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• 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 …

• 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…

• 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 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…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Santa María del Mar Church. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Old Customs House. Barcelona.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 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…