Are you familiar with the legend of Santa Eulàlia?
Culture and free time. Legends and curious facts about Barcelona’s primordial patron saint.
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Are Rodanxó and Rodanxona the only carnival giants in Barcelona?
This couple date from the 19th century and were closely linked to the city’s old carnival celebrations.
Three different versions of the legend of St Eulalia
Despite the most commonly associated number with the legend of St Eulalia being 13, in Barcelona there are a total of three different versions of the saint’s life and miracles: with two dances and a night guided tour.
Saint Eulalia, a single legend claimed by two different places
The legend of Saint Eulalia is deep-rooted in the city, but everything seems to suggest it is fiction and represents a local adaptation of the legend of Saint Eulalia de Merida.
Full programme for the Santa Eulàlia Festivities 2024
Culture and free time. This year marks 600 years of giants in Barcelona and is also the bicentenary of the birth of Josep Anselm Clavé.
Egg sausage, coca de llardons and omelette: the culinary delights of carnival
During carnival, food becomes another means of transgression and for this reason it takes centre stage at so many points in the festival.
How is Carnival celebrated in other parts of the world?
Battles of Oranges in Italy, fritters in the United States, multitudinous parades in Bolivia... Some features of the Barcelona carnival are reflected in other carnivals around the world. Would you like to know more?
Vilapicina and Santa Eulàlia, a longstanding connection
The Colla Gegantera de Nou Barris will be once again performing their music and dance show, “Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, the forgotten neighbourhood”.
What does Candlemas celebrate?
Candlemas, which falls on 2 February, right in the middle of winter, marks the end of the Christmas cycle. But why is it a festival with such strong roots? Is it religious or is there a pagan background? What part do candles play in it?
Candlemas is our marmot day
Candlemas has always been regarded as an ideal day for forecasting the weather, especially how many days of cold are left. Si la Candelera plora, l’hivern és fora; si la Candelera riu, l’hivern és viu is a well-known Catalan saying.