Barcelona Landmarks and Historic sites

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Sagrada Familia is the most popular modern-styled church in Barcelona, Spain.The foundation stone of Sagrada Familia was laid in 1882 and it is still not complete. The building,...

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Address: C/ AVINYÓ, 20, + Share

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Casa Batllò is an historic building which was restored by Joseph Maria Jujol and Antoni Gaudi in 1877 and remodeled in from 1905 to 1907. This structured building has a visceral and skeletal organic quality and was...

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Address: Passeig de Gracia, 43 + Share

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Casa Mila is better referred to as La Pedrera and is a building which was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi during the period of 1906 to 1910. Officially, this building was completed in 1912. This building...

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Address: Provença, 261 – 265 + Share

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Address: Carretera de Montjuïc 66 + Share

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The Cathedral of Santa Eulalia is the Gothic cathedral seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona in Spain. The cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries and the principal works finished in the 14th...

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Address: Pla de la Seu, 3 + Share

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The Palace de la Musica Catalana was built between 1905 and 1908 by architect, Lluis Domenech I Montaner. This was built as a headquarters for the Orfeo Catala and constitutes a symbolic and a sentimental heritage of the city...

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Address: Calle Sant Pere Més Alt + Share

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The Benedictine monastery rises in all its glory on the mountain of Montserrat, at an altitude of 700 meters. Every year it is visited by pilgrims and tourists, attracted by the sanctity of the building in perfect harmony with the rocky landscape that...

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Address: monastir de montserrat + Share

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It is a fourteenth-century Gothic church overlooking the sea. It was built by the residents of La Ribera with the money they had earned through foreign trade. It was their private church. The stain glassed windows are definitely the strong point of...

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Address: parroquia santa maria del mar + Share

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Caixa Forum is an entity that deals with socio-cultural and headed to the financial institution Caixa. The headquarters is located in an old and huge cotton mill, which was built in the modernist style in the early twentieth century. The area has...

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Address: Av. Marques de Comillas, 6-8 + Share

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Casa Amatller is a historic building built in Modernisme style and is situated in Barcelona. This building was designed by Joseph Puig I Cadafalch. The historic building is also known for its unique modernist buildings....

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Address: Passeig de Gracia, 41 + Share

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Casa Vicens is a historic building which is situated in Barcelona and was designed by Antoni Gaudi. This beautiful building was built in the period 1883 – 1889 for industrialist Manuel Vicens. This historic...

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Address: Carrer de les Carolines 24 + Share

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Palau Guell was built in 1888 by Gaudi, the sunlight through the windows and is attenuated by three parabolic arches made of gray stone. The great arches give the impression of a large Gothic window, even if the windows Gaudí realized that the...

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Address: Carrer del Rosselló, 265 + Share

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It is a building in Mudejar style, a Christian style with elements of Arab inspiration, 30 meters high. It was built by Josep Vilaseca y Casanovas for the Universal Exhibition of 1888, with the function of a gateway to the exhibition site. It is...

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Address: Arc de Triomf + Share

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Built in 1899 and designed by Antoni Gaudí, the work presents a symmetry and order unusual for Gaudí, due to the will of the Catalan architect to adapt the building to the other, very aristocratic, already. Casa Calvet was voted best building of 1900...

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Address: Calle de Casp, 48 + Share

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The work is part of the famous "Manzana de la Discordia", a complex of three buildings that represent three different examples of modernist art. The House Lleó Morera is treated to the details: participated in its implementation because many skilled...

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Address: Passeig de Gràcia, 35 + Share

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Mirador de colon , es una escultura echa por madonna en los años 1821 - 1822 - 1823 . La hizo porque le dolia el colon , y esta echa de caca congelada. Gracias , no se molesten .

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The city, Barcelona is known as the architectural wonder city of Spain. Barcelona city has some of the best places to see whilst in the city. This city offers all the culture and the art of a...

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The Canaletes Fountain is at the beginning of La Rambla and attracts many tourists, mainly thanks to the legend that whoever drinks the water Canaletes then returns to visit the city. This fountain is also the name at the top of Las Ramblas, called...

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Address: Font de Canaletes + Share

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It is the reconstruction of the pavilion built for the Universal Exhibition of 1929. It is considered one of the best examples of rationalist architecture of the twentieth century. The space hosts constantly shows, exhibitions and workshops, focused...

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Address: Marquès de Comilles + Share

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The Romans founded early Barcelona to protect their trade route to the south of Spain.Augustus founded the city –Colonia Iulia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino– or Barcino as it was commonly known and Claudius strngthened abd...

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