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Text and/or other creative content from History of Barcelona was copied or moved into Barcelona with this edit on 22:46, 25 February 2010. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Incorrect data or need of refraising

Regarding the sentence "The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the two royal lines. Madrid became the centre of political power whilst the colonization of the Americas reduced the financial importance (at least in relative terms) of Mediterranean trade", there is an issue. Madrid did not became the capital of Spain until much later and wasnt the capital of Isabella I of Castile. In fact was a small unimportant village at this time. It leads to confusion so I think refraising should be used. Also Colonization of the Americas happened through Seville which was granted exclusive rights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.14.216.57 (talk) 09:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the bulk of the section.--Asqueladd (talk) 10:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious claims in the 'Tourism' section.

To say that Barcelona has "one of the best beaches in the world" and a "moderate pickpocket rate" is, to put it kindly, rather fanciful (and extremely subjective). 176.85.135.155 (talk) 19:05, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Population (2024) City 1.655.956 "source: https://www.idescat.cat/emex/?id=080193&lang=es, Instituto de Estadística de Cataluña". Density: 16.339/km2

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GDP City: 83 million (2022) "source:https://www.idescat.cat/emex/?id=080193&lang=es#:~:text=Macromagnitudes%20%C2%B7%20Finanzas%20p%C3%BAblicas" , open PIB to see. Kxbingan (talk) 21:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Other parts of info boxes will be affected by this, please provide other parameters. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 02:52, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "Oder sources" to "Other sources" under the "Names" heading. Jwhacke (talk) 12:48, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Bunnypranav (talk) 16:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Climate

Summer isn’t dry for 3 months. 79.177.132.54 (talk) 15:19, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Best climate representation

Hello, please remove all weather boxes except for Barcelona centre AEMET as the others appears in Climate of Barcelona separate page.

Can Bruixa is from 1987 - 2010 which is shorter and older than 1994 - 2020 and Airport is from El Prat de Llobregat city, they are good in separate page Climate of Barcelona but not useful in the main city page.

Thank you. Cataluña Geography (talk) 00:10, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]