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Gothic Quarter, Barcelona

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Pignatelli Palace: present-day Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona, restored in 1970 including the addition of various Gothic windows retrieved from municipal warehouses.
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to portray itself in a positive light to the world's media. Further restoration of existing buildings and the creation of brand new
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landmarks. Much of the present-day fabric of the quarter, however, dates to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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carried out in 1922 on a building of uncertain origins, to which he added Gothic windows, battlements, and
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The quarter encompasses the oldest parts of the city of Barcelona, and includes the remains of the city's
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headquarters, the building was built circa 1500 on Carrer Mercaders, but it was moved to the
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Among the principal buildings with rebuilt or modified with neo-Gothic additions are:
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retains a labyrinthine street plan, with many small streets opening out into
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Barcelona Cathedral in the 1880s, before neo-Gothic additions to its façade
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El Barrio Gótico de Barcelona: Planificación del Pasado e Imagen de Marca
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and the Cases dels Canonges: newly constructed 1928 by
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Index

Gothic Quarter
Neighborhood of Barcelona
Pont del Bisbe built in 1928 at Carrer del Bisbe
Map of the Gothic Quarter within Barcelona
Country
Spain
Autonomous Community
Catalonia
Province
Barcelona
Comarca
Barcelonès
Municipality
Barcelona
District
Ciutat Vella
Postal code
ajuntament.barcelona.cat
Catalan
[ˈbariˈɣɔtik]
Spanish
Barcelona
La Rambla
Via Laietana
Mediterranean
Ronda de Sant Pere
Ciutat Vella
Roman
medieval
Jewish quarter

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