Catalan is the language spoken in Barcelona and in Catalonia (as well as in Andorra, Mallorca and occasionally in southern France). Everybody understandsand and speaks Castillian Spanish but you will definitely be favoured more by the locals if you learn some basic Catalan. The bull, originally used as a logo for a brand of Spanish Whisky, is generally associated with centralized Spain but not Catalonia. The Catalan burró (donkey), used before the Industrial revolution for many manual jobs, has come to represent Catalonia. You might well see the Catalan burró on the back of car bumpers.