Burgundy and Catalonia are two fertile regions in southern Europe. As early as the high Middle Ages, Burgundy - located between Champagne and Franche-Comté, Lorraine and Beaujolais - with its numerous monasteries became the radiant center of European Christianity. Catalonia's remote Pyrenean valleys and exciting capital of Barcelona represent a diverse spectrum of Spanish culture from Gothic monasteries to Gaudí's art nouveau architecture and the modern works of the avant-garde artist, Dalí.