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• Textile Museum and Documentation Centre. Terrassa.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Salmerón 25. 08222. Terrassa. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 937856170 | E-mail: info@cdmt.es. www.cdmt.es. The Textile Museum has over 15,000 items in its permanent collection, including fabrics, garments, accessories, machinery and tools from all over the world, ranging over a very extensi…

• Catalonia Science and Technology Museum. Terrassa.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Rambla D’Egara 270. 08221. Terrassa. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 937368960 | E-mail: info.mnactec@gencat.cat. http://www.mnactec.cat. The fundamental aim of this museum in Terrassa is to preserve the region's industrial heritage, and to remember the process of industrialisation in the 19th cent…

• Sant Cugat del Vallés Monastery. Sant Cugat del Vallès.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Jardines del Monasterio s/n. 08172. Sant Cugat del Vallès. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 935895340 | E-mail: museu@santcugat.cat. http://www.museu.santcugat.cat. This is the most important monastery in Barcelona. It dates back to the 9th century. It consists of a church, built in the 11th and 12t…

• Montserrat Museum. Monistrol de Montserrat.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Monasterio de Montserrat. 08199. Montserrat. Monistrol de Montserrat. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: museu@larsa-montserrat.com. http://www.museudemontserrat.com/. A host of works of art in the stunning surroundings of the Montserrat Mountains. The museum contains a valuable ensemble of artistic obj…

• Horta Maze. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Germans Desvalls (Parc del Laberint ) s/n. 08035. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. It was created when a Catalan aristocrat decided to convert an old, extensive family property at the end of the 18th century. The garden’s…

• Montserrat Monastery. Monistrol de Montserrat.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte Montserrat s/n. 08199. Monistrol de Montserrat. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 938777724 | E-mail: informacio@larsa-montserrat.com. www.montserratvisita.com. The Virgin of Montserrat. The veneration of this Virgin spread all over South America when the monk Bernat Boil accompanied Christophe…

• CosmoCaixa. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Isaac Newton 26. 08022. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932537473 | E-mail: savibcn.fundacio@lacaixa.es. http://www.obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixabarcelona/cosmocaixabarcelona_es.html. This refurbished science museum has collections featuring plant life, insects, rocks, mete…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Pedralbes Monastery. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Bajada Monestir 9. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932039408 | E-mail: monestirpedralbes@bcn.cat. http://www.bcn.cat/museuhistoriaciutat/es/muhba_monestir_pedralbes.html. Gothic monastery with a single-nave church. The Gothic style monastery was built in the 14th century. The church has only…

• 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…

• Colegio de las Teresianas House. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Ganduxer 85-105. 08022. Barcelona. (Catalonia) http://ganduxer.escolateresiana.com/. The sobriety of Gaudí. This work was not begun by Gaudí, he just finished it. Owing to the fact the nuns had very little money, it was built in brick but with the stamp of the great master. The materials and s…

• 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…

• Güell pavilions. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Pedralbes 7. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: cultura-impuqv@bcn.cat . http://www.rutadelmodernisme.com. The use of the suspended chain. Here, the 'catenaria' or suspended chain is used for the first time. The ends of a chain are fixed and the rest is left hanging, thus showing the e…

• Pedralbes Palace gardens. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida Diagonal 686. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The park at the Pedralbes Royal Palace has its origins in an estate belonging to the Güell family, ceded in 1920 for the construction of a residence for the royal fa…

• Santa Creu and Sant Pau Hospital. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167. 08025. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: recintehistoric@santpau.cat. www.rutadelmodernisme.com. Its origins date from 1401, with the merger of six hospitals existing at the time in Barcelona. With the growth of the city in the 19th century, it was decided to raise a…

• Ceramics Museum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Diagonal 686, (Palau Reial de Pedralbes). 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 932801874 | E-mail: museuceramica@bcn.cat. www.museuceramica.bcn.cat. This museum is home to Spain’s most important collection of glazed ceramics, dating from the 11th century through to the latest artistic tre…

• Museums at Disseny Hub Barcelona. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Diagonal 686, Palau de Pedralbes. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: dhub@bcn.cat. http://www.dhub-bcn.cat. The site is home to two museums: the Textile and Clothing Museum and the Decorative Arts Museum. They are both located in the Pedralbes Palace at Hub Barcelona. The Textile and Clot…

• 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 …

• La Sagrada Familia Cathedral. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Mallorca 401. 08013. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934761010 | E-mail: informacio@sagradafamilia.org. www.sagradafamilia.org. The great temple of atonement. In 1883 the brilliant architect Gaudí agreed to take on this project, succeeding Francisco de Paula. The artist worked on it until his…

• 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…

• Colonia Güell Crypt. Santa Coloma de Cervelló.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Claudi Güell s/n. 08690. Santa Coloma de Cervelló. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: coloniaguell@adleisure.com. http://www.gaudicoloniaguell.org. The church with twisted columns. This monument blends in perfectly with the surrounding countryside. It is considered one of Gaudí's most emblematic works f…

• Barcelona Football Club Museum. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Aristides Maillol s/n. 08028. Barcelona. (Catalonia) E-mail: museu@fcbarcelona.cat. www.fcbarcelona.com. Visca el Barça!. An exciting tour of one of the most important football clubs in the world. The F.C. Barcelona football club is a team with a history going back for over a century. In thi…

• Parque del Clot. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Escultor Claperós s/n. 08018. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This is a 4-hectare park created on industrial ruins in which the double archway of the old Renfe railway workshop has been converted into an aqueduct whose w…