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Sant Pere and La Ribera

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Places to Explore

1. Carrer Banys Vells
This pedestrian walk is a great place to explore.
2. Museu Picasso
Drop by to see the master's easly work.
3. Palau Dalmases
a 17th-century patio highlights this palace.
4. Palau de la Música Catalana
One of the world's best music halls.
5. Santa Maria del Mar
The seafarer's church is remarkably restrained.

Map of Sant Pere and La Ribera

Barcelona has rarely lain fallow architecturally, as these two districts prove. A medley of artistic styles going back centuries, this area is studded with some of the city's most iconic buildings, ranging from the light and elegant 14th-century basilica of Santa Maria del Mar -- a church of the purest Catalan Gothic -- to the flagship of the city's Moderniste architecture, the extraordinary Palau de la Música Catalana. Past and present collide at the Museu Picasso, where works of the great 20th-century master are displayed in three adjoining Renaissance palaces.