The Generalitat de Catalunya, or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government as an autonomous community of Spain. It is formed by the Parliament of Catalonia, the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Executive Council of Catalonia. It is ruled according to the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.
Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, seat of the Executive Council and the Presidency of Catalonia
Bank note from the Generalitat de Catalunya, 1936
Parliament of Catalonia, located in Ciutadella park, Barcelona
Pere Aragonès, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces or eight regions, which are in turn divided into 42 comarques. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.
The Roca dels Moros contains paintings protected as part of the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, a World Heritage Site
Iberian fortress Els Vilars in Arbeca
Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, Roman aqueduct in Tarragona
Origins of the blason of the County of Barcelona, by Claudi Lorenzale