tourism in Barcelona

Pep Ventura (eng)

By bcn 12 anys ago

Grandpa Pep Josep Maria Ventura y Casas, popularly known by the name of Pep Ventura, besides working as a musician and composer he was also aconductor. He came to compose more than 400 pieces in total. As aperformer, he played various instruments including the tenor, which he studied and transformed in the standard it is today, and to this must be her nickname Pep of the Tenor. Thanks to its versatility and predisposition, Ventura made great innovations in the composition of sardanas and reformed the structure of the stanza and that’s

Can Serra

By bcn 12 anys ago

An old-time house Can Serra was a family seat that was swept away during the

Encants

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A market with charm This station was christened with the name of the popular market

Penitents

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Convent for the needy A man known as Father Palau lived in this area towards

Jaume I

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The conquering king Son of Peter the Second of Aragon and Mary of Montpellier, James

Catalunya

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Our land Catalunya is the name of the nation established towards the end of tenth

Gorg (eng)

By bcn 12 anys ago

The puddle which is not bubbling over  A gorg in Catalan is a puddle the neighbourhood of Badalona, where this stop is, is named after from an ancient puddle though. In the past, the river Besòs was divided into two branches: one came into this area creating puddles; the other,coming up in Poblenou, created 

Poble Sec

By bcn 12 anys ago

Descending from Montjuic The Poble-sec orography, which stretches along one of the sides of Montjuic

Joanic

By bcn 12 anys ago

A family by the name of Joanich This metro station abuts on the square Joanic,

Sants Estació

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The central station of Barcelona Sants train station is located in Sants district, which got

Llacuna

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The lagoon’s channel In the fifteen century it was inundated by sea water and hence

Sant Roc

By bcn 12 anys ago

San Roque, the dog’s Sant Roc was born in Montpellier in the late 13th century, he made pilgrimages around the world and he devoted most of his life to cure the plague victims. A legend has it that Saint Roque arrived in Barcelona to treat those suffering from an outbreak of plague that infested the city; But he also went flying to get sick and to

Tarragona

By bcn 12 anys ago

The prosperous Tarraco Tarragona is a city with more than 2000 years of history. Its

Llucmajor

By bcn 12 anys ago

The Battle for Mallorca Llucmajor is a municipality on the island of Mallorca. In this

Hostafrancs

By bcn 12 anys ago

A nostalgic hostel Carrer Creu Coberta 22, the address of the old cinema Arenas and

Universitat

By bcn 12 anys ago

A building with lots of history The historic building of the University of Barcelona was

Maragall

By bcn 12 anys ago

The modernist poet The poet and writer Joan Maragall was born in Barcelona in 1860.