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Catalonia celebrates this defeat as its national holiday, a symbol of the spirit of nationalist resistance.
Under Los Reyes Católicos — called “The Catholic Monarchs” because they finally captured the last Moorish redoubt on the Peninsula at Granada in 1492 — Catalonia was fully incorporated into the Castilian state.
In 1640, with Spain and France at war, Catalonia declared itself an independent republic, allied to Philip IV’s enemy France.
On the right you’ll find a row of gargoyles leaning from the roof of the Palau de la Generalitat, the seat of government for the Autonomous Region of Catalonia, and a richly ornamented gateway.
Nascent democratic institutions appeared with a code of laws, the Usatges de Barcelona, in the 11th century; a municipal council with participation of leading citizens called the Consell de Cent (Council of One Hundred) was formed in 1249; and in 1283 a parliament, or Corts, for Catalonia, originated, later to become the Generalitat, the civil government.