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• 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…

• La Boqueria. Barcelona.

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  … La Rambla, 91. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: associacio@boqueria.info. www.boqueria.info. Sant Josep Market, better known as "La Boqueria", is in the heart of La Rambla Avenue. It is Barcelona's most famous and picturesque market. This emblematic spot in the city, in what was once the patio …

• Roman Necropolis. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Episcopal Palace. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Bisbe 5. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932701303 | E-mail: secgral@palau.arqbcn.org. www.arqbcn.org. A wide range of styles. It has an interesting interior courtyard with Romanesque arches and Gothic windows. The building has a range of styles deriving from the various remodellin…

• Casa de L'Ardiaca House. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Santa Llúcia 1. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933178327 | E-mail: arxiuhistoric@bcn.cat. www.bcn.es/arxiu/arxiuhistoric. A Gothic Palace from the 15th century. The House of L'Ardiaca was built in the 15th century by order of the Archdeacon Lluís Desplà, who converted his residence in…

• Town Hall or “Casa de la Ciutat”. Barcelona.

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  … Plaza de Sant Jaume s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: bi@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es. It is a historic building which mixes architectonic styles. Although the original construction dates from the 14th century, diverse reforms have made the Casa de la Ciutat a building with a mixture of styles. …

• The Palau Catalan Regional Government Building. Barcelona.

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  … Plaza de San Jaime s/n. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933019249 | E-mail: infocat@gencat.net. www.gencat.es. Seat of the Catalan Regional Government. This building combines Gothic and Renaissance elements. It was built in several stages, and features a combination of various architectural …

• 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…

• Barcelona Cathedral. Barcelona.

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  … Plaza de la Seu 3. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933181681 | E-mail: secretaria@catedralbcn.e.telefonica.net. www.catedralbcn.org. Symbol of the Barcelona diocese. It is built on the site of a Paleo-Christian basilica. Work began on the building during the Romanesque period, but it was fin…

• Augusto Roman Temple. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Paradís 10. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. http://www.bcn.cat/museuhistoriaciutat/es/muhba_temple_august.html. Forum of Barcelona. Only four Corinthian spire columns on a podium remain in this temple consecrated to Augustus in the 1st century. This temple chaired …

• Casa de la Pía Almoina House. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• 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…

• Reial Major Palace. 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. 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…

• Santa Ágata Chapel. Barcelona.

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  … Plaza del Rey s/n. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: museuhistoria@bcn.cat. www.museuhistoria.bcn.es. It lies next to the Real Mayor Palace and was built in 1302. Built in 1302, it has an exceptional altarpiece by Jaume Huguet (fifteenth century). Santa Agata chapel, also known as the Royal Chap…

• 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…

• 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…

• Requesens Palace. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Casa Amatller house. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Casa Batlló House. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Palau de la Música Catalana Auditorium. Barcelona.

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  … 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 …

• Llotja Palace. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Marcús Chapel. Barcelona.

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  … 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…

• Casa Calvet House. Barcelona.

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  … 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…