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Sant Pere, Barcelona
Sant Pere (, ''Barri de Sant Pere'' in Catalan) is a neighborhood in District 1 (''Ciutat Vella''), the old city of Barcelona, Spain. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. It is a part of the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood. Points of interest *The neighborhood received its name from the 10th century monastery of Sant Pere de les Puelles, (Saint Peter of the Innocents), at Lluís El Piadós 1. The monastery is named after girls that disfigured themselves to avoid rape and murder. *The Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) concert hall designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner Lluís Domènech i Montaner (; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Spanish architect who was highly influential on '' Modernisme català'', the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician. Born in Barcelona ... is located at Carrer Sant Francesc de Paula 2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona - Església De Sant Pere De Puelles
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella (, meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ''Ciutat Vella'' is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called ''l'Eixample'' ("the Extension"). There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods): *La Barceloneta *El Gòtic *El Raval *Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera: **Sant Pere **Santa Caterina **La Ribera Les Rambles Running down the center of the ''Ciutat Vella'' (dividing the ''Raval'' and ''Barri Gòtic'') are the boulevards ''Les Rambles'', popularly known as '' La Rambla'' (in singular) since they are continuous, like a single street. ''Les Rambles'' stretches from '' Plaça Catalunya'' to the Mediterranean Sea and, since the 1990s, now extends out over the sea into one of Barcelona's newest centers of entertainment, ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
