Picasso's Barcelona is waiting for you

This is how Picasso spoke of Barcelona, a city where he lived mainly from 1895 (at almost 14) to 1904, although he would later return on multiple occasions. Nine years that were crucial for his development as a painter. Barcelona as painted by Picasso was beginning to emerge as a modern city. Picasso quickly joined avant-garde cultural circles and began to create his first personal style: the blue period.His time in the Catalan capital, with which he was always linked, is reflected in the Picasso Museum Barcelona, which was created at Picasso's wish and is a must for anyone interested in one of the leading cultural figures of the 20th century. Its permanent collection includes some 5,000 works, including drawings, sculptures, engravings and paintings. 

In Plaza Nova, you will find three friezes on the façade of the Col·legi D'Arquitectes, made by Norwegian sculptor and photographer Carl Nesjar based on drawings by Picasso.And finally, a very special stop: the café-restaurant “Els Quatre Gats”, which was the centre of intellectual meetings in modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century. A sign designed by Picasso himself will invite you to enter this establishment; the original café was a favourite of Picasso's, where his drawings were exhibited for the first time.Today Barcelona is still an example of an avant-garde and cosmopolitan city and bears the legacy of the city that dazzled Picasso and introduced him to modernity. Come and discover the Barcelona of Picasso.