Feliç Diada de Sant Jordi! Sant Jordi´s Day Barcelona "La Diada de Sant Jordi" is on 23rd April. It is also called the Feast or Festival of St George. Sant Jordi is the Catalan name of Saint George, who is the patron saint of Catalonia.
St Jordi's day is Barcelona's most romantic day of the year. St Jordi's is a day of Roses, Romance and Books.
What is Sant Jordi´s day?
St. Jordi is Catalunya's version of Valentine's day and is a one day festival of romance, roses and books all inspired by the legend of Saint George on 23rd April every year. St. Jordi is the patron saint of Catalonia (along with the Virgin of Montserrat) and so Sant Jordi is celebrated on 23rd April to commerate his death on that date in the year 303 AD. The legend of Saint George, which you probably have heard, is that Saint Jordi slew a dragon to save a princess - and then plucked a red rose for the princess from a rose bush, which had sprouted on the exact spot, where the dragon's red blood had spilled. @->->--
Rose and book giving traditions
Who gives what on Sant Jordi´s day in Barcelona? On Sant Jordi's day the men in Barcelona and Catalunya give their sweetheart a red rose, and in recent years a new Sant Jordi tradition is that the ladies give the men a book. There are bookstalls and book markets all over Barcelona on Sant Jordis day especially on Las Ramblas and Rambla de Catalunya.
Source: http://www.barcelonayellow.com/
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