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11 Cultural Landmarks in Barcelona

11 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Camp Nou
~4 min

Camp Nou

Carrer d' Aristides Maillol, Les Corts, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

iconicsportarchitecture

FC Barcelona is famously "more than a club," and its stadium is more than a stadium.

Eixample District
~4 min

Eixample District

Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

architecturehistoryengineering

In the mid-nineteenth century, Barcelona was suffocating.

El Born Centre Cultural
~4 min

El Born Centre Cultural

12 Plaça Comercial, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain

historyarchaeologyarchitecture

In 2001, workers digging foundations for a new library accidentally uncovered an entire neighborhood that had been buried for three centuries.

Els Quatre Gats
~2 min

Els Quatre Gats

3 Carrer de Montsio, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08002, Spain

foodarthistory

In 1899, a seventeen-year-old Pablo Picasso walked into this cafe on Carrer de Montsio and held his first solo exhibition in the main room.

Fundacio Joan Miro
~4 min

Fundacio Joan Miro

147 Pg Migdia, Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, 08038, Spain

artmuseumcontemporary-art

Joan Miro wanted a museum that was the opposite of a museum.

Gothic Quarter
~5 min

Gothic Quarter

Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain

iconichistorymedieval

Here's the thing about Barcelona's Gothic Quarter: a surprising amount of it isn't actually Gothic.

La Boqueria
~3 min

La Boqueria

91 La Rambla, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08002, Spain

iconicfoodmarket

People have been selling meat at this spot since 1217 — that's over 800 years of commerce on the same patch of ground.

La Rambla
~4 min

La Rambla

La Rambla, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08002, Spain

iconiclocal-lifeshopping

Before this was Barcelona's most famous promenade, it was an open sewer.

Palau de la Musica Catalana
~4 min

Palau de la Musica Catalana

4 Carrer del Palau de la Música, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain

iconicarchitectureart-nouveau

This concert hall is so extravagantly decorated that when it opened in 1908, some critics thought it was vulgar.

Picasso Museum
~4 min

Picasso Museum

Carrer de Montcada 15-23, 08003 Barcelona

iconicartmuseum

The first museum dedicated to Pablo Picasso anywhere in the world opened right here on March 9, 1963 — and it almost didn't happen.

Placa de Catalunya
~3 min

Placa de Catalunya

Placa de Catalunya, 08002 Barcelona

iconichistorylocal-life

Less than two centuries ago, this 50,000-square-metre plaza was empty scrubland outside Barcelona's ancient fortifications.

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