Barri Gotic
El Barri Gòtic (short form: El Gòtic , Catalan for "Gothic Quarter", Castilian : Barrio Gótico ) is the oldest district of Barcelona , which developed from the Roman settlement of Barcino . It belongs to the Ciutat Vella administrative district (Catalan for "old town").
The district is bordered to the southwest by the La Rambla promenade , to the northwest by Plaça de Catalunya and Carrer de Fontanella , to the northeast by the wide thoroughfare Via Laietana and to the southeast by the Mediterranean Sea.
Most of the architectural monuments date from the 14th and 15th centuries, the heyday of Barcelona as a sea power. The cityscape is characterized by many narrow and winding streets. The cathedral, which forms the center of the Barri Gòtic, is surrounded by many historic buildings. The Barri Gòtic was extensively renovated in the 1920s. Well-known museums and many small shops can be found in the streets of the quarter. Together with the districts of El Raval , La Barceloneta and Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera , it forms the old town of Barcelona.
The area was settled under the rule of the Roman Emperor Augustus . The Roman Forum was located in the place of Plaça de Sant Jaume .
In the Barri Gòtic are u. a. the Ajuntament de Barcelona (city hall) and the Palau de la Generalitat (seat of the Catalan government).
Attractions
The sights of the Gothic Quarter include:
Buildings
- La Catedral , Gothic cathedral . The foundation stone was laid in 1298 and completed in 1448.
- Casa de l'Ardiaca, palace of the archdeacon with stylistic elements of Gothic , Renaissance and later quotations from Art Nouveau .
- Palau Episcopal, archbishop's palace from the 13th century with remains of the original Romanesque building in the inner courtyard and later extensions.
- Center Excursionista de Catalunya, remains of a temple of Augustus from the 2nd century
- Palau de la Generalitat, seat of the medieval Estates Parliament of Catalonia from the 14th century with extensions from the 15th and 16th centuries. The inner courtyard by Marc Safont in the Gothic style , which was built since 1425, is particularly worth seeing .
- Sants Just i Pastor, a Gothic church with a Gothic winged altar . At times it served as a court chapel.
- 13th century Palau Requesens . One of the largest medieval palaces in Barcelona. The Roman city wall forms one side of the courtyard.
- Palau del Lloctinent, palace of the Spanish viceroys of Catalonia , one of the few Renaissance buildings in the city from the years 1549–1557.
- Palau Reial Major , palace of the Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragón with a large Gothic hall and a palace chapel.
- Museu Frederic Marès and Museu Sentimental, part of the old royal palace with a sculpture museum and a museum with upper-class everyday objects.
- Casa de la Pia Almoina, a former alms house, which contains an exhibition of panel paintings and sculptures from the heyday of Barcelona.
- Casa dels Canonges, this is where the canons used to stay . Today the Catalan Prime Ministers reside there.
- Neo-Gothic "Bridge of Sighs" connects the two buildings Palau de la Generalitat and Casa dels Canonges .
- Herboristeria del Rei , a traditional reform house since 1823 with lavish interior decoration and a glass dome.
Streets and squares
- Carrer del Call, street with the remains of the Jewish quarter.
- Pla de la Seu, a small square in front of the west facade of the cathedral . It was created at the beginning of the 15th century. On Sundays it is a solemn dance floor for the sardana , at Christmas the nativity market takes place here.
- Plaça de Berenguer el Gran, a square at the foot of the Roman city wall with an equestrian statue of Raimon Berenguer III.
- Plaça Reial from the 19th century with uniform facades in the style of classicism .
- Plaça Sant Felip Neri, quiet, atmospheric square.
- Plaça de Sant Jaume, is considered the main square of the city with the seat of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the City Hall of Barcelona.
- Plaça del Rei
literature
- Barcelona and Catalonia . Dorling Kindersley Verlag GmbH, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-928044-09-5 .
- Fritz René Allemann, Xenia von Bahder: Catalonia and Andorra . DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7701-1102-8 , pp. 165-169.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ' N , 2 ° 11' E