in the El Raval neighborhood, including different tombs and dwellings dating to earlier than 5000 BC.[3][4] Later, in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, the area was settled by the Laietani, an Ιberian people,[5] at Barkeno on the Tàber hill (in the present-day Ciutat Vella, or "Old City") and at Laie (or Laiesken),[6] believed to have been located on Montjuïc.[7] Both settlements struck coinage which survives to this day.[8][9][10]
Some historians have maintained that a small Greek colony, Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις), was founded in the vicinity[11][12][13] at around the same period, but conclusive archaeological evidence to support this has not been found.[14]
It is sometimes asserted that the area was occupied c. 230 BC by Carthaginian troops under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca,[15] but this is disputed. The alleged military occupation is often cited as the foundation of the modern city of Barcelona, although the northern limit of the Punic territories up to that time had been the river Ebro, located over 150 km to the south. There is no evidence that Barcelona was ever a Carthaginian settlement, or that its name in antiquity, Barcino, had any connection with the Barcid family of Hamilcar.[16]
Legends about the foundation
At least two founding myths have been proposed for Barcelona by historians since the 15th century. One credits the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, with the foundation of the city around 230 BC, giving it the name Barkenon. Despite the similarities between the name of this Carthaginian family and that of the modern city, it is usually accepted that the origin of the name "Barcelona" is the Iberian word Barkeno.[17][18]
The second myth attributes the foundation of the city to Hercules[19] before the foundation of Rome. During the fourth of his Labours, Hercules joins Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, travelling across the Mediterranean in nine ships. One of the ships is lost in a storm off the Catalan coast, and Hercules sets out to locate it. He finds it wrecked by a small hill, but with the crew saved. The crew are so taken by the beauty of the location that they found a city with the name Barca Nona ("Ninth Ship").
Roman Barcino
Information about the period from 218 BC until the 1st century BC is scarce. The Roman Republic contested the Carthaginian control of the area, and eventually set out to conquer the whole of the Iberian Peninsula in the Cantabrian Wars, a conquest
which was declared complete by Caesar Augustus in 19 BC.[20] The north-east of the peninsula was the first region to fall under Roman control, and served as a base
for further conquests. While Barcelona was settled by the Romans during this period under the name of Barcino,[21] it was considerably less important than the major centres of Tarraco (capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis) and Caesaraugusta, respectively known today as Tarragona and Saragossa (Zaragoza in Spanish).
The name Barcino was formalised around the end of the reign of Caesar Augustus (AD 14). It was a shortened version of the name which had been official until then,
Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino (also Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino)[22] and Colonia Faventia.[23] As a colonia, it was established to distribute land among retired soldiers. The Roman geographer Pomponius Mela refers to Barcino as one of a number of small settlements near Tarraco, a town wealthy in maritime resources.[24] However, Barcino's strategic position on a branch of the Via Augusta allowed its commercial and economic development,[25][26] and it enjoyed immunity from imperial taxation.[27][28]
At the time of Caesar Augustus, Barcino had the form of a castrum, with the usual central forum and perpendicular main streets: the Cardus Maximus (today Carrer de la Llibreteria) and the Decumanus Maximus (today Carrer del Bisbe) intersecting at the top (25 m) of the Tàber hill (Mons Taber), site of the Iberian Barkeno.[29][30] The perimeter walls were 1.5 km long, enclosing an area of 12 ha.
By the 2nd century, the city had the form of an oppidum[31][32][33] and a population of 3500–5000.[34] The main economic activity was cultivation of the surrounding land, and its wine was exported widely.[35] The archeological remains from the period (sculptures, mosaics, and amphorae) indicate a relatively prosperous population, although the city lacked the major public buildings (theatre, amphitheatre, circus) found in more important Roman centres such as Tarraco. The forum's most impressive building was the temple dedicated to Caesar Augustus, probably constructed at the start of the 1st century.[36] It was quite large for a city the size of Barcino, measuring 35 m by 17.5 m, and built on a podium surrounded by Corinthian columns.[37]
The first raids by the Germanic tribes started around 250, and the fortifications of the city were substantially improved in the later years of the 3rd century under Claudius II.[38][39] The new double wall was at least two metres high, up to eight metres in some parts, and was punctuated by seventy-eight towers measuring up to eighteen metres high. The new fortifications were the strongest in the Roman province of the Tarraconensis, and would increase the importance of Barcino compared to Tarraco.[28]
Significant vestiges of Roman Barcino can be seen in the underground displays of the Museum of the History of Barcelona (MUHBA), which also maintains other heritage sites from Roman times in Barcelona, such as the Roman Sepulchral way.
Paleochristian Barcino
The first Christian communities in the Tarraconense were founded during the 3rd century, and the diocese of Tarraco was already established by 259, when the bishopSaint Fructuosus (Fructuós) and the deacons Augurius and Eulogius were burned alive on the orders of the governor Aemilianus, under an edict issued by the emperor Valerian.[40] The Christian community in Barcino appears to have been established in the latter half of the 3rd century.
The persecution of the Christians under Diocletian at the start of the 4th century would lead to at least one martyr dying in the region of Barcino: Saint Cucuphas (Catalan: Sant Cugat). Apparently of African origin, Cucuphas had evangelised in several areas of the Tarraconense, including Barcino, Egara (modern Terrassa) and Iluro (modern Mataró), before being killed at Castrum Octavium (modern Sant Cugat del Vallès, just over the Collserola ridge from Barcino/Barcelona). Saint Eulalia (Catalan: Santa Eulàlia) is also often considered as a martyr from Barcino.[41]
The Edict of Milan in 313 granted a greater freedom of religion to Christians in the Roman Empire and put an end to widespread persecution. The first recorded
bishop of Barcino was Prætextatus (Pretextat) (d. 360), who attended the Council of Sardica in 343.[42] He was succeeded by Saint Pacian (Catalan: Sant Pacià, c. 310–390) and Lampius (Lampi) who died in the year 400.[43][44] Pacian is particularly known for his works De baptismo ("On Baptism") and Libellus exhortatorius ad poenitentium, about the penitential system.[45] The first major Christian church in Barcino, the Basílica de la Santa Creu, was constructed around the end of the 4th century at the site where the medieval Barcelona Cathedral now stands; its baptistry was found in the underground and can be accessed through the nearby Museum of the History of Barcelona (MUHBA).[46]
Visigothic Barchinona
At the start of the 5th century, the Western Roman Empire suffered ever more serious attacks at the hands of various Germanic peoples,[47] notably the Goths and the Vandals. Alaric's stepbrother and successor Ataulf led the Visigoths into southern Gaul, and after a defeat at the hands of the Roman forces at Narbona (modern Narbonne)
in 414, moved across the Pyrenees into the Tarraconensis. Ataulf established his court at Barcino, where he was murdered by one of his own troops in 415.[48]
The death of Ataulf, who had imprisoned then married Galla Placidia, daughter of the emperorTheodosius I,[49] changed the relations between the Visigoths and the Romans. Under Wallia (415–419), the Visigoths became fœderati, allies charged with the control of the other Germanic tribes who had invaded Hispania. Wallia was notably successful in this task (Wallia's campaign in Spain),[50] and the emperor Honorius extended the area of Visigoth control to include Aquitania and Gallia Narbonensis. Wallia established his capital at Tolosa (modern Toulouse) in 417.[51]
Barcino would remain an important, if provincial, centre of the Visigoth kingdom, notably because of its excellent defensive walls. After the death of Alaric II at the Battle of Vouillé against the Franks in 507, his successor Gesalec (507–513) moved the capital from Tolosa to Barcino.[52] However, he was defeated by Ibbas, an Ostrogothic general, outside of the city in 512.[53]Amalaric (511–531) ruled from Narbona, but was murdered by his troops in Barcino,[54] from where his successor Theudis ruled until 548. Barcino returned to its role as a provincial centre with the establishment of the Visigoth capital in Toledo by Leovigildus in 573.[55]
The Visigoths formed only a minority of the population of the city, occupying the positions of authority. The first rulers were Arians until the adoption of Catholic Christianity as the state religion in 589, but the practice of Catholicism by the city population was tolerated. The religious centre moved from the Basílica de la Santa Cruz, which had been converted into an Arian church, to the Església dels Sants Just i Pastor (Church of Saint Justus and Pastor). Christian Councils were held in 540 under bishop Nebridi [ca] and in 599 in the reconsecrated Basilica under bishop Ugnas,[56] whose name does not appear as a signatory of the unique document known as De fisco Barcinonensi. This letter to the treasurers of the city, traditionally associated with the council of 592,[57] describes the provincial tax system administered from Barcelona.[58] It is the most informative historical source on the Visigothic system of taxation.[59]
The language spoken at the time was undoubtedly Vulgar Latin,[60][61] including by the Visigoth rulers who were rapidly Latinised. Over time, the spelling of the LatinBarcino (declined as Barcinone, Barcinonem, Barcinonam, Barcinona) gradually came to include an intercalated "h" to represent the evolving pronunciation, and the use of the different Latin cases declined.
Jewish Barchinona
The Jewish population of Barcino/Barchinona dates from the mid-4th century at the latest.[62] While the Jewish religion had been tolerated by the Romans, Jews suffered varying degrees of discrimination and persecution under the Visigoths. In his general law code of 654, the Visigothic king Recceswinth outlawed many essential Jewish practices, including circumcision of males, dietary laws (kashrut), marriage laws and ceremonies, and the celebration of Passover.[63]
With the death of Recceswinth in 672, Wamba (672–680) was elected as his successor. His reign was spent mostly in warfare; those he fought against included the general Flavius Paulus who, together with Randsind, duke of Tarragona, Hilderic, count of Nîmes, and Argebald, bishop of Narbonne, had incited all of Septimania and part of Tarraconensis to rebellion.[64] The Jews opposed Wamba in the expectation that he would perpetuate his predecessor's anti-Jewish policies, and had an important political and military role in this revolt. The Jewish population of Barchinona was considerable enough to prompt Wamba to issue limited expulsion orders against them.[65]
The rebellion of Paulus was promptly quelled and punished, and Wamba regained possession of Barcelona, Gerona, and Narbonne, which were among the chief centres of disaffection. Wamba was a political realist, however, and his understanding of the vital Jewish place in the economic structure of the provinces allowed him to reach a reconciliation with them.[65] In 680, Wamba was dethroned as a result of a conspiracy headed by Erwig, one of the nobles, with the assistance of the Metropolitan of Toledo. Besides persecuting the partisans of Wamba, Erwig made new laws against the Jews, subjecting the converts to minute regulations assuring their religious faith.[66] These laws, although severe, were less so than those of Receswinth.
Muslim Barshiluna
Moorish forces arrived in the Iberian peninsula in 711, ostensibly to assist Achila II in the civil war which opposed him against Roderic.[67][68] The Arabs saw in the civil war an opportunity to invade the Iberian peninsula,[69] and won the victory at the Battle of Guadalete, owing to the treachery of a part of the Visigothic army,[70] which had been persuaded to change sides by the partisans of Achila.[71]
The throne of Achila was usurped in 713 in favour of Ardo,[72] and from 716 to 718, the new governor of Al-Andalus, Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi,[73] suppressed Christian resistance in virtually all of Visigothic Hispania, and quickly expanded the territory under Moorish control as far as the Pyrenees.[74] After the conquest and devastation of Tarraco in 717, Barchinona surrendered peacefully and was hence spared from major destruction. The vestigial Visigothic kingdom ruled by Ardo (713–720) in Septimania[75] was conquered by the invading Arabs in 720.[76][77]
Muslim rule in Barshiluna[78][79] (also transliterated as Medina Barshaluna,[80]Madinat Barshaluna, Bargiluna[78] and Barxiluna[81]) lasted roughly 85 years. While the cathedral was converted into a mosque and taxes levied on non-Muslims, religious freedom and civil government was largely respected. The local Walī was mostly concerned with military matters; the count and the local bishop generally had day-to-day control of the local population.
The first Carolingian Counts of Barcelona were little more than royal administrators,[89] but the position steadily gained in power and independence from the central rule with the weakening of the Carolingian kings.[90] At the same time, several of the counties of the Spanish Marches came to be ruled by the same individual. The last Count of Barcelona to be appointed by the Carolingian authorities was Wilfred the Hairy (Catalan: Guifré el Pelós) at the Assembly of Troyes in 878:[91]
Wilfred, who was already Count of Cerdanya and Urgell,[92] also received the counties of Girona and Besalú. At his death in 897, Wilfred's possessions were divided between his sons Wilfred II Borrel, Sunyer and Miró the Younger, marking the beginning of a hereditary regime.[93] Wilfred II Borrell was the last of the Counts of Barcelona to pledge fidelity to the Carolingian court, although the renunciation of any claim of feudal overlordship by the French king was not confirmed until 1258 with the Treaty of Corbeil.[94][95]
The preeminence of the Counts of Barcelona among the nobility of the former Spanish Marches[90] was in part due to their ability to expand their territory by conquests from the Moorish walís.[96] They also repopulated their inland realms, whose population had plummeted after two centuries of war. The city of Barcelona, easily defensible and with excellent fortifications, prospered with the increasing power of its overlords,[97] while the other Marcher counties had more limited prospects.
The economy of Barcelona during this period was increasingly directed towards trade. In 1258 James I of Aragon allowed the merchant guilds of Barcelona to draw ordinances regulating maritime trade in the city's port,[105] and in 1266, he permitted the city to appoint representatives known as consuls to all the major Mediterranean ports of the period.[106]
Barcelona under the Spanish monarchy
The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the two royal lines. Madrid became the center of political power while the colonisation of the Americas reduced the financial importance (in relative terms) of Mediterranean trade.[107]
The dynastic unification of the Spanish kingdoms and the riches of the New World were not without political repercussions for Europe, leading ultimately to the War of the Spanish Succession from 1701 to 1714. The Catalan institutions sided with the Habsburgs against the Bourbon Philip V, which led to the abolition of the separate status of the Principality of Catalonia[108][109] with the last of the Nueva Planta decrees in 1716,[110] and to the diminution of the political influence of the city of Barcelona in Spain.[111]
However, from the end of the 18th century, the position of Barcelona as a Mediterranean port and the proximity of lignite deposits in the Berguedà became important factors in the Industrial Revolution.[112] Catalonia as a whole, and Barcelona in particular, became important industrial centres, with an increase in wealth (if not political power).[113]
During the 18th century, a fortress was built at Montjuïc overlooking the harbour. On 16 March 1794, even though France and Spain were at war, the French astronomer Pierre François André Méchain was given leave to enter the fortress to make observations that were to be used to measure the distance from Dunkirk to Barcelona, two cities lying on approximately the same longitude as each other and also the longitude through Paris. Using this measurement and the latitudes of the two cities they could calculate the distance between the North Pole and the Equator in classical French units of length and hence produce the first prototype metre which was defined as being one ten millionth of that distance.[114] The definitive metre bar, manufactured from platinum, was deposited in the Archives of the French Republic by the French legislative assembly on 22 June 1799.[115][116]
During the last week of July 1909, ever since referred to as Tragic Week, the Spanish army clashed with the working classes of Barcelona and other cities of Catalonia. When Prime Minister Antonio Maura mobilised reservists to fight in the Spanish colony of Morocco, the working classes, backed by the anarchists, socialists and republicans, rioted in the streets of Barcelona, resulting in the deaths of over 100 citizens.[124]
The city, and Catalonia in general, were resolutely Republican. Many enterprises and public services were "collectivised" by the CNT and UGTunions.[132][133] As the power of the Republican government and the Generalitat diminished, much of the city was under the effective control of anarchist groups.[134] The anarchists lost control of the city to their own allies, the Stalinists and official government troops, after the street fighting of the Barcelona May Days.[135][136]
Barcelona was repeatedly bombed by air raids. The most severe lasted three days beginning on 16 March 1938, at the height of the Spanish Civil War. Under the command of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Italian aircraft stationed on Majorcabombed the city 13 times, dropping 44 tons of bombs aimed at civilians. These attacks were requested by General Franco as retribution against the Catalan population. More than 1,000 people died, including many children, and over 2,000 were injured.[137] The medieval Cathedral of Barcelona was bombed as well,[138] though it did not suffer major damage, and some parts of the Barri Gòtic (the Cathedral neighbourhood), including several blocks in front of the cathedral, were damaged.[139]
The resistance of Barcelona to Franco's coup d'état was to have lasting effects after the defeat of the Republican government. The autonomous institutions of Catalonia were abolished[142] and the use of the Catalan language in public life was suppressed and effectively forbidden, although its use was not formally criminalised as often claimed.[143] Barcelona remained the second largest city in Spain, at the heart of a region which was relatively industrialised and prosperous, despite the devastation of the civil war.[144]
The city now had an extremely dense population (1,557,863 inhabitants, 15,517 per km2, in 1970), often housed in very poor quality accommodations. The massive immigration also contributed to the gradual decline of the specifically Catalan culture of Barcelona—while the use of Catalan in private was tolerated in the later years of the dictatorship, the immigrants to Barcelona spoke only Spanish. Catalan language education was unavailable, even if there had been any social pressure to learn the local language (which was far from the case in urban areas). The increase in population led to the development of the metro network, the tarmacking of the city streets, the installation of traffic lights and the construction of the first rondas, or ringroads. The provision of running water, electricity and street lighting also had to be vastly improved, if not always fast enough to keep pace with the rising population.
Modern Barcelona
The death of Franco in 1975 brought on a period of democratisation throughout Spain. Pressure for change was particularly strong in Barcelona, which considered that it had been punished during nearly forty years of Francoism for its support of the Republican government.[150] Massive, but peaceful, demonstrations on 11 September 1977 assembled over a million people in the streets of Barcelona to call for the restoration of Catalan autonomy. It was granted less than a month later.[151]
The development of Barcelona was promoted by two specific events in 1986: Spanish accession to the European Community, and particularly Barcelona's designation as host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics and later for the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[152][153] The process of
urban regeneration has been rapid, often supported through public and private funds, and accompanied by a greatly increased international reputation of the city as a tourist destination. The increased cost of housing has led to a slight decline (−16.6%) in the population over the last two decades of the 20th century as many families move out into the suburbs. This decline has been reversed since 2001, as a new wave of immigration (particularly from Latin America and from Morocco) has gathered pace.[154]
^Servei d'Arqueologia of Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. "Caserna de Sant Pau del Camp". CartaArqueologica (in Spanish). Ajuntament de Barcelona. p. Description and Historical Notes. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016. The intervention at the site began with an archaeological survey that yielded positive results and triggered a second phase in which extensive excavation of the affected area was conducted, making it possible to document its successive occupations and uses. Level IV, defined by a set of 24 burials (all individual graves except for one double) and diverse habitatational structures including 9 silos and 26 hearths, had been dated to the Neolithic in the first phase. In the second phase, a team was able to establish a better defined chronological sequence based on the more recent studies (Molist et al, 2008). Datings by the AMS system of two bone silos (5360-5210 BC and 5310-5200 BC respectively) allowed identifying a first occupation by a Cardial Culture settlement during the Neolithic while burials were dated to (4250 - 3700 BC, between the Neolithic and Postcardial Middle Neolithic periods... The second phase of archaeological investigations at level II revealed remains attributable to the Bronze Age. Specifically, two different cultural backgrounds were distinguishable at this level. The oldest, dating to the Bronze Age, was represented by eight fireplaces and five storage structures, one of which was used as a secondary burial site, i.e., the individual remains were not arranged in a deliberate manner. They also found accumulations of stones, some of which were laid in alignment including right angles and identified as the remains of dwelling structures. The Late Bronze level III was represented by indeterminate indications of domiciles... The third chronological phase was represented by the use of the area as a Roman necropolis. In a plotted field of about 100 m² were found a total of 34 burial tombs, of which thirty were primary and four secondary, dating to between the 4th and the 6th centuries.
^MM Montaña; OV Campos; R Farré (2008). "Study of the Neolithic Excavation Site of the Sant Pau del Camp Barracks". Quarhis. II (4): 3. Retrieved 2 May 2016. The study of stratum IV of the site of the Sant Pau del Camp barracks allows for the documentation of a settlement occupied during the Ancient Neolithic Age on the coastal plain of the Barcelona metropolitan area, in the Raval zone of the city of Barcelona. Interdisciplinary studies have analysed the archaeological register documented at the excavation at the beginning of the 1990s and these have allowed for the definition of the chronology of the settlement and its characteristics... The results confirm the existence of a settlement in the Ancient Neolithic Age that, during its final moments (Postcardial), extended its functions as a necropolis.[permanent dead link]
^Josep María Camarasa; Unesco. Programme on Man and the Biosphere (16 December 1999). Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Mediterranean woodlands. Gale Group. p. 191. ISBN978-0-7876-4511-3. Initially it was a simple military camp (a castrum) but by the second century A.D. it was a town of 4,000-5,000 inhabitants.
^Josep Puig i Cadafalch; Antoni de Falguera; José Goday y Casals (1934). L'arquitectura romana a Catalunya. Institut d'Estudis Catalans. pp. 94–99. GGKEY:SUSYS955SFU.
^Alberto Balil (1961). Las murallas bajoimperiales de Barcino. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Instituto español de arqueología "Rodrigo Caro". p. 124.
^Stephen P. Bensch (4 July 2002). Barcelona and Its Rulers, 1096-1291. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN978-0-521-52589-3. For its very survival the city came to depend upon its economic influence throughout Catalonia and the Mediterranean. Because of its growing size and wealth, the city became critical to the monarchy as both an administrative center and a source of income.
^Joan Busquets; Harvard University. Graduate School of Design (2005). Barcelona: the urban evolution of a compact city. Nicolodi. p. 189. ISBN978-88-8447-204-5. Finally, all the municipalities in the Plain were annexed to Barcelona in 1897 except Horta, in 1904, and Sarria, even later.
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1965 Indian filmNeela AakashPosterDirected byRajendra BhatiaStarringDharmendraMala SinhaShashikalaMusic byMadan MohanRaja Mehdi Ali Khan (lyrics)Release date 1965 (1965) CountryIndiaLanguageHindi Neela Aakash (transl. Blue sky) is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajendra Bhatia. The film stars Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Shashikala, Mehmood and Raj Mehra. The film's music is by Madan Mohan. Plot Neela (Mala Sinha) is a well educated girl who lives with her younger b...
South African Dutch Reform congregation (1944–1996) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) ...
Indian film actor Dhiraj Vinod KapoorKapoor's Fashion PhotoshootBorn25 October 1978Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaNationalityIndianCitizenshipIndiaOccupation(s)Actor, Model, Director, Board Advisor, Consultant, Producer, Brand Marketing, Entrepreneur, Founder of Limelight Biz, Founder & Managing Director of Dhiraj Walks of Art Private Limited, Founder of The 8888 ConsultaancyYears active2000–presentParentViney Rani Kapoor & Vinod Kumar KapoorWebsitedhirajkapoor.com Dhiraj Vinod Kap...
Railway station in Warsaw, Poland This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Warszawa Zachodnia station – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Warszawa ZachodniaANew station building, entrance from Jerusalem AvenueGeneral informa...
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Gorilla Adventure – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) First US edition (publ. John Day) Gorilla Adventure is a 1969 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his Adv...
1933 film by Lewis D. Collins This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Skyway film – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) SkywayRay Walker and Kathryn Crawford in Skyway (1931)Directed byLewis D. CollinsWritten byAlbert DeMo...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Norvell House – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Norvell House c.1985 Designated a Seattle, Washington Landmark, the Norvell House was built in 1908 and is a late example of the Sw...
2005 greatest hits album by Barry ManilowThe Essential Barry ManilowGreatest hits album by Barry ManilowReleasedApril 26, 2005Genre Pop Easy listening Length161:47LabelAristaProducerBarry Manilow, Ron Dante, Jim Steinman, Howie Rice, Eddie Arkin, Emilio and The Jerks (Emilio Estefan Jr., Joe Glado & Lawrence Dermer), Tony Moran, Jack White, Paul Staveley O'Duffy, Artie Butler, Jerry Hey, Bob Gaudio & Phil Ramone[1]Barry Manilow chronology Scores(2004) The Essential Bar...