Badalona Stadium

Badalona (/ˌbadəˈloʊnə/, US also /ˌbɑːd-/, Catalan: [bəðəˈlonə], Spanish: [baðaˈlona]) is a municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besos River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By population, it is the third largest city in Catalonia and the twenty-third in Spain. It became a city in 1897.

History

The old remains of settlement are dated of the middle-new Neolithic (about 3500–2500 BC). The archeological finds consist of carved stone and silex tools which were found in Seriol hill and Manresa area and tombs with grave goods in Sistrells and Llefia quarters. Deposits of the bronze and Iron Age Have been found in old brickyards (dated about 1800–1500 BC) many years ago and in the masies of Can Butinya and Can Mora in the Canyet quarter (1500–1100 BC).

Before the settlement of the Romans in Hispania the territory of Badalona was populated by Iberians who were settled over the Bosca hill (198 metres above the sea level), from where it is possible to watch the coastline.