el nuevo libro verde de barcelona

1802/09/30

The king’s visit to Barcelona last year (1802) when the double marriage took place, is still the subject of conversation. The grandest scene on this occasion was, the three nights’ procession representing the blessings of peace, and the ancient triumphs of Spanish history, particularly the eastern expeditions of the Catalans and Arragonese in the fourteenth [...] »
George Downing Whittington (1808). Travels through Spain and part of Portugal. Boston: White, Burditt, & Co.  »

1802/09/30

Arrival of a squadron composed of three galleons and two frigates, carrying on board the Infant of Tuscany, who came to be married to the Prince of Asturias, son of Charles IV. »
Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.]  »


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