Vic is located in the northeast of Catalonia. It is the capital of Osona and is located in the plains of Vic. It is about 69 km from Barcelona and 60 km from Girona.
On 17 September 2012, Vic was proclaimed Catalan Free Territory being the first capital of the region of Catalonia declared it
The mayor Josep Maria Vila Abadal Serra was the driving force behind The AMI (Association of Municipalities for Independence) and is also its president.
The original Latin name of the town was Ausa, as witness the Iberian and Roman coins have been preserved. The oldest documented epigràficament Roman road on the peninsula is linking the towns of Iluro and Ausa, built between 120 BC and 110 BC. [3] In the Visigoth was called Ausona.
During the eighth and ninth centuries, Vic was part of the brands that separated the forces of Islamic frank. The city was destroyed in 788 during a Muslim raid. Subsequently, only one of the districts (Vicus neighborhood in Latin) would be rebuilt under the name of Vicus Ausonensis. From this derives the name of Vic when Wilfred the Hairy repopulate the top of the city in 878, yielding control to the bottom because it did bishop headquarters. From then on, the city would be jointly ruled by the Count of Barcelona and the bishop of Vic.
In 1027 the Council of Toluges, Abbot Oliva, bishop of Vic, he agreed with the nobles and bishops present peace and truce agreement, which establishes annual dates when the war was prohibited.
During the 18th century the city was the focus of the first rebellion against the centralist policy of King Philip V, which came a very active group of Austrian known as Vic. He even came to pick up portrait of the king of city council. This conflict became the War of Spanish Succession, which brought to Catalonia lost their freedom. During the war, however, to avoid problems, switch sides depending on the army that appeared around the city .
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Vic had 9,500 inhabitants. During the 1992 Olympics, Vic hosted hockey competitions.
The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese Vic Tarragona.
The introduction of Christianity to the area was for sure very early, as evidenced by various martyrs of Ausa mentioned at the time of the emperor Decius and his bishop is one of the first mentioned. Head, however, we know the name until 516, when Cinidius appears as one of the attendees provincial Council of Tarragona and Girona. Aquilinus (589-99) was present at the Third Council of Toledo, Esteve and the fourth one held in Ègara, the sixth Dominus, Guericus, the eighth; Wisefredus sent his vicar the thirteenth and fifteenth attended in person and sixteenth. This was the last bishop before the Muslim invasion.
The reconquest of Vic began in the time of Lluís I el Pietós who confided the government of the city to count Borrell. Took care of ecclesiastical affairs in the Archbishop of Narbonne. 826 the city fell back into the hands of the Moors, until recovered Guifré el Pelós, Count of Barcelona. This makes the Archbishop of Narbonne Gotmar consecrated as bishop of Vic.
Bishop Ato (960-72) is worth mentioning as a great promoter of education. Many students took advantage of the benefits offered by his reforms, among which stands out the monk Gerbert d'Aurillac, who later became Pope Sylvester II.
Probably the most famous bishop of Vic Abat Oliva was the son of the Count of Besalu, with the help of Ermessenda Carcassonne, Countess of Barcelona, built and richly decorated cathedral. The dedication took place on 31 August 1038. At the time of his successor, Guillem de Balsareny was found in Vic relics of the patron saints Llucià i Marcià. Berenguer Sunifred de Lluçà renovated the cathedral chapter, expelling lax members and restoring regular observance.
More recently, Joseph and Morgades Gili deserves special attention because it restored the monastery of Ripoll, ruined by neglect and pillage, and the church was consecrated again on 1 July 1893. Also founded the Archaeological Museum of Vic, where he collected and preserved many medieval treasures that were kept in the churches of the diocese. He was succeeded by Josep Torras i Bages, bishop and writer exponent of Catalan nationalism and conservative Catholic.
Among the many religious children in the diocese include St. Antoni Maria Claret.
The 1992 Olympic venue was the Barcelona '92 Olympic Games in the form of hockey.
Vic Skate Club hockey team of the city, which plays in the NHL, the top state.
Vic Basketball Club basketball team that plays in the city league EBA.
One of the most popular sports of athletics Vic, as it has athletics tracks Vic Athletic Club which was established in 1929. It also has a rugby team, the Athletic Club Vic crabs that currently plays in the second category of Catalan.
Vic has two football clubs. On one hand, there is the Sports Union Vic, who plays Vic Municipal Stadium, which militates the Third Division, the other is the OAR Vic, a club dedicated to training is based i Bages at the Stadium of Vic, in the neighborhood of the stadium.
The Sagal Osona are casteller Vic founded in 1997. The official presentation of the group was on April 5, 1998 in Vic Square, accompanied by Castellers Villefranche by Xics Granollers.
Laughing Sardana Group is an organization founded sardanas Vic in 1948. Currently dancing gangs Laughing (large), Montseny (youth) and Arquiris (children).
There are other clubs like Club Handball Vic, Vic Tennis, Gymnastic Club OSONA, etc..
The city is famous for its sausages. Among them stands sausage Vic, but is best known for its commercial variants, the whip.
It is a city well worth visiting as it has one of the more evocative medieval Catalonia, which was voted one of the seven wonders of Catalonia in 2007. The center of the Old Town Market Square or Plaza Mayor, which highlights several modernist buildings, arches and towers.
Two of the most important monuments are:
Vic Cathedral
The Roman temple of Vic
The original cathedral, the nave, thick walls and few windows, was replaced by that erected the Abat Oliva. Two hundred years later, Ramon Anglesola already published a pastoral letter exhorting the faithful to contribute to the repair of the building. 1401 Bishop Diego de Heredia added a transept, and in 1585 opened the door of St. John. Over time, however, a complete reconstruction was increasingly necessary, and at the end of the seventeenth century we overthrew the cathedral to make a new plant. The first stone of the new church was laid on September 24, 1781, and was consecrated September 15, 1803. The building is a classic design, a combination of Doric and Tuscan styles, with a facade of white stone enriched with a beautiful balustrade. It has three entries, corresponding to the three naves, and colossal statues of his six patterns. The interior is Corinthian. The only preserved medieval cathedral altar of alabaster, in the Gothic style, since the beginning of the fifteenth century Bernard Despujol, and the bell tower and the crypt, Romanesque. Among the highlights in the chapels of St. Bernard Calbó (bishop of Vic between 1233 and 1243), with James the Conqueror who participated in the conquest of Valencia. The two-storey cloister in Gothic style is beautiful. You can also admire the Gothic door that leads to the chapter house.
The conciliar seminary was started in 1635 by Gaspar Gil and was done by order of the Holy Father Benedict XIV Gil Bishop Manuel Munoz in 1748. The modern workshop is located in the former Jesuit school. Some of the priests that have been made have been called much like the philosopher Jaime Balmes and the poet Verdaguer, author of Atlantis. The episcopal palace was destroyed in the War of the Reapers, and was not fully recovered until Bishop Francis Veyan and Grinder in the early nineteenth century. The seminar also houses the Archaeological Museum of Vic.
And as you can see they also have a fire station with a lot of rhythm
