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The Gothic Quarter: Saints, Kings and the Call
In Plaça del Rei, the peasant who wounded Ferdinand the Catholic as he left his palace in 1492, a few months before Columbus arrived.
Barcino and Medieval Barcelona: audio walks
What's left of the Roman and medieval city, and who built it?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksRoman and medieval Barcelona rewards questions about what remains and who kept changing the city. This theme brings Barcino and medieval spaces together through walks that begin with the streets. It connects remains, buildings and urban life without assuming that everything which looks old has kept its original form unchanged.
In “Santa Maria del Mar and the Born”: Santa Maria del Mar and places of trades and markets connect the Ribera with the building and life of the medieval city.
In “The Gothic Quarter”: In Plaça del Rei, the peasant who wounded Ferdinand the Catholic as he left his palace in 1492, a few months before Columbus arrived.
In “The twentieth-century Gothic”: You start in the Plaça Nova with a Picasso drawing his own hand never touched, and with the only two round towers left on the Roman wall: those really are old.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Barcelona. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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The Gothic Quarter That Was Built in the Twentieth Century
You start in the Plaça Nova with a Picasso drawing his own hand never touched, and with the only two round towers left on the Roman wall: those really are old.
Santa Maria del Mar and the Born
Santa Maria del Mar and places of trades and markets connect the Ribera with the building and life of the medieval city.
Barcelona, before you go
A city worth looking up for, with pavements worth watching too. Between narrow lanes, long avenues and a break by the sea, leave room in the day to sit down.
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