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• Casa de Clariana-Padellàs House (History Museum). Barcelona.

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  … Plaza del Rey s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932680454 | E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. www.museuhistoria.bcn.es. 16th century Gothic palace. A Gothic palace built in the 16th century that was moved stone by stone to its current location. The Casa Clariana Padellàs currently houses som…

• Reial Major Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Rey s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932680454 | E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. www.museuhistoria.bcn.es. A group of buildings in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona. It was the residence of the counts of Barcelona, and later the kings of Aragón. It basically consists of three buil…

• City History Museum. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza del Rey s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933150957 | E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat. The City History Museum is dedicated to research, conservation and promotion of Barcelona's heritage. It is an active institution that interprets and explains the city not…

• 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…

• Requesens Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Bisbe Caçador 3. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933102349 | E-mail: bones-lletres@boneslletres.cat. http://www.boneslletres.cat/. It is the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Letters. It was built in the Gothic period. It is the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Letters and the G…

• Nuestra Señora de La Merced Basilica. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Mercè 1. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933152756 | Late Gothic style church. Late Gothic style church. It still retains an image of the city's patron saint, the Mercè Virgin. Originally in the thirteenth century the building was Gothic however, it was renovated in the eighteent…

• 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…

• Berenguer d´Aguilar Palace. Barcelona.

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  … 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 …

• Picasso Museum. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Montcada 15-23. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933150102 | E-mail: museupicasso@bcn.cat. www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/es/. A universal genius. The Picasso Museum is a clear example of the links between this universal artist and the city of Barcelona. Not only did the city provide him with…

• Sant Pere de les Puelles Church. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Santa María del Mar Church. Barcelona.

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  … Plaza de Santa María 1. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) An example of Catalonian Gothic. It is one of the best examples of 14th century Catalonian Gothic architecture. It is the work of the architect Berenguer de Montagut and was the temple of the shipowners and merchants in Gothic Barcelona. Seen fro…

• Llotja Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Paseo Isabel II 1. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934169301 | E-mail: cambra@mail.cambrabcn.es. www.cambrabcn.org. It is comprised of both Gothic and Neoclassical elements. Originally it was built in a Gothic style. Afterwards in 1802, it was redesigned in a Neoclassical style. The grand ha…

• 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,…

• Old Customs House. Barcelona.

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  … Avenida Marqués de Argentera 2. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 935209371 | It is a classical style building situated on the seashore. The Old Customs House is one of the most important buildings which surround the Plaza del Portal de la Pau. It was built between 1896 and 1902 by Enric Sagni…

• Pedralbes Monastery. Barcelona.

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  … Bajada Monestir 9. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932039408 | E-mail: monestirpedralbes@bcn.cat. http://www.bcn.cat/museuhistoriaciutat/es/muhba_monestir_pedralbes.html. Gothic monastery with a single-nave church. The Gothic style monastery was built in the 14th century. The church has only…

• La Sagrada Familia Cathedral. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Gaudí Experiencia. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Barcelona Auditorium. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• CosmoCaixa. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Isaac Newton 26. 08022. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932537473 | E-mail: savibcn.fundacio@lacaixa.es. http://www.obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixabarcelona/cosmocaixabarcelona_es.html. This refurbished science museum has collections featuring plant life, insects, rocks, mete…

• Güell park. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• 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…

• Santa Creu and Sant Pau Hospital. Barcelona.

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  … 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 Creueta del Coll Park. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Parque del Clot. Barcelona.

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  … 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…