Example sentences for: catalonia

How can you use “catalonia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Ibiza’s new freedom meant the renaissance of the Ibicenco language and culture after decades of suppression, and participation in Catalonia’s newly won autonomy.

  • In 1640, with Spain and France at war, Catalonia declared itself an independent republic, allied to Philip IV’s enemy France.

  • Skiing is one of the most popular sports in Catalonia.

  • From the ninth to the 13th centuries, more than 2,000 churches were built in Catalonia in the Romanesque style of thick, bare walls with rounded arches for doors, windows, and cloisters.

  • The fort has somber associations for the city: Its cannons bombarded the population to put down rebellions in the 18th and 19th centuries, and it was the site of political executions, including that of Lluís Companys, president of the Generalitat of Catalonia during the Civil War, who was shot by a firing squad in 1940.


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