BARCELONA THE BEST CITY OF THE WORLD

1. BARCELONA THE BEST CITY OF THE WORLD

2. SAGRADA FAMILIA • The expiatory church of SagradaFamilia is a monumental church began on 19 March 1882 from the project of architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. Later in 1883 he instruct to Antonio Gaudí for continue of the work, did not leave work until his death in 1926. Since then, several architects have continued the work following the original idea of Gaudi.

3. Parc Güell • Park Güell is a large garden with architectural elements situated in the center of Barcelona. It was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi, the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism, built between 1900 and 1914 and opened as a public park in 1926. It covers an area of 17.18 acres (0.1718 km ²), so it is one of the greatest works of architecture in Southern Europe. In 1984 UNESCO declared World Heritage Park Guell.

4. PEDRERA • Casa Mila, also known as La Pedrera, is a building, built between 1906 and 1912 by the architect Antoni Gaudi and UNESCO World Heritage in 1984. The building is the headquarters of Catalonia Foundation. La Pedrera includes an important cultural reference in Barcelona by all the different activities organized and museum spaces and public use that includes.

5. Roman and Medieval • On 10 July 1339, with the reason of the move of Barcelona`s patron, Santa Eulalia, from the church of Santa Maria del Mar to the crypt that was dedicated to her in the cathedral they organize a solemn procession. When the procession arrived at “la Plaza Del Angel”, the urn that contained the body of Santa Eulalia was so heavy that it was impossible to move. • The Legend explains that entire crowd of the procession, kneeled for God to continue the move. Then San Miguel Angel appeared and pointed at one of the canons of the procession, who admitted that he had kept a toe of Santa Eulalia to save it as a relic, but he finally returned to the urn. Suddenly the height of the urn was light and they could continue with the procession normally. Since then the square is called “Plaça de l’Àngel” and in one of the houses there’s a bronze image of an angel.

7. Barcino

8. The founding of Barcelona was produced by a colony of Roman law, by all indications archaeological and classical sources. Barcino with the full official name of “Colonia Julia Augusta PaternaFauentiaBarcino” was founded by Emperor Augustus about the year 14 a.C, after the Cantabrian wars and full administrative reform and road in the northeast of the Peninsula. • THE WALLS • Of all the roman runs conserved in Barcelona, the most amazing one are the walls. It has four doors, and you can still see it in the old part of Barcelona.

10. HOSPITAL DE SANT PAU. The Hospital of Sant Pau has its origins between 1902 and 1930with the merger of six hospitals that were then in Barcelona, is an example of Catalan Gothic civil. was built by architect LluisDomenechiMontaner and he was constructed with the following materials iron, glass, ceramics and brick.

11. LA CASA BATLLÓ. • Casa Batllo is a building designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi, built between 1905 and 1907. The building is open to the public in 2011 it received 600,000 visities

12. PALAU DE LA MUSICA • El Palau de la MusicaCatalanais a music auditorium was designed by Barcelona architect LluisDomenechiMontaner, one of the leading representatives of Catalan Modernism was built between 1905 and 1908.

13. MERCATDE LA BOQUERIA. • The Mercat de SantJosep, popularly known as La Boqueria, a market town which lies next to the Ramblas in Barcelona. The area totals 2,583 sqm with more than 300 stalls offered a wide range of products.