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Carrer d'En Giralt el Pellicer 25, 08003 Barcelona
Historical Site, History, Museum
Located inside the current Santa Caterina market, the Espacio Santa Caterina. Archaeological Interpretation Center summarizes some of the fundamental facts of the history of Barcelona from the Bronze Age to contemporary history.
Carrer de Montcada 25, 08003 Barcelona
Arts & Culture, Barcelona Museums, Museum
The Moco Museum is housed in the 16th-century mansion, the Palau Cervelló, next to Picasso Museum in Barcelona’s Born neighborhood.
Avinguda Diagonal 211, 08018 Barcelona
Architecture, Historical Site
Torre Glòries, formerly known as Torre Agbar, is a skyscraper of 144 meters in Barcelona’s Sant Martí district. The building was designed and built by Jean Nouvel and b720 Arquitectos.
Carrer de València 284, 08007 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, History, Museum
Museu Egipci de Barcelona is one of Europe's foremost private collections of Egyptian art and culture, and an organization committed to research and the study and dissemination of Ancient Egypt.
Plaça del Diamant, 08012 Barcelona
Gràcia, Historical Site, History, Museum, Spanish Civil War
Built twelve meters below ground level by the residents of the neighborhood during the Spanish Civil War, it gave shelter to more than two hundred people during the many air-raid attacks launched on the industrial district of Gràcia of that time.
Carrer d'Entença 155, 08029 Barcelona
Historical Site, History
The Barcelona Men's Penitentiary, La Model, was the most important prison in Catalunya for much of the 20th century.
Carrer del Rosselló 87-89, 08029 Barcelona
Architecture, Arts & Culture, Catalan history, Eixample, Historical Site
Located inside one of the Eixample’s residential blocks, the head office of the publishers Editorial Gustavo Gili was built between 1954 and 1960, and awarded the FAD Prize for Architecture in 1961.
Avinguda de Pedralbes 7, 08034 Barcelona
Antoni Gaudí, Architecture, Historical Site, Modernista
Famous for their colorfulness and forms, these pavilions are full of mythological and aesthetic details that make them one Barcelona's architectural gems.
Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Carrer de l'Hospital 56, 08001 Barcelona
Arts & Culture, Catalan Culture, Catalan history, Historical Site
The Biblioteca de Catalunya has been housed in the Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu since 1939—one of the most important Gothic ensembles in Catalunya. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries, it was the largest hospital in Catalunya for centuries.
Entrance to the Biblioteca de Catalunya, photo by Antonio Lajusticia Bueno courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Plaça de Sant Jaume, 08002 Barcelona
Architecture, Government, Historical Site
The Palau has pure Gothic, flamboyant Gothic, Renaissance and baroque elements behind the neoclassical façade. The building was constructed between the 15th and mid-17th centuries, which accounts for the variety of architectural styles.
Photo by Victoriano Javier Tornel García (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona
Architecture, Historical Site, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Modernista
The Modernista Sant Pau Complex was built between 1905 and 1930 and designed as a garden city for nursing the sick. After being used as a public hospital for a century, its newly refurbished pavilions shine again in all their splendor.
Image courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona.
Avenida de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 7, 08038 Barcelona
Architecture, Arts & Culture, Barcelona Museums, Historical Site, Museum
The Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, which is also known as the Barcelona Pavilion, is an iconic landmark of the Modern Movement and has been a source of inspiration to generations of architects.
Mies van der Rohe Pavilion.
Plaça de Pau Vila 3, 08003 Barcelona
The Museum of the History of Catalonia is a history museum in Barcelona that promotes the awareness and knowledge of the history of Catalunya and its culture.
Passeig de Santa Madrona 39, Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Museum
Catalunya's Archaeological Museum forms a network of museums and archeological sites throughout the autonomous community. Its Barcelona branch, which sits at the foot of Parc de Montjuïc is one of Spain´s major pre-medieval museums. The museum s...
Carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona
Catalan Culture, Historical Site
The Institut has been housed in the old convalescent home, the Casa Convalescència, since 1931. This beautiful 17th-century building was used by patients from the neighboring Hospital de la Santa Creu.
The Institut d’Estudis Catalans is located in the Casa de Convalescència. Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Via Augusta 175, 08021 Barcelona
Arts & Culture, Historical Site, Photography
The Photographic Social Vision Foundation defends documentary photography and photojournalism as a tool to understand the world and promote social transformation.
Photo courtesy of Fundació Photographic Social Vision.
Avenida Litoral 30, 08005 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Bookshop, Gallery, Museum, Photography
With two exhibition areas, a bookstore, an area for educational activities and a multi-purpose auditorium, KBr is a national and international reference in the field of photography.
KBr Fundación MAPFRE photo by David Campos.
Plaça dels Àngels 1, 08001 Barcelona
Through the permanent collection and the exhibition and activities calendar, MACBA aims to construct a critical memory of art of the latter half of the 20th century.
Carrer de Montcada 15-23, 08003 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Museu Picasso, Museum
The Picasso museum Barcelona is a key reference for understanding the formative years of Pablo Picasso. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the 4,251 works that make up the permanent collection.
Museu Picasso (Flickr).
Placeta de Manuel Ribé, 08002 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Jewish Barcelona, Museum
The Museum’s heritage space in the Jewish district, which opened in March 2015, is the best starting point to discover how Barcelona's Jewish community lived in medieval times.
MUHBA El Call, photo by Josep Bracons (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
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