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Plaça dels Àngels 1, 08001 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Ciutat Vella, Museum
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 d'En Giralt el Pellicer 25, 08003 Barcelona
Ciutat Vella, Historical Site, 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 Barnola 22, 08030 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Historical Site, Museum, Sant Andreu
The museum of housing in Barcelona, reflects the memory of the history of housing in Barcelona during the 20th century by preserving a block of cheap houses in this working-class neighborhood, one of four housing estates built in the city in 1929.
Carrer de Montcada 25, 08003 Barcelona
The Moco Museum is housed in the 16th-century mansion, the Palau Cervelló, next to Picasso Museum in Barcelona’s Born neighborhood.
Carrer d’Aragó 255, 08007 Barcelona
Eixample, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Museum
With more than 300 works, the Fundació Antoni Tàpies has the most comprehensive collection of Antoni Tàpies' work.
Fundació Antoni Tapiès, photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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.
Passeig de Sant Joan 26, 08010 Barcelona
Eixample, Historical Site, Library
Lovers of culture, history and society will find a true haven of peace at the Biblioteca Pública Arús.
Passeig de Picasso 9, 08003 Barcelona
Ciutat Vella, Museum, Parc de la Ciutadella, Science & Technology
The center holds scientific exhibitions on natural sciences, topics with a strong social impact related to both the climate crisis and biodiversity, as well as the exploration of the current frontiers of knowledge.
Carretera de Montjuïc 66, 08038 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Historical Site, Museum, Sants-Montjuïc
Montjuïc Castle is an old military fortress, with roots dating back from 1640, built on top of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona.
Montjuic Castle photo by Domenico Convertini (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr.
Passeig de Gràcia 43, 08007 Barcelona
Antoni Gaudí, Eixample, Historical Site, Museum
Casa Batlló is a unique Modernista masterpiece. It is one of the most emblematic works by Antoni Gaudí and a symbol of the city of Barcelona.
Carrer d'Entença 155, 08029 Barcelona
Eixample, Historical Site, History
The Barcelona Men's Penitentiary, La Model, was the most important prison in Catalunya for much of the 20th century.
La model, photo by Laura Guerrero courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0).
Carrer de Marià Labèrnia s/n, 08032 Barcelona
Barcelona Museums, Historical Site, Horta-Guinardó, Museum, Spanish Civil War
The MUHBA Turó de la Rovira features exhibition spaces giving a bird's-eye view of Barcelona's history, the city during the Spanish Civil war, the post-war period and the anti-aircraft battery.
Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 6-8, 08038 Barcelona
Arts & Culture, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Museum, Sants-Montjuïc
Located in Montjuïc Park in a refurbished textile factory designed by the modernist architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch for the industrial firm Casimir Casaramona, CaixaForum is one of the most important cultural centers in Barcelona.
CaixaForum, photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Passeig de Gràcia 41, 08007 Barcelona
Architecture, Eixample, Historical Site, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Modernista
Casa Amatller combines the neo-Gothic style with a ridged façade inspired by houses in the Netherlands, it is part of the block known as the "mansana de la discòrdia" of Barcelona.
Casa Amatller, photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Avinguda Diagonal 373, 08008 Barcelona
Architecture, Eixample, Historical Site, Josep Puig Cadafalch
The Palau Baró de Quadras is both a neo-Gothic mansion and a modernista-style block of flats. An imaginative building with an eclectic, refined decor that changes according to the façade you view it from.
Carrer de Montsió 3, 08002 Barcelona
Bar, Ciutat Vella, Historical Site, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Picasso, Restaurant
In 1978 Els Quatre Gats was reconstructed at its original location on Carrer Montsió and the modern-day reproduction has made every effort to recreate the 1897 original.
Els Quatre Gats. Photo by María Rose Ferrer.
Carrer del Paradís 10, 08002 Barcelona
Catalan Culture, Ciutat Vella, Cultural Center, Historical Site, Lluís Domènech i Montaner
The Hiking Club of Catalonia is a sporting and cultural organization founded in 1876. Today it offers services that include courses in mountaineering and organized hikes.
Window detail of the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Av. Diagonal 420, 08037 Barcelona
Architecture, Eixample, Historical Site, History, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Modernista
While most Modernista architects avoided straight lines, Puig i Cadafalch focused on the triangle in his design of Casa de les Punxes. Only the towers on the edges of the main facades are curved.
Casa de les Punxes, photo by marimbajlamesa (CC BY-ND 2.0) via Flickr.
Architecture, Ciutat Vella, Historical Site, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Modernisme, Modernista
Nestled on the narrow Carrer de Montsió just off Portal de l’Àngel, Casa Martí is a brick building with large pointed arches lining the street, containing simple stained glass windows—more northern European than Catalan in appearance.
Casa Martí, photo courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Plaça de Carles Buïgas 7-10, 08038 Barcelona
Architecture, Historical Site, Josep Puig Cadafalch, Sants-Montjuïc
It may be hard to imagine the view from the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and the magic fountains without the iconic columns that stand between them, but they have actually only been there since 2010.
Les Quatre Columnes were designed by Puig i Cadafalch. Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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