Editing Berga (section)

== History ==
Berga derives its name from the ''[[Bergistani]],'' an [[Iberians|Iberian]] tribe which lived in the area before the [[ancient Rome|Roman]] conquest. The Bergistani were first subdued by [[Hannibal]] in 218 BC. They rebelled twice against the Romans and were twice defeated; after their second uprising, much of the tribe was sold into slavery. [[Livy]] mentions their principal town, ''{{lang|la|Castrum Bergium}}'', which was probably the precursor of the present-day town of Berga.<ref>''Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana'' vol. III, p. 466. Edicions 62. Barcelona, 1971</ref>

Berga was ruled by [[viscounts]] in the [[Early Middle Ages]] and had [[Counts of Berga|its own counts]] from 988.

Berga was sold to king [[Peter II of Aragon]] in 1199.

In May 2012, the town council passed a motion declaring [[King Juan Carlos]] 'persona non grata' following a series of scandals involving the royal family, most notably the king's recent elephant hunting trip to Africa in the middle of Spain's deepening recession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/05/05/spains_king_declared_unwelcome_by_northern_town/singleton/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505233112/https://www.salon.com/2012/05/05/spains_king_declared_unwelcome_by_northern_town/singleton/ |archive-date=2012-05-05 }}</ref>