SAINT JORDI´S DAY

Written by Barcelona On Line - Ana Rodriguez


The Saint Jordi festivity, which takes placerepparttar 23rd of April, is one ofrepparttar 133844 most beautiful holidays in Catalonia, above all in Barcelona. During this day,repparttar 133845 downtown streets are full of colours thanks torepparttar 133846 small book and rose stands that are put up inrepparttar 133847 centre. Many curious tourists and neighbours walk throughrepparttar 133848 city. The men must give a red rose as a present to their ladies andrepparttar 133849 ladies must give a book to their man. This day is alsorepparttar 133850 Day ofrepparttar 133851 Books, which is a remembering of Cervantes death.

The rose tradition is not new. Inrepparttar 133852 Middle Agerepparttar 133853 aristocratic class organized lord competitions, whererepparttar 133854 men gave a flower torepparttar 133855 women. The red colour symbolizesrepparttar 133856 passion andrepparttar 133857 ear that is put together withrepparttar 133858 rose stands for fertility.

The legend

The Saint Jordi was a lord and a martyr born in Capadocia (Turkish nowadays). He isrepparttar 133859 hero of an exceptional gentleman story which took place in Libya. As a contradiction to thisrepparttar 133860 Catalonian tradition believes that it happened in Tarragona, in a small town called Montblanc. In Montblanc there was a dragon that fearedrepparttar 133861 people ofrepparttar 133862 town. Its stinky breath managed to killrepparttar 133863 people who come close to it.

The neighbourhood wanted to sacrifice one person every day in order to avoidrepparttar 133864 monster to attack everybody. Naturallyrepparttar 133865 problem was that there was nobody who wanted to be eaten byrepparttar 133866 dragon. Therefore, each day they picked one person fromrepparttar 133867 population ofrepparttar 133868 town. The system was very effective until one dayrepparttar 133869 person who had to be delivered torepparttar 133870 monster wasrepparttar 133871 beautiful princess. Many people offered themselves, butrepparttar 133872 king was uncompromising in despite of his sadness: His daughter had to be sacrificed likerepparttar 133873 rest of his citizens.

Buying French Property

Written by Oliver Phillips


Copyright 2005 Oliver Phillips. May be freely reproduced "as-is" for private and commercial use.

If you're looking for that special property in France, here are 8 quick tips that might help you on your way.

1. Get Photos & Information before you viewrepparttar property. You can cut down on wasted trips and expense this way.

2. Consider looking for property in areas that you haven't previously visited and are not familiar with. Certain areas command premiums only because they are widely known.

3. Consider your purchase thoroughly. As with any purhcase, buying without proper thought can result in unexpected costs.

4. Get to knowrepparttar 133843 area before you buy. Talk to people who have already purchased their home, holiday inrepparttar 133844 area, or even rent for a period.

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