[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
One of the biggest attractions for visitors to Barcelona is that it is a seafaring city. Its shores are bathed by the Mediterranean Sea which, more than a sea, is a culture in itself<\/strong>. The Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat dedicated to this mythical sea a well-known song, “Mediterranean”, with phrases as beautiful as this:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Gloria Hallelujah||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n To your red sunsets<\/p>\n My eyes became accustomed<\/p>\n Like the bend in the road.<\/p>\n I’m a singer, I’m a liar,<\/p>\n I like the game and the wine,<\/p>\n I have the soul of a sailor.<\/p>\n What am I going to do, if I<\/p>\n I was born in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Pescador Menorquina” src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fishermenMenorquina.jpg” alt=” Mediterranean curiosities” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n It pays tribute to this beautiful sea but also to the people who have been born on its shore and have dedicated their lives: the sailors<\/strong>. The port of Barcelona has also given life to the city for many centuries. And despite the fact that, for some decades, Barcelona lived with its back to the sea at the end of the 20th century, and partly thanks to the 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona’s port was reborn.<\/strong> And with it was reborn one of the most emblematic traditions of fishing activity: the auction of fish.\u00a0<\/strong>This is the reason why our post is about\u00a0Fish auctions and other Mediterranean curiosities.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The popular saying goes: “Whatever you take from the sea, fish or bran, you have earned it”<\/em>. And the members of the Fishermen’s Guild of La Barceloneta, who day after day, fish in the sea to earn their livelihood, must agree. When arriving at port you have to think about profitable fishing and the fish market<\/strong> is the place where to sell it. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Logo Confreria pescadors BCNEta” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/logo-Cofradia-Peix-Bcneta-1.png”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n In the morning and in the afternoon, the boats come to the Fisherman’s Port to unload. It is the time of the auction<\/strong>. The setting has a unique charm. The scene is contemplated by the beautiful Clock Tower,<\/strong> an old harbor lighthouse dating from 1772. Few know that on the four faces of the tower, the piece containing the number seven is actually a window that can be opened. From the side facing Barcelona there is a priceless view<\/strong> of the city, from Port Vell<\/strong> to Collserola.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Torre del REllotge” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https:\/\/www.barcelonina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/la-torre-del-rellotge-barcelona-1-1.jpg” alt=”Barcelona’s Port”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_style=”solid” text_font=”Sanchez||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px”]<\/p>\n Rarely has a humble neighborhood had such a beautiful and historic clock because<\/strong>, in addition, it was the coordinate in which the scientist Pierre M\u00e9chain<\/strong> took the last measurements for the creation of the metric system.<\/strong><\/p>\nBarceloneta’s Clock Tower<\/h2>\n