Barcelona's Creepiest Corners

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Over the centuries, the city has seen plagues, riots, famines, bombardments and gun battles on Las Ramblas. Monuments throughout the city tell some of the story, like the flame that burns at Fossar de les Moreres beside Santa Maria del Mar to commemorate those who perished during the city’s year-long siege in 1714. Elsewhere, the clue is in the name, like the street Baixada de Santa Eulàlia, which marks where a supposed young martyr Santa Eulàlia was rolled down a slope in a barrel filled with nails and broken glass as part of her punishment for enraging Emperor Diocletian in 303 CE.

If you know where to look, there are many corners of the city with a decidedly morbid glint to them. And what better time than Halloween to pay them a visit?