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Eixample

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Barcelona's most famous neighborhood, this gracious late-19th-century urban development is known for its dizzying unnumbered grid and dazzling Art Nouveau architecture. The district encompasses an elegant checkerboard above Plaça de Catalunya and is called the Eixample, which means "widening" in Catalan. Somewhat wide and noisy for the most comfortable walking and wandering, the area, nevertheless, has so much superlative architecture that it's easy to spend considerable time exploring this virtual living Moderniste museum.

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1. Casa Calvet
This townhouse is conventional -- for Gaudí, that is.
2. Casa Milà
This is one of Gaudí's most celebrated designs.
3. Casa Montaner i Simó-Fundació Tàpies
This historic building holds the works of Antoni Tàpies.
4. Manzana de la Discòrdia
The "block is discord" is anything but.
5. Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
This unfinished church is the city's symbol.