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Before being the metropolis we know, Barcelona was a walled city and its environment was rural. The farmhouses or country houses of that environment were grouped into villages or “vilas” and one of the most developed was the Vila de Gr\u00e0cia<\/strong>. Little by little the city was absorbing it, but it never lost its charm. On the contrary, today it is one of the most attractive neighborhoods in Barcelona with its bohemian and multicultural mix. There is a festival that “disguise” the streets every August<\/strong> and give to the neighborhood its own identity. Actually, their inhabitants claim and protect the neighborhood’s DNA in a thousand activities. In these times it is interesting to remember that Gracia, in the 19th century, managed to be independent three times.<\/p>\n We invite you to visit a “little Barcelona” of the XVII century, in the XXI century. Follow us !!!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Mas\u00edas” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n Still today we can see some facade of the old farmhouses that formed the parish of Gr\u00e0cia in 1620: Can Tusquets, Can Xipreret, Can Canet de la Riera, headquarters of the current Royal Tennis Club of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bCan Mora … Many are real gems of neoclassical style. There were several \u00a0parishes and several religious convents. The place was very beautiful, so much so that over time some bourgeois families from Barcelona built their second summer residence here.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.13.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1793-Masie-Can-TUSQUETS-en-Travessera-de-Dalt-45-al-fondo-Sant-Josep-de-la-Muntaya.jpg” align=”center” alt=”Area of Gracia” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Carrers Torrent” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n There are many streets that are called Torrente de … (Torrent de l’Olla, Torrent d’en Vidalet, Torrent de les Flors …) in memory of the streams and streams that crossed the farmland. But the street that ended up being imposed was the one that went straight to the center of the city. Today it is hard to imagine, but that street called Paseo de Gracia and is full of luxury shops.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Plazas” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n Today Gracia is a family neighborhood as well as bohemian. Its squares stand out: Pla\u00e7a Rius i Taulet where the old city hall is, the republican Pla\u00e7a de la Revoluci\u00f3, the spacious Pla\u00e7a del Sol, Pla\u00e7a del Diamant<\/strong> that gives title to the novel by the writer Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda and that reminds her protagonist, La Colometa , with a beautiful sculpture, the very beautiful Pla\u00e7a del Poble Roman\u00ed and Pla\u00e7a del Raspall, the familiar Pla\u00e7a Rovira i Trias with its sculpture by the famous architect whose urban plan for Barcelona was defeated by that of Cerd\u00e1.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.13.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gracia-bcn.png” align=”center” alt=”Square in Gracia, Barcelona” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Restaurants i festes barri” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n The offer of bars, taverns, old wineries, new wine shops and restaurants must be discovered little by little because it is overwhelming. Classics with its offer of market cuisine, those of Catalan cuisine to eat grilled meat with caliu potatoes, cal\u00e7ots or torrades de pa amb tomaquet and sausages, bars with tasty tapas and homemade restaurants have seen how make their way design cuisine restaurants, cup cakes cafes, vegan restaurants, chic cocktail bars, … and, of course, restaurants serving world food as befits such a cosmopolitan neighborhood. Enjoy the most varied cuisine at any time of the day or night, any day of the year. And do not forget about the vermouth!<\/a> Anecdote: Gracia has always been a popular neighborhood, inhabited by working people but also a place to which the Catalan bourgeoisie came to have fun. This environment, especially nurtured in the postwar period, is beautifully reflected in many of the novels of the writer Juan Mars\u00e9, one of the most awarded and recognized in contemporary Spanish literature. We recommend “The Charm of Shanghai” or “Last Evenings with Teresa.”<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.13.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Progres2-1024×682.jpg” align=”center” alt=”Gracia festival in Barcelona” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Gracia tiene arte” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n Besides having one of the most emblematic cinemas in the city for its art and essay projections, the Verdi cinema, and different theaters (the Teatreneu, the Almer\u00eda, the Teatre Lliure, founded in 1976 in the former headquarters from the Cooperativa La Lleialtat, the Jove Teatre Regina and several rooms dedicated to micro theater), here many of the design stores, workshops and exhibition halls of Barcelona open their doors. Anecdote: In the street Encarnaci\u00f3 of this district is the Teatre M\u00e9s Petit del M\u00f3n. It is located on the ground floor of a farmhouse from 1890 and offers theatrical shows and other private events.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Gracia alternativa” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\n The rural world made a great change with the industrialization of the 19th century and Grace was not immune to this change. Many workshops and many printing presses flourished here. The social worker fabric favored frequent movements of protest and solidarity and this is something that still breathes in the environment. Hippies, hipsters, ecologists, anarcos … or a mixture of all forms part of the neighborhood coexistence. The youth has found in Gracia an alternative territory of its own and that has become one of its charms. Not in vain is the Tradicionarius Music Festival and other events for people … free.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Gracia modernista” _builder_version=”3.13.1″]<\/p>\nThe catalan traditional buildings: the Masies<\/h2>\n
Places and terraces: the atmosphere will carry you away<\/h2>\n
\nBut if you coincide with the neighborhood festival, you will be amazed! The food and drink goes out onto the streets decorated with thematic scenographies in which all the neighbors cooperate. The streets compete with each other, there are several prizes and categories and after a week of celebrations it ends with dinners of “germanor” and concerts of all kinds of music.<\/p>\nThe area of Gracia has a lot of art (and essay)<\/h2>\n
\nBut if it were not enough, several of these streets and squares are linked to flamenco and rumba and, consequently, to the history of the gypsy people in Barcelona: the Pla\u00e7a del Raspall and the Poble Roman\u00ed are the nucleus of a community perfectly integrated in the neighborhood to the point that it is spoken of the Catalan gypsy whose maximum musical exponents are the great Peret and Antonio Gonz\u00e1lez, the Pescadilla, guitarist rumbero and husband of the famous folklore Lola Flores.<\/p>\nThe alternative Gracia<\/h2>\n
Art Nouveau in the area of Gracia<\/h2>\n