Carrer del Carme (official
Catalan
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name;
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: ''Calle del Carmen'') is a street in central
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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, i ...
, located in the
Raval neighbourhood of the
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 nestl ...
district. It is part of the recently revamped commercial area of Raval. This street contains the main offices of
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
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and
Societat Catalana de Geografia, as well as the
Catholic
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church
Església de Betlem, built in the
Baroque
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style, and the public library
Biblioteca Sant Pau-Santa Creu, based in the former building of
Hospital de la Santa Creu
The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (, en, Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930. It is one of the most prominent works ...
, which was moved to
El Guinardó. The street is notable for being mentioned on the first page of
Jean Genet
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's novel ''
The Thief's Journal
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''.
Juan Goytisolo, ''La santidad de Genet'', January 1 2009 ''El País'' article
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It must not be confused with '' Plaça del Carmén'' (Carmen is a common typo in online guides which often redirects to that one), in the Les Corts district, or with other streets that bear the same name in other cities.
Transport
Metro
*Liceu metro station
Liceu is a Barcelona Metro station situated under the La Rambla, Barcelona, La Rambla between Gran Teatre del Liceu and La Boqueria, Mercat de la Boqueria in the Barri Gòtic, part of Barcelona's district of Ciutat Vella. It is served by Transport ...
, served by L3, on La Rambla right next to Carrer del Carme.
*Sant Antoni metro station
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Sant Antoni is a station on line 2 of the Barcelona Metro, opened in 1995. It is located in the Sants-Montjuïc district, under the Ronda de Sant Antoni.
The station has tracks on either side of an island platform
An island platform ( ...
, served by L2. On Ronda Sant Antoni, not far from the street.
See also
* Carrer del Carme in Cambrils
Cambrils () is a coastal town in the comarca of Baix Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is near the tourist town Salou and is frequently visited by those travelling by air using Reus Airport.
History
Roman empire to Middl ...
* Carrer del Carme in Girona
Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...
* Carrer del Carme in Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
* Barri del Carme in Reus
Reus () is the capital of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The area has always been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental importance at the time of the Phylloxera plague. Nowadays it is k ...
*Urban planning of Barcelona
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References
External links
Location in Barcelona, at the official interactive guide of Bcn.cat
Streets in Barcelona
Ciutat Vella
El Raval