The Maritime Museum of Barcelona (, MMB) is located in the building of ''

Drassanes Reials de Barcelona The Barcelona Royal Shipyard (, ) is a shipyard and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Today it houses the Barcelona Maritime Museum. Construction started during the 13th centur ...

'', the royal arsenal of Barcelona, dedicated to shipbuilding between the thirteenth century and eighteenth century. The first mention of these arsenals date from 1243 in a document indicating the boundaries of the city of Barcelona where it mentions its

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are shipbuilding, built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Compared to shipyards, which are sometimes m ...

. It shows the history of the navigation from the early days together with the history of the

Spanish Navy The Spanish Navy, officially the Armada, is the Navy, maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation ...

since the

Catholic Monarchs The Catholic Monarchs were Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabella I of Crown of Castile, Castile () and Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Ferdinand II of Crown of Aragón, Aragon (), whose marriage and joint rule marked the ''de facto'' unification of ...

, in the 15th century, up to the present. It also hosts several navigation instruments, weapons,

portolans Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word ''portolan'' comes from the Italian ''portolano'', meaning "related to ports or harbors", and whi ...

and paintings. The museum was declared Museum of National Interest by the Government of Catalonia.

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It is located inside ''Barcelona Royal Shipyard'' (; ) a

and former military building of

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...

placed at the

Port Vell Port Vell (, literally in English "Old Harbor") is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Before this, it wa ...

area of the

Port of Barcelona The Port of Barcelona (, ; ) is a major port in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its are divided into three zones: Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial/industrial port, and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port). The port is managed by the Port ...

. Construction started during the 13th century under the rule of

Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon (In Aragonese, ''Pero''; in Catalan, ''Pere''; in Italian, ''Pietro''; November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he con ...

. The building is of

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, a Germanic people **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Gothic alphabet, an alphabet used to write the Gothic language ** Gothic ( ...

style, its construction was carried out in a first stage between 1283 / 1328 and the second between 1328 / 1390. Subsequent reforms and extensions have been made, basically keeping the original structure. During excavations in 2012 it was discovered that in the late 16th century a new building was constructed on top of the old medieval dockyard, giving the building its current structure. This excavations also uncovered a Roman graveyard. The shipyard's restoration was finished in early 2013. The Museum was reopened in 2014.Museu Maritim de Barcelona official website.
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References

Bibliography

*Volume 3 (1998), ''Art de Catalunya, Urbanisme, arquitectura civil i industrial'', Barcelona, Edicions L'isard. *Volume 14 (2004), ''La Gran Enciclopèdia en català'', Barcelona, Edicions 62. * *García Domingo, Enric, ''Història del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1929/1939''- Edició Museu Marítim de Barcelona *Ibañez, Cristina, ''Història del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1940/1992''- Edició Museu Marítim de Barcelona *Valldeoriola, Mar, ''Memòria del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1993/1999''- Edició Museu Marítim de Barcelona

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* {{Authority control Maritime museums in Catalonia Military and war museums in Spain Museums in Barcelona

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