National Day of Catalonia

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cultural observance national day public holiday

The National Day of Catalonia is an annual Catalan holiday on September 11 commemorating the fall of Barcelona in 1714 and symbolizing Catalonia’s struggle for self-government and national identity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Diada Nacional de Catalunya	6
Diada Nacional de Catalunya celebrations abroad	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural observance ⓘ national day ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Day of Catalonia ⓘ surface form: Diada Nacional de Catalunya La Diada ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Catalonia ⓘ
associatedSymbol	Estelada ⓘ Senyera ⓘ
commemorates	Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Barcelona fall of Barcelona in 1714 ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance	affirmation of Catalan culture ⓘ affirmation of Catalan language ⓘ
dateObserved	September 11 ⓘ
dayOfMonthObserved	11 ⓘ
firstMajorModernCommemoration	late 19th century ⓘ
followsCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBodyOrganizingOfficialEvents	Government of Catalonia ⓘ Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
hasHashtag	#Diada ⓘ
historicalEventYear	1714 ⓘ
legalStatus	official holiday in Catalonia ⓘ
mainCommemorativeSite	Fossar de les Moreres ⓘ Monument to Rafael Casanova ⓘ
mainLocationOfCelebration	Barcelona ⓘ
monthObserved	September ⓘ
observedBy	Catalan citizens ⓘ Catalan diaspora ⓘ Catalan institutions ⓘ
politicalSignificance	Catalan independence movement ⓘ Catalan nationalism ⓘ defense of Catalan autonomy ⓘ
relatedConflict	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
restoredAsOfficialHoliday	after Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
suppressedDuring	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Francoist dictatorship
symbolizes	Catalan cultural identity ⓘ Catalan national identity ⓘ Catalan political autonomy ⓘ Catalonia’s struggle for self-government ⓘ
typicalActivities	concerts ⓘ cultural events ⓘ flag displays ⓘ floral offerings ⓘ human towers ⓘ institutional ceremonies ⓘ political demonstrations ⓘ