Festival of La MercèThe Festival of La Mercè is dedicated to the patron saint of
Barcelona, the Virgin of Mercy, and involves a fabulous assortment
of popular Catalan traditions and mythology. The city celebrates by
hosting one of the biggest parties of the year with street music
and dancing, fairs, theatre, concerts and parades. Firework
spectacles light up figures of dragons and devils, and gigantic
folklore icons of Catalonia ('gegants') are paraded through the
city centre, while traditional teams of 'Castel Event Date: 24 September 2012 Venue: Various squares and open places around the city Website: www.bcn.es/merce |