{"id":2189,"date":"2020-01-11T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ingiroingiro.it\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2023-02-19T20:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:34:12","slug":"un-week-end-a-barcellona-il-23-aprile-e-il-momento-migliore-spagna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ingiroingiro.it\/en\/un-week-end-a-barcellona-il-23-aprile-e-il-momento-migliore-spagna\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend in Barcelona (April 23 is the best time), Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven\u2019t decided yet in which time of the year you\u2019ll visit Barcelona, then we\u2019ll give you a tip: go there on the 23rd of April!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, because the 23rd of April is when throughout the entire Catalonia and especially in its capital city (Barcelona) Saint Jordi is celebrated. Jordi the knight, who once used to serve the emperor Diocletian, refused to persecute the Christians and was therefore martyred and executed by decapitation; this is how the cult of the martyr began, although other imaginary legends have been told, such as the legend of the princess. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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According to the legend there was a cruel dragon in the village of Montblanc, which oppressed the townspeople. In order to appease it, the inhabitants began to randomly choose a person to be offered as a sacrifice to the monster. One day, the name of the King\u2019s daughter was selected. The girl faced her dreadful fate and along her way she met a young knight called Jordi, who offered to take her place and confront the dragon. When he finally decapitated it, a rose garden with red flowers bloomed from the blood of the beast. Since then, Sant Jordi is considered the patron saint of Catalonia. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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