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• Joan Miró Foundation. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Parque de Montjuïc s/n. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 933298609 | E-mail: info@fundaciomiro-bcn.org. www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org. A highly personal world. This museum looks at the work of Joan Miró, a prolific and original artist. Designed in 1975, the Joan Miró Foundation has a magnificent c…

• National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Palau Nacional. Parque de Montjuïc s/n. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 936220383 | E-mail: mnac@mnac.cat. www.mnac.cat. One museum - 1,000 years of art. The MNAC contains works of art from the 10th to the 20th century. The different collections at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC)…

• Sant Jordi Palace. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo Olímpic 5-7. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934250506 | www.bsmsa.es. The Barcelona of the Olympic Games. Designed by Arata Isozaki, it is the most significant building of the Barcelona of the Olympic Games. The Palau de Sant Jordi is the most impressive of the numerous constructions …

• Albéniz Palace. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Estadi 65-69. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) www.bcn.es. It was built in 1928 and was inspired by neo-classicism. It was built in 1928 and was inspired by neo-classicism. Official residency to the Spanish monarchy during their visits to Barcelona. Albéniz small palace is the official residenc…

• Archaeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC). Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo Santa Madrona 39-41. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934245630 | E-mail: mac.cultura@gencat.cat. www.mac.cat. The aim is to conserve and disseminate the archaeological remains that illustrate evolution throughout history, from prehistoric times through to the Medieval period. Currently…

• Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 7, (Parc de Montjuïc). 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934263772 | E-mail: pavello@miesbcn.com. http://www.miesbcn.com. Influenced by Bauhaus. This edifice was built under the clear influence of Bauhaus, for the International Exhibition of 1929. This is the …

• CaixaForum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934768635 | E-mail: caixaforum.fundacio@lacaixa.es. http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforumbarcelona/caixaforumbarcelona_es.html. A gem of modern architecture. Designed by the architect, Puig i Cadafalch,…

• 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 …

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Joan Miró Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Aragó 1. 08015. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This park was the object of one of the first and hardest-fought competitions of its type held in Barcelona, won by four young Catalonian architects. Located at the western …

• 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…

• 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…

• 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 …

• La España Industrial Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo de Sant Antoni, Plaza Països Catalans s/n. 08014. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 93-413 24 24 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This new park was built in the middle of the last century on the former site of a major textiles company, covering an area of 50,000 m2…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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 …

• 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 …

• 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 …