The Mercat de Santa Caterina is defined by a massive, undulating roof covered in a mosaic of over three hundred thousand hexagonal ceramic tiles. These tiles appear in sixty different shades, creating a vibrant, abstract pattern meant to…
El Born Historic Streets
Walk through the medieval quarter of La Ribera to explore historic streets, a Gothic basilica, and the ruins of 18th-century homes preserved under a former iron market.
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1. Mercat de Santa Caterina
2. Capella d'en Marcús
The Capella d'en Marcús is a tiny, twelfth-century Romanesque chapel identifiable by its rectangular stone form, simple two-pitched roof, and a small, two-opening bell tower that rises above the surrounding buildings. You can pick it out…
3. Carrer de Montcada
Carrer de Montcada is defined by its series of medieval, Renaissance, and baroque palaces, which create the most significant collection of Gothic civic architecture in Barcelona. These stone façades, with their deep doorways and secluded…
4. PALAU DALMASES
Palau Dalmases is marked by the distinct Baroque architecture of its courtyard and the spiraling, salomonic columns that line its grand staircase. Tucked away on the historic Carrer Montcada, this building emerged from a long-dilapidated…
5. Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar
The Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar is defined by its massive, austere stone facade, featuring two tall towers and solid buttresses that frame a large central rose window. Unlike many medieval churches built by royal command, this basilica…
6. Fossar de les Moreres
The Fossar de les Moreres is a quiet, red-brick plaza tucked directly beside the basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. This site sits atop a former parish cemetery where defenders of Barcelona were buried following the city's final, desperate…
7. Passeig del Born
The Passeig del Born is a wide, rectangular pedestrian boulevard that stretches between the fourteenth-century Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar and the former Mercat del Born. Its name comes from the Catalan word for the jousting field,…
8. El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria
The El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria is defined by its massive cast-iron and glass structure, the first of its kind built in Barcelona, which opened as a municipal market in eighteen seventy-six. Beneath this expansive roof lies a…
9. Castle of the Three Dragons
The Castell dels Tres Dragons, or Castle of the Three Dragons, features distinct brick crenellations and iron framing that rise above the surrounding gardens of the Parc de la Ciutadella. This park sits directly on the ground once occupied…