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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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Sant Pere de les Puelles Church. Barcelona.
Arts and culture | [Monuments]
… 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…
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…
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…
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