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Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu
The 15th-century medieval hospital, now housing the Biblioteca...
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Hospitals Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Barceloneta
Once Barcelona's pungent fishing port, Barceloneta retains much...
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Neighborhoods / Streets Barceloneta and Port Olimpic
 
Barri Xinès
As you walk from Plaça Reial toward the sea, Barcelona's...
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Neighborhoods / Streets Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Boqueria
Barcelona's most spectacular food market, also known as the Mercat...
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Markets / Bazaars Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Casa Milà
Gaudí's Casa Milà, usually referred to as La Pedrera...
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Houses / Mansions The Eixample
 
Casa Vicens
Gaudí's first important commission as a young architect...
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Houses / Mansions Upper Barcelona
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El Born
Once the site of medieval jousts, the Passeig del Born is at...
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Squares Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Fossar de les Moreres
On the eastern side of the church of Santa Maria del Mar is a...
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Cemeteries Ciutat Vella (Old City)
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Fundació Miró
The Miró Foundation was a gift from the artist Joan Miró...
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Museums / Galleries Montjuïc
 
Gràcia
As well as a neighborhood, Gràcia is a state of mind...
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Neighborhoods / Streets Upper Barcelona
 
Manzana de la Discòrdia
A pun on the Spanish word manzana, meaning both city block and...
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Houses / Mansions The Eixample
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Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
The reconstructed Mies van der Rohe Pavilion (the German contribution...
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Architectural Sites Montjuïc
 
Monestir de Pedralbes
One of Barcelona's hidden treasures, this monastery (in fact...
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Religious Sites Upper Barcelona
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Museu d'Història de la Ciutat
This fascinating museum traces the evolution of Barcelona from...
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Museums / Galleries Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Museu Marítim
The superb Maritime Museum is in the 13th-century Drassanes Reials...
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Museums / Galleries Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Housed in the imposingly domed, towered, frescoed, and columned...
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Museums / Galleries Montjuïc
 
Museu Picasso
Picasso spent key formative years (1895-1904) in Barcelona, when...
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Museums / Galleries Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Palau de la Música Catalana
A riot of color and form, Barcelona's Music Palace is the flagship...
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Arts / Performance Venues, Architectural Sites Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Palau Güell
Antoni Gaudí built this mansion during the years 1886-89...
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Houses / Mansions Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Park Güell
Güell Park is one of Gaudí's, and Barcelona's, most...
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Parks Upper Barcelona
 
Plaça del Rei
As chronicled in legend, song, and painting, this austere medieval...
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Squares Ciutat Vella (Old City)
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Plaça Reial
Pungent and seedy around the edges but elegant and neoclassical...
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Squares Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Plaça Sant Jaume
Two thousand years ago, this formal square was the center of...
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Squares Ciutat Vella (Old City)
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Santa Maria del Mar
The most breathtakingly symmetrical and graceful of all Barcelona's...
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Religious Sites Ciutat Vella (Old City)
 
Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
Looming over Barcelona like a magical mid-city massif of needles...
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Religious Sites The Eixample
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