Barcelona & Gothic to Modern Tour
€38 per person | Under 12 years can come along for FREE | 2 hours
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Explore the ideas and mindset of Enric Miralles: a genius in our lifetime. With Benedetta Tagliabue, he designed one of the most brilliant works of architecture in this city: the refurbishing of Santa Caterina Market. Take a journey through Enric Miralles’s work keeping in minds his words: “The architecture that interests me is capable of avoiding demagoguery and cannot hide the complex reality it comes from.”
This architecture tour walks you through history, politics, the cultural imagination and the architecture of Barcelona’s Gothic and La Ribera Quarters. You will begin the journey in Roman Barcelona, then travel to the Carolingian era, the post-Franco era, Olympic Barcelona and, finally, the era that created el Forat de la Vergonya (the hole of shame). The walk ends in front of the market, where you will examine Miralles’ design methods, and the processes that formed his modus operandi.