History of Catalonia

thumb|220px|The famous bust of the "Lady of Elche", probably a priestess. thumb|220px|"Warrior of Moixent" Iberian (Edetan) ex-voto statuette, 2nd to 4th centuries BC, found in [[Edeta.]]

institution under which the autonomous government of Catalonia is organized

aspect of history

state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula (1173-1714)

Roman province

The Senyera is a vexillological symbol often called "the four bars", much older than the Crown of Aragon.

historical overview of Catalonia

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battle between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey the Great

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. The Ilergetes were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania) who dwelt in the plains area of the rivers Segre and Cinca towards Iberus (Ebro) river, and in and around Ilerda/Iltrida, present-day Lleida/Lérida. They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. The Sordones were an ancient (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language. Their territory was located in the Roussillon, in what is now the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales and was limited in the west by the Pyrenees. They are classified as ancient Iberian or as ancient Gauls according to the sources.

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC thumb|right|200px|Location map of the pre-Roman people of Cessetani in Iberian Peninsula

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC The Indigetes ( or or , Iberian: ) were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.

Duchy in Spain

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC The Lacetani were an ancient Iberian (pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania).

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC The Bergistani or Bargusii (), were an ancient Iberian or Pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula. They were related to the Ilergetes and were not numerous. They inhabited the valley of the Saiarra river in the upper course of the Llobregat in the northern Tarraconense.

thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC thumb|Castellet de Banyoles Iberian village remains near Tivissa thumb|Name of a street in Queretes thumb|Ethnographic Iberia 200 BC The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language.

former currency of Catalonia

17th century fortress in Colliure, Occitania, France

Catalan baroque literary and musical academy est. 1700 and reconstituted in 2025 as an academy of the Humanities.

ethnic group