Barcelona - Església de Sant Pere de Puelles

Sant Pere (, ''Barri de Sant Pere'' in Catalan) is a neighborhood in District 1 (''

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 nestle ...

''), the old city of

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 ci ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It is named after the monastery

Sant Pere de les Puelles Sant Pere de les Puelles (in Catalan, ''Puel·les'', in Spanish, ''Real Monasterio de San Pedro de las Puellas'') is a Benedictine monastery in the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood of the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catal ...

. It is a part of the

Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera () is a neighborhood in the ''Ciutat Vella'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is formed by the former neighborhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera La Ribera (, 'The Shore') is on ...

neighborhood.

Points of interest

*The neighborhood received its name from the 10th century monastery of

, (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 Palau de la Música Catalana (, en, Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan '' modernista'' style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for O ...

(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.''"Time Out Online"''

References

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