Example sentences for: generalitat

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

  • 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.

  • Maragall stepped down in 1999 to run for leadership of the Catalan Generalitat and was succeeded by Joan Clos I Matheu.

  • A local joke says that the farthest distance in Barcelona is across this square, which separates the often antagonistic and conservative Generalitat from the more progressive municipal authorities in the Ajuntament (City Hall).

  • The Palau de la Generalitat, on the north side of the square (closer to the Cathedral), is the more interesting of the palaces.

  • 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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