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• Contemporary Culture Centre (CCCB). Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Montalegre 5. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933064101 | E-mail: info@cccb.org. www.cccb.org. The Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre (CCCB) is a multidisciplinary institution that can be defined as a centre for urban culture. The activities it organises include exhibitions, musical…

• 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…

• Old Santa Creu Hospital. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Hospital 56. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932702304 | E-mail: bustia@bcn.es. It is one of the city's most characteristic Gothic buildings. Built in the fifteenth century and declared a national Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931, the ancient Santa Creu hospital is one of the city's …

• Moja Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Porta Ferrisa 3. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933162741 | www.bcn.es. An eclectic building. An eclectic building with both Gothic and Neoclassical elements. Designed by the architect Josep Mas towards the end of the 18th century. This palace, was commissioned by the Marquises of Moja and …

• Virreina Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Rambla de les Flors 99. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) www.virreina.bcn.cat. Archetype of Baroque civil architecture. Built in the 17th century and is one of the best examples of Baroque civil architecture in Barcelona. Inside its sumptuous interior there is a spacious vaulted hall. Today it is used …

• 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…

• Santa María del Pi Church. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Pi 7. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@basilicadelpi.com. http://basilicadelpi.com. Gothic church with an outstanding large single nave. Built between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Inside there is only one large nave. Gothic style church, built between the second half o…

• La Boqueria. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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 …

• Sant Antoni Market. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Ronda Comte d'Urgell 1. 08011. Barcelona. (Catalonia) http://www.mercatdesantantoni.com/. Interesting iron structure designed by Rovira i Trias. Inaugurated in 1882 and its framework is one of the best examples of iron architecture in the second half of the 19th century. Mercat de Sant Antoni is a g…

• Gran Liceu Theatre. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Rambla de las Flores 51-59. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934859918 | E-mail: visites@liceubarcelona.com. www.liceubarcelona.com. One of the symbols of Barcelona. Its origins date from after the War of Succession, when the field marshals of the new king, Philip V, turned to the opera as en…

• 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.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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…

• Güell Palace. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Nou de la Rambla 3-5. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933173779 | E-mail: palauguell@diba.cat. www.palauguell.cat. The small palace. Gaudí was commissioned with the work of constructing the palace on a site measuring 18 x 12 metres with a dome, stained glass windows and stairs that cre…

• Barcelona Cathedral. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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…

• 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…

• Sant Pau del Camp Church. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Sant Pau 101. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: santpaudelcamp@ono.com. http://webs.ono.com/santpaudelcamp/cas/informacion.htm. Church dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. The Romanesque cloister is of particular interest. It is the only structure remaining from Sant Pau del Camp Monas…

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

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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 …

• Augusto Roman Temple. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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 …

• 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 …

• Santa Ágata Chapel. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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…

• 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…