Barcelona Monuments Guide

Heritage of the Humanity Monuments in Barcelona

Barcelona is one of the most complete cities that exists, offering the visitor the possibility of walking on foot from the Roman ruins and the medieval city to the neighborhoods of Catalan modernism, with its characteristic buildings, its square blocks of sectioned songs, its tree-lined streets and Its wide avenues. The old city is practically flat, while the new neighborhoods, a measure that approaches the coastal mountain range, acquire more slope. In Barcelona there are several points of interest declared World Heritage by Unesco.

Barcelona offers visitors the possibility of touring a cake from the Roman ruins and the medieval city to the neighborhoods of Catalan modernism, with its characteristic buildings, its square blocks of sectioned songs, its tree-lined streets and wide avenues. The old city is practically flat, while the new neighborhoods, a measure that approaches the coastal mountain range, acquire more slope.

In Barcelona there are several points of interest declared World Heritage by Unesco.

Guell park World Heritage by UNESCO since 1984.

Güell Park is a reflection of Gaudí's artistic fullness: it belongs to his naturalist stage (first decade of the twentieth century), a period in which the architect perfected his personal style, through inspiration in the organic forms of nature, to What put into practice a whole series of new structural solutions originated in its deep analysis of ruled geometry.

In Güell Park, Gaudí deployed all his architectural genius and put into practice many of his innovative structural solutions that placed emblems of his organicist style and culminated in the Sagrada Familia. https://www.parkguell.cat/es/

The Güell Park Dragon Dragon Park Güell that was made in 1900 by the city dreamer Antoni Gaudí, another of the symbols of the city.

By the way if you want to take a photo on the date hurry in the morning as it is always surrounded by a cloud of tourists

Casa Mila or La Pedrera As a discordant and unreal element of the environment appears, at number 92 of the Paseo de Gracia in the Ensanche district of Barcelona, this impressive architectural work by master Gaudí.

The house was built on behalf of the Pere Milà i Camps and Roser Segimon i Artells marriage, and Gaudí was assisted by his assistants Josep Maria Jujol, Domènec Sugrañes, Francesc Quintana, Jaume Bayó i Font, Joan Rubió, Enrique Nieto and Josep Canaleta , as well as the builder Josep Bayó i Font, who had worked with Gaudí at Casa Batlló, which he remembers.

Casa Mila, popularly called La Pedrera ("quarry" in Catalan), is a modernist building designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí, built between 1906 and 1910 Since its opening to the public in 1987, it has received more than 20 million visits (approximately one million each year), becoming one of the ten most visited places in Barcelona. World Heritage by UNESCO since 1984.

Güell Palace Güell Palace on the Nou de la Rambla street in Barcelona, near the port and the city's promenade, is one of the first works of the decorator of Barcelona and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.

The Palau Güell is one of the first important commissions Gaudí received at the beginning of his career. Eusebi Güell (industrial, political and patron) wanted Gaudí to build this peculiar urban palace as an extension of the family house he had on the Rambla in Barcelona. . The construction was carried out between 1886 and 1890.

The palace was commissioned from Gaudí by Eusebi Güell, who had a great admiration for the architect and financed several of his best known works. Gaudí put all his effort into this work, since it was his first important assignment, and proof of this is that he came up with twenty-five different solutions for the design of the facade.

Catalan music palace The Palace of Catalan Music (Palau de la Música Catalana in Catalan) has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

This auditorium located on Sant Pere més Alt street in the Ribera neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain was designed by Barcelona architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, one of the greatest representatives of Catalan modernism.

The construction was carried out between 1905 and 1908, with solutions in the very advanced structure with the application of large glass walls and the integration of all arts, sculpture, mosaics, stained glass and wrought iron.

The building, the headquarters of the "Orfeón Catalán", founded in 1891 by Lluís Millet and Amadeo Vives, funded by Catalan industrialists and financiers, illustrated and music lovers, an estate that sixty years earlier had already financed the Gramo opera and ballet theater The building, the headquarters of the "Orfeón Catalán", founded in 1891 by Lluís Millet and Amadeo Vives, was funded by Catalan industrialists and financiers, illustrated and music lovers, an estate that sixty years before had already financed the opera and ballet theater Grand Theater of the Lyceum.

https://www.conocerbarcelona.com/pala-musica-catalana

Hospital of the Holy Cross and St. Paul One of the great unknown monuments of Barcelona since it is a bit far from the center, is the spectacular Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

The Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo is located in a set of buildings located in Barcelona in the neighborhood of Cerca de la Sagrada Familia. It was built between 1902 and 1930 in two phases: the first by Lluís Domènech i Montaner himself, one of the main representatives of Catalan modernism, between 1902 and 1913, consists of thirteen modernist buildings; the second, made by his son Pere Domènech i Roura from 1920, consists of six other buildings of moderate modernism and other later buildings.

With its main building and its many pavilions, the Hospital de San Pablo is, together with the Pere Mata de Reus Institute (also by the same architect), one of the largest ensembles of Catalan modernist architecture.

Although it was not possible to build the entire original project, its notoriety was recognized with various awards and the appointment as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1997.

Casa Batlló Barcelona is the dream of Antoni Gaudí who left dream buildings with curbs and impossible spaces among the buildings that stand out most of his work is Casa Batlló, a World Heritage Site by Unesco since 2005.

Casa Batlló is a building designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí, the maximum

representative of Catalan modernism. It is an integral remodeling of a previously existing building on the site, designed by Emilio Sala Cortés.

It is located at number 43 of the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, the wide avenue that crosses the Ensanche district (Eixample), in the so-called Manzana de la Discordia, because it also houses other works by modernist architects: the Amatller house, which borders on Gaudí, the work of Josep Puig i Cadafalch; the Lleó Morera House, by Lluís Domènech i Montaner; the Mulleras House, by Enric Sagnier; and the Josefina Bonet House, by Marceliano Coquillat. The construction was carried out between 1904 and 1906 https://www.casabatllo.es/

Vicens House The Vicens House surprises you when you see it because you do not expect it, this beautiful modernist house that was built between 1883 and 1888. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005.

The Casa Vicens is a modernist building located in Barcelona, on Calle de las Carolinas 18-24 (district of Gracia). Work of Antoni GaudĂ­, was the first project of importance of the architect after his degree as an architect in 1878.

On the date on which the building was built, Gracia was still an independent urban center of Barcelona and possessed its own Town Hall, with the category of villa, although it is currently a district of the city.

Monument to Columbus Although it is not recognized as a world heritage site I always love to highlight the Columbus Monument (1888) is located in the Plaza de la Paz square, one of the most emblematic monuments of Barcelona.

It has an elevator in the center from which you can see its wonderful views.

Hotels in Barcelona Barcelona has one of the best hotel deals in the world since both the city and the province are one of the most visited places.

With Hundreds of hotels in the capital and thousands throughout the province, there are all kinds of establishments. Here we highlight some of them.

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