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ART & CULTURE - Barcelona's different districts

 

GOTHIC QUARTER

The remains of the Roman city survive here alongside the Medieval buildings, witnesses to a splendid past, where the Catalan monarchy held its court for five hundred years. Its historic centre is the Pl. del Rei, with the 13th century Palau Reial Major which houses the Saló del Tinell, abode of the Catalan Kings, and the Chapel of Santa Àgata, 14th century Gothic temple. Completing the area is the Palau del Lloctinent and the Palau Clariana-Padellàs, which houses the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat. Another of the centres in the Gothic Quarter is formed by the Cathedral, the Romanesque church of Santa Llúcia, next to it, and several buildings such as the Casa de la Pia Almoina, the Casa del Canonge, and the Casa de l'Ardiaca, home of the Institut Municipal d'Història. An infinite variety of history and art is ever present in the array of cobbled streets which always offer a changing and enriching vision of its many corners. The Pl. de Sant Jaume forms the geographical centre of the district and on either side of the square, facing each other, we can see the Casa de la Ciutat or City Hall and the Palau de la Generalitat, the headquarters of the Autonomus Government. Both buildings are of Gothic origin and have been added to in subsequent periods. Antique dealer's, bookshops, restaurants, and unusual shops maintain the activity of this historical district and add to its interest.

CATHEDRAL

Building work began at the end of the 13th century and ended six centuries later. The oldest part of the cathedral is the doorway of Sant Iu; the façade, which was completed in 1890, is the most recent. Important features are the high altar, the 15th-century bell tower and cloisters, the choir stalls, the pulpit, the crypt of Santa Eulàlia (one of Barcelona's two patron saints), and the doorway of La Pietat (entrance to the cloister). The Gothic building is located on the site of an early-Christian basilica (15th century) with three naves, of which the baptistry is all that remains (it was destroyed in 958), and a Romanesque church consecrated in 1058.

  

 

Pl. del Rei

The Pl. del Rei, in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, is the site of important Gothic buildings such as the Saló del Tinell, the chapel of Santa Agata and the Palau del Lloctinent, which is located next to the City History Museum.

 


Palau de la Generalitat

Seat of the autonomous government of Catalonia. The building is the result of of a number of extensions and renovations spanning the 15th to the mid-17th centuries, and contains pure Gothic, Renaissance and baroque elements. The Renaissance façade was begun in 1597 and completed in the first thirty years of the 17th century. Some of the most attractive features include the Pati dels Tarongers -a courtyard planted with orange trees, the Sala Daurada, the Consistori Major and the Saló de Sant Jordi.

 

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