Art and Culture

Picasso

Friezes on the Col•legi d'Arquitectes building (Plaça Nova)

Picasso’s art can also be seen in the streets. The façade of the Barcelona Architects’ Association building features a series of striking friezes designed by the famous artist. If you turn round, you’ll see the two towers that welcome y ...
La Llotja (The Old Commodities Exchange)

The neo-Gothic façade conceals a jewel of Civil Gothic architecture: the old commodities exchange, La Llotja. The building has a fascinating history which has always been linked with trade, seafaring life and education. La Llotja once housed the art ...
Casa Martí – Els 4 Gats

As you step inside the Casa Martí you’ll feel transported back in time. Here you can soak up the intellectual atmosphere that imbued the modernista Barcelona of the late 19th century. The poster by Picasso advertising the café and restaurant Els ...

Pla de l’Os

Barcelona’s Rambla is a true feast for the eyes, but, this time, we recommend you look at the ground. Just across from the opera house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, you’ll find this beautiful mosaic known as the Pla de l’Ós which displays all Jo ...
Parc de Joan Miró

This major city park on the left side of Barcelona’s Eixample district was one of the first urban parks built in the post-Franco city and the result of the dismantling of the old municipal slaughterhouse, hence its other name Parc del Escorxador (s ...