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• Santa Creu and Sant Pau Hospital. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167. 08025. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: recintehistoric@santpau.cat. www.rutadelmodernisme.com. Its origins date from 1401, with the merger of six hospitals existing at the time in Barcelona. With the growth of the city in the 19th century, it was decided to raise a…

• La Sagrada Familia Cathedral. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Mallorca 401. 08013. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934761010 | E-mail: informacio@sagradafamilia.org. www.sagradafamilia.org. The great temple of atonement. In 1883 the brilliant architect Gaudí agreed to take on this project, succeeding Francisco de Paula. The artist worked on it until his…

• Sagrada Familia Church Museum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Mallorca 401. 08013. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934761010 | E-mail: informacio@sagradafamilia.org. www.sagradafamilia.cat. The Sagrada Familia Museum has a host of elements and objects on display to enable visitors to understand the significance and complexity of Gaudí’s masterpiece. Pla…

• Parque del Clot. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Escultor Claperós s/n. 08018. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This is a 4-hectare park created on industrial ruins in which the double archway of the old Renfe railway workshop has been converted into an aqueduct whose w…

• Gaudí House-Museum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Carretera del Carmel 23. 08024. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932846446 | E-mail: informa@casamuseugaudi.org. www.casamuseugaudi.org. Güell Park , designed by Antoni Gaudí, is the setting for the architect's house-museum. The building where Gaudí lived for twenty years was built by Francesc Beren…

• Gaudí Experiencia. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Larrard, 41. 08024. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@gaudiexperiencia.com . http://www.gaudiexperience.net. A space for approaching the work of genius Antoni Gaudí through new technologies. 4D audiovisual material, models of the monuments or interactive walls help to understand the language…

• Minor Basilica of La Concepció. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Aragó 299. 08009. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932075664 | E-mail: purissima_concepcio@yahoo.com. www.concepciobcn.com. This Gothic church has been moved stone by stone to its current site. It was formerly part of the Monastery of Jonqueres and was moved in the 19th century. It is in the G…

• Barcelona Auditorium. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Lepant 150. 08013. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932479301 | E-mail: info@auditori.org. www.auditori.org. It is a modern building where classical music concerts are held. The auditorium is an ideal place for listening to music measuring over 42,500 square metres. Barcelona's Auditorium, des…

• Casa Milà "La Pedrera" House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Passeig de Gràcia, 261-265. 08008. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: premsa@funcaixacat.org. http://www.lapedrera.com. A masterpiece by Gaudí. Everything in this building is curved and undulating. Its originality and the techniques used in its construction are surprising throughout. This is one of the …

• Güell park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Olot 7. 08024. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This is listed as UNESCO World Heritage, together with another six works by Antoni Gaudí. It was conceived as a residential town, inspired by English garden cities, although…

• The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Valencia 284. 08007. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934878060 | E-mail: visites@museuegipci.com. www.museuegipci.com. The Essence of the Nile. Located in the Clos Archaeological Foundation, its aim is to promote awareness of the art and culture of Ancient Egypt. This collection of Egyptian a…

• Casa Vicens House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de les Carolines 24. 08012. Barcelona. (Catalonia) http://www.casavicens.es/. The first work by Gaudí on his own. This house exhibits the architectural concept of Gaudí that is repeated in his other buildings, the materials with their own texture and colour, the passionate colours and fauna. T…

• Casa Calvet House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Casp 48. 08010. Barcelona. (Catalonia) www.casacalvet.es. One of the masterpieces by Gaudí. Prize given to the best finished 19th century building. There is a basement, ground floor, four floors, and a roof terrace. The main facade has a Baroque gallery with iron railings and reliefs of differ…

• Casa Batlló House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Gràcia 43. 08007. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934883090 | E-mail: infovisites@casabatllo.es. www.casabatllo.es. Gaudi's world. It is one of Gaudí's best buildings, even though he only redesigned the old façade, making the building more beautiful and converted the main floor into a home…

• Casa Amatller house. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Passeig de Gràcia, 41. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Tel.: +34 934877217 | +34 934961254 | +34 934877217 | http://www.barcelonaturisme.com. This work by the architect Puig i Cadafalch combines the neo-Gothic style with a curious stepped gable. It is located near the buildings of Casa Batlló, Gaudí, and the…

• Museum of the Antoni Tàpies Foundation. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Aragó 255. 08007. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934870009 | www.fundaciotapies.org. The father of "Action Painting". A look at the work of this outstanding artist, who reflects the modern world in a completely unique way. Antoni Tàpies is the standard-bearer of the post-war Spanish avant-ga…

• Sant Pere de les Puelles Church. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Lluís el Piadós, 1. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933807454 | E-mail: santpere164@arqbcn.cat. http://www.parroquiasantpere.org. It preserves diverse Romanesque elements. The church forms part of the premises of the monastery of Benedictine nuns, which was founded in the mid-10th century an…

• La Creueta del Coll Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo Mare de Déu del Coll 89. 08023. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The park is located in a built-up area, a large area pressed against the edge of the mountains. It is set on the site of an old stone quarry. It has a large…

• Ciudadela Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo Picasso s/n. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins/. Barcelona’s city park par excellence was initially designed around 1870 by Josep Fontseré. The idea was to make public gardens out of the land and facilities that had,…

• Palau de la Música Catalana Auditorium. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Palau de la Música, 4-6. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932957208 | E-mail: visites@palaumusica.cat. www.palaumusica.org. A modernist building that is one of the city's most emblematic edifices. It was inaugurated in 1908, after three years of building work orchestrated by the famous …

• Marcús Chapel. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Carders s/n. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) A small Romanesque hermitage. The Chapel of Marcús was built in the 12th century next to the old Roman road which led out of the city (today the calle Carders). It is a small Romanesque hermitage which preserves part of its original exterior with blin…

• Santa Ana Church. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plazoleta de Santa Anna s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: santaannabcn@gmail.com. http://www.parroquiasantaanna.org/. A church with Romanesque and Gothic elements. Its structure is in the Romanesque style. The cloister and the roof are Gothic and date from the 15th century. It forms part of…

• Roman Necropolis. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Vila de Madrid s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932680454 | E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. http://www.bcn.cat/museuhistoriaciutat/es/muhba_via_sepulcral.html. Ninety five tombs from the second and third centuries A.D. Part of a necropolis from the second and third centuries A…

• Casa de la Pía Almoina House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de la Catedral 4. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: museudb@yahoo.es. http://guia.bcn.cat/_92086003712.html. The building is attached to Barcelona Cathedral and holds the Diocesan Museum. It has two different areas: one Gothic and the other Renaissance. It houses the Diocesan Museum. The…

• Berenguer d´Aguilar Palace. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Montcada 15. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933150102 | E-mail: museupicasso@bcn.cat. www.museupicasso.bcn.es/index.htm. A Gothic building at the heart of the Picasso Museum. The Gothic building dates back to the fifteenth century. It has been the Picasso Museum since 1963. Berenguer …