The medieval market Llotja de Mar
Barcelona has impressive, emblematic, internationally known buildings with a sublime, spectacular or innovative architecture. We can put many adjectives in many of the buildings in the city and most minds will relate it to modernism, Passeig de Gràcia or Gaudí.The...
The best Barcelona museums to discover local art
Though famed for its food, great weather, photogenic spots and beaches, Barcelona is first and foremost a city of art, culture, and architecture - a bubbling pot of history that cannot be left unexplored. Indeed, even if you’re only planning on hitting the...
Joan Miró (I). Miró in Barcelona
Currently the word Barcelona is associated with design and also with architecture. Every year, many people come to Barcelona to admire the Modernism and the masterpieces of Antoni Gaudí, but the artistic facet of Barcelona goes beyond Gaudí and Modernism.There are...
Montcada Street and the Picasso Museum. A relationship of stone
The disagreement of Picassso with Franco didn't make the task of opening a Museum to show his paintings. During the fifities, it was not possible neither in Malaga nor in Barcelona. Finally, his loyal friend and secretary, Jaume Sabartés, managed to open a private...
Let’s go into the 10 Royal Square
We open the door of the 10 Royal Square Between 2002 and 2007 I lived in Paris and one of the things that I liked the most is that at nightfall, people turn on the lights of their house without closing the curtains or the shutters. This allows "gossiping"...
Puig i Cadafalch or the multifaceted modernism (II)
Very sober and other very imaginative works : Puig i Cadafalch was capable of the most opposite projects. We strongly recoment a visit to the jewel of the production of this architect: the Ametller house. Again it is a commission from an important entrepreneur, this...
Puig i Cadafalch or the multifaceted modernism
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the most prestigious architects in recent history. It seems that if there had been no Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867-1956) it would have to be invented. This Catalan architect is, together with Antoni Gaudí...
The Casa Amatller by Puig i Cadafalch: the Modernism Beyond Gaudí
In Barcelona we love chocolate. Any time is good to have a hot chocolate with churros or melindros. In addition, always in good company. This is why we say that we can only eat chocolate when it rains, so we avoid gaining too much weight! But this post is not about...
Romanesque Art Barcelona
Romanesque art Barcelona Talking about the Romanesque art is not among my hobbies, not even among my interests. It is true that I do not understand the meaning of seeing paintings with long faces and disproportionate extremities. Why use a space to expose sculptures...
Step by step through the Modernism, a stroll with Barcelonina
Its name was the Path of Jesus and it used to connect the walls of Barcelona with the village of Gracia. The temps went by and the city walls were destroyed in order ot allow the city to grow according the the plan designed by Cerdà. The Passeig the Gracia was born....