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• Jardines Costa i Llobera. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Carretera Miramar 1. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The Costa i Llobera is on the hill at Montjuïc and was built at the same time as the Mossen Cinto Verdaguer and Joan Maragall gardens, all of them dedicated to poets …

• 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…

• Parque de Montjuic. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Montjuïc s/n. 08004. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. Throughout the 20th century, this harsh, craggy and wooded scrubland just outside Barcelona has been transformed into an enormous complex of 250 hectares containing numerous…

• 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…

• 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…

• Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA). Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Dels Àngels, 1. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934124602 | www.macba.cat. From Tapiès to Klee. The museum contains works by artists from the last 50 years. The MACBA was designed by the American architect Richard Meier and inaugurated in 1995. It features works by contemporary artists…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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 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…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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…

• Reials Drassanes Boatyards. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de les Drassanes s/n. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933187876 | E-mail: m.maritim@diba.cat. http://www.mmb.cat/. Royal shipyards of the 14th century. The Mediterranean expansion of Aragon and Catalonia created the need to build numerous boats which prompted Pedro el Grande to build…

• Barcelona Maritime Museum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida de les Drassanes s/n. 08001. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933187876 | E-mail: m.maritim@diba.cat. www.mmb.cat. The largest shipyard in the world. The museum is in the Reials Drassanes, an emblematic area of Barcelona. The Reials Drassanes (or Royal Dockyards) is the largest, most complet…

• 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…

• Christopher Columbus monument. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Portal de la Pau 1. 08002. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933025224 | www.bcn.es. The discoverer of America. One of the most emblematic monuments in the town. The 52 metre high column was designed by Gaietà Buïgas for the 1888 World Exhibition, and is crowned by a statue of Christopher Colum…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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 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…

• 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…

• 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 …

• 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…