In 1938 Barcelona was heavily bombed and many parts of the city were badly damaged. Once the Civil War ended, during the 1940s, the restructuring of the area around the cathedral began to make way for an avenue. The interventions of 1957 exposed the foundations of the aqueduct that was …
Talking about wine in our country is to begin and not end. If you are not very familiar with the history of wine, we give you a short presentation to begin to understand the reason of the importance of wine in our country. Although the Phoenicians and Greeks already brought …
Today is the International Museum Day and we want to celebrate it talking about one of the sculptures that we like the most of those exhibited at the MNAC, the great museum-book on the history of Catalan art that we have in Barcelona. One of the pieces that most attracts …
On March 31, 1492, the Decree of the Alhambra was signed in Granada. It established the expulsion of Jews from the Hispanic kingdoms. The edict of expulsion by the Jews from the Crown of Castile was signed by Queen Elizabeth, while King Ferdinand II of Aragon signed the one corresponding …
The urbanization works of Park Güell began in October 1900. Eusebi Güell, one of the most influential men in Barcelona at the time, commissioned Antoni Gaudi to design a garden city like those he had seen in United Kingdom. They were the utopias of the moment. Thus, Gaudi’s and Güell’s …
Saint Paul Hospital or how to heal in paradise One of the most impressive and least visited monuments in Barcelona is the Hospital de Saint Paul, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. On January 15, 1902, work began on the new Hospital de la Santa …
