Today I have no statistics on hand, I don’t want to look for them either. But if I was to be asked what place most Catalans would like to visit when the confinement is over and we can go out with a …
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The backwall of the choir in the cathedral of Barcelona
The backwall of the choir in the cathedral of Barcelona is one of the great arstistic wonders preserved. We find it as soon as we enter trough the front door. It is dedicated to the patron saint of …
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Sant Climent de Taüll
Nowadays, when we visit an ancient church, we are used to see it in bare stone, and it gives us the impression that they always have been like that. But in the Middle Ages, the churches were …
Casa Milà
Pere Milà Camps was a lawyer, industrialist and politician of Barcelona. His father was a textile industrialist and had been a partner of Mr. Batlló. In 1905, Pere Milà married Roser Segimon, widow of …
The Born cultural center
In April 1717, the Bourbon authorities ordered to destroy 1016 houses in the Born district of Barcelona. It was a new fortress, Ciutadella, and these buildings were too close to its walls. The day …
The Salying of Abencerrages
The Salying of Abencerrages is one of the works of Mariano Fortuny that can be seen in the MNAC modern art collection. This artist, who painted the Battle of Tetouan, the largest work exhibited in the …