The AULA D’HISTÒRIA (History Classroom) is a platform consisting of universities and cultural centres linked to sport, with the main aim of promoting the history of sport.
Each member of the platform organises an activity, such as, for example, a round table, exhibition or photography competition dedicated to the history of the Olympic movement and of sport in Barcelona and Catalonia. It is open to all students of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, as well as all those interested in the history of sport, according to the rules of each centre.
For the second time in history, the Vuelta Ciclista a España has chosen Barcelona as the host city to organize the start of the race in its 78th edition.
Coinciding with this anniversary, the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, from the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Studies Center, wanted to dedicate this booklet to the history of bicycles and cycling in the city. It is a work that is the result of collaboration between various people who, through historical and/or verbal research and personal experiences, explain the origin of cycling and the velodromes in Barcelona; They recall some of the best-known cycling events, both locally and internationally, and have the city as a link, without forgetting the Olympic aspect, with the participation of Catalan cyclists in the Olympic Games.
History Classroom Archive
- History Classroom 2022/23 - 1st session: “Barcelona, more than one Century of Cycling"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 3ª session: “50 years of the 1972 Games"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 2nd session: “Sport in wartime"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 1st session: “Barcelona 1923: Indoor world championships"
- History Classroom 2020/21- 1st session: “100 Years of celebration of the first edition of Jean Bouin"
- History Classroom 2017/18 - 1st session: “1968: An innovative and universal Olympic Gamess."
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 3rd session: "Barcelona'92: un abans i un després per al moviment paraolímpic"
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 2nd session: “Great contributions of Barcelona’92: innovation, values and commitment”
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 1st session: “Catalan Olympic Referees and Judges”
- History Classroom 2015/16 - 2nd session: “Streets, squares, parks and gardens”
- History Classroom 2015/16 - 1st session: ”Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sport Councilior of Barcelona Between 1955 and 1961”
- History Classroom 2014/15 - 2nd session: “Barcelona 1955: the Mediterranean Games”
- History Classroom 2014/15 - 1st session: “Ludwig Guttmann and sport as a rehabilitation tool: 70 years of paralympic sport.”
- History Classroom 2013/14 - 1st session: “Francisco Franco’s Olympic Games. An analysis of the unsuccessful candidature for Barcelona ’72”
- History Classroom 2012/13 - 2nd session: “L’Olimpisme de Pierre de Coubertin” – Norbert Müller.”
- History Classroom 2012/13 - 1st session: “L’Aula d’Història”
