20 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Barcelona
20 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Arc de Triomf
Passeig de Lluís Companys, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
Unlike most triumphal arches, this one isn't celebrating a military victory.
Barcelona Cathedral
Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain
Christians have been worshipping on this spot since the fourth century, and the building you see today is the third church to stand here.
Camp Nou
Carrer d' Aristides Maillol, Les Corts, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
FC Barcelona is famously "more than a club," and its stadium is more than a stadium.
Casa Batllo
43 Passeig de Gràcia, Eixample, Barcelona, 08007, Spain
The locals call it the "House of Bones," and once you see it, you'll understand why.
Casa Mila (La Pedrera)
92 Passeig de Gràcia, Eixample, Barcelona, 08008, Spain
When this building went up between 1906 and 1912, Barcelonans thought it was so ugly they called it "La Pedrera" — the quarry.
Eixample District
Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
In the mid-nineteenth century, Barcelona was suffocating.
El Born Centre Cultural
12 Plaça Comercial, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
In 2001, workers digging foundations for a new library accidentally uncovered an entire neighborhood that had been buried for three centuries.
Fundacio Joan Miro
147 Pg Migdia, Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, 08038, Spain
Joan Miro wanted a museum that was the opposite of a museum.
Gothic Quarter
Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain
Here's the thing about Barcelona's Gothic Quarter: a surprising amount of it isn't actually Gothic.
Hospital de Sant Pau
167 Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona, 08025, Spain
For over eighty years, this was a functioning hospital — and it's one of the most beautiful buildings in Barcelona.
Mercat de Sant Antoni
1 Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, Eixample, Barcelona, 08011, Spain
This is the market where Barcelonans actually shop.
MNAC
6 Lloc Mirador del Palau Nacional, Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, 08038, Spain
The building is absurdly grand — a palace built for a temporary fair.
Palau de la Musica Catalana
4 Carrer del Palau de la Música, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
This concert hall is so extravagantly decorated that when it opened in 1908, some critics thought it was vulgar.
Palau Guell
Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5, 08001 Barcelona
Gaudi was only 34 years old when industrialist Eusebi Guell commissioned him to build a family palace just off La Rambla in 1885.
Parc de la Ciutadella
Passeig de Picasso 21, 08003 Barcelona
This park is built on the ruins of the thing Barcelona hated most.
Park Guell
Carrer d'Olot, 08024 Barcelona
Park Guell was supposed to be a gated community for Barcelona's wealthy elite, and it was a spectacular commercial failure.
Placa del Rei
Placa del Rei, 08002 Barcelona
If Barcelona has a single spot where you can feel the weight of medieval power, it's this enclosed square tucked deep in the Gothic Quarter.
Pont del Bisbe
Carrer del Bisbe, 08002 Barcelona
It's one of the most photographed spots in Barcelona, and almost everything people believe about it is wrong.
Sagrada Familia
Carrer de Mallorca 401, 08013 Barcelona
Nobody alive when this building started has lived to see it finished.
Santa Maria del Mar
Placa de Santa Maria 1, 08003 Barcelona
This is the people's church.
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