Barcino Old Town

Duration: 4 hours
Transport: Walking
Services: Experienced local architect as guide, meet and greet at a hotel or at “Plaça Sant Jaume” café reservation
Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, German, French, Dutch, Italian
Group size: Max. 30 pax
Price: on request
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The city grows from the inside
Urban development and new building projects in the historical center of Barcelona. While in the 80’s it was small ”surgical“ procedures and the implant of new uses that should bring more light and air to the narrow, stuffy and unpopular old town, later on totally new axes that operate far more radically on the existing urban structure were introduced in order to provide public space. Nowadays the reinterpretation and adaptation of existing structures within the historical context represent a new challenge for the city.

Pati Llimona, I. Solà-Morales, 1987-92

Santa Maria del Mar church, 1329-84

Fossar de les Moreres, Carme Fiol, 1989

Mercat del Born, J. Fontserre i Mestre, 1871 & Rafael de Cáceres Zurita/Enric Sòria Badia, 2012

Santa Caterina market, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue, 2005

Coffee break at the Santa Caterina market

MACBA Contemporary Art Museum, Richard Meier, 1988-95

CCCB Center for Contemporary Culture Catalunya, H.Piñon & A.Viaplana, 1990-94

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