During a week round the Feast of the Mare de Déu d’Agost
Feast Day: 15 August
The town of Gràcia was originally a small farming community which, in the course of the 19th century, underwent a big transformation and became …
09May
Declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 2014, the Fabra Observatory has been studying meteorology, seismology and astronomy for more than a century. The observatory focuses on the collection and study of data, from earthquakes to photographs of small
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06Mar
The 22 @ district of Barcelona is a success as a pole of attraction for companies. And every day more. Last year was especially good for this neighborhood, an old industrial area, converted into the area of office growth. In
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19Dic
A Fairy-tale Plaça Catalunya! Let’s do Christmas.
A fairy tale and a Christmas that feature the same star: Mister Winter, a giant puppet who goes through the city capturing images and sounds to weave long and beautiful stories that are …
29Nov
Fairs. The essential fair for decorating the home at for Christmas. This year’s fair includes a nativity scene of over 35 square metres at the Museu Marès.
The Sant Llúcia Fair, held in the heart of Ciutat Vella, reaches its
09Nov
Modern Barcelona was born with the Eixample, a district stretching from the Plaça d’Espanya almost as far as the river Besòs. Its continuous grid layout connected the old town (the present-day district of Ciutat Vella) with the other towns and …
23Oct
The most significant urban development of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
The home of the athletes during the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games is a symbol of the regeneration of the city’s urban coastline and industrial land. The Olympic Village was
20Ago
1929. Barcelona International Exhibition. In this context, it was decided to build Poble Espanyol on the mountain of Montjuïc, as a synthesis of Spanish architecture, handicrafts and cultural wealth during the Exhibition. Almost a century later, Poble Espanyol is a
31Jul
The Torre Glòries, formerly known as Torre Agbar (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtorə əɡˈbar]), is a 38-story skyscraper/tower located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, near Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which marks the gateway to the new technological district of Barcelona, …
20Jul
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or «The stone quarry», a reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a modernist building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and was built …
