Yes, September 11th is our National day.
On September 11, we commemorate the 1714 Siege of Barcelona defeat during the War of the Spanish Succession. As a punishment for their support to the claim of Habsburg Archduke Charles to the throne of Spain, institutions and rights of the territories of the Crown of Catalonia and Aragon were abolished by the victorious absolutist Bourbon monarchy.
It is a big holiday here. We all hang our catalan flags on the balconies.
"A special day which, while representing the painful memories of the loss of liberties, on the eleventh of September 1714, and an attitude of struggle and active resistance to oppression, also embodied the hope of total recovery of its nationhood."
Visca el Bar?a i visca Catalunya!
P.S. I went to the beach to celebrate it
On September 11, we commemorate the 1714 Siege of Barcelona defeat during the War of the Spanish Succession. As a punishment for their support to the claim of Habsburg Archduke Charles to the throne of Spain, institutions and rights of the territories of the Crown of Catalonia and Aragon were abolished by the victorious absolutist Bourbon monarchy.
It is a big holiday here. We all hang our catalan flags on the balconies.
"A special day which, while representing the painful memories of the loss of liberties, on the eleventh of September 1714, and an attitude of struggle and active resistance to oppression, also embodied the hope of total recovery of its nationhood."
Visca el Bar?a i visca Catalunya!
P.S. I went to the beach to celebrate it
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