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2014 will mark the 300th anniversary of the events of 11 September 1714. The City Council of Barcelona has promoted a civic commemoration intended to help rediscover the city of the eighteenth century, understand the dimension of the events and connect them to the present reality and future expectations. At Barcelona Metròpolis we are also looking at the events of 1714, with our eyes on the past, present and future. We revisit the historiographical legacy passed down to us by world-renowned historians and novelists of the stature of Daniel Defoe. We also visit El Born Centre Cultural, which as of now will be a space of documentation and knowledge of the city, and hazard some visions of the possible future implications of this date in the new political scenarios currently unfolding.
- The reasons for the resistance of 1714, Joaquim Albareda
- Daniel Defoe and Catalonia, 1713, Virgina León Sanz
- “Decadence” – a concept that must be discarded, Ramon Alcoberro
- El Born and historical knowledge, Albert Garcia Espuche
- The meeting point of Catalan culture and history, Quim Torra
- The Victory of 12 September, Vicenç Villatoro
- September 11, 2024: a view from New York, Mary Ann Newman