Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Barcelona, Spain

The Carmen Amaya Fountain is a sculptural fountain in Barcelona, Spain, located in the Plaza de Brugada, in the neighborhood of La Barceloneta. It was made by the sculptor Rafael Solanic and inaugurated, with the presence of the honoree herself, on February 14, 1959. The initiative corresponded to the journalist Josep Maria Massip and the location is due to the fact that next to that area was Somorrostro, a neighborhood of shacks where the Barcelona dancer Carmen Amaya was born and raised.

Wikipedia: Fuente de Carmen Amaya (ES)

Roman Libra is a sculpture located in Barceloneta, on Carrer d'Andrea Dòria, between Carrer de Miquel Boera and Carrer de la Conreria, in front of the Barceloneta Civic Centre. The work of the Greek sculptor Jannis Kounellis, in 1992 it was installed against and hanging from a party wall on a plot opened by the demolition of a building between the old Almirall Cervera street and Baluard street, but in 2007, as a result of the construction of a new building on the site, it was moved to a current location.

Wikipedia: Balança romana (CA)

The Parc de la Barceloneta is located in the neighbourhood of the same name in Barcelona, bordered by the streets of Doctor Aiguader and Gas, and the promenades of Barceloneta and Salvat Papasseit. From the old Catalana de Gas factory, the metal structure of the gasometer, designed by the engineer Claudi Gil i Serra in 1868, as well as the water tower and the office building, listed as a cultural asset of local interest, remain.

Wikipedia: Torre d'aigües de la Catalana de Gas (CA)

The Parc de les Cascades is located in the Barceloneta district of Barcelona. It was created in 1992 according to a design by the MBM Arquitectes team.

Wikipedia: Parc de les Cascades (CA)

Aquarama Barcelona, or simply Aquarama, was a unique architectural complex of the Barcelona Zoo, intended for the exhibition and study of dolphins, fish and other aquatic animals. It is considered one of the first dolphinariums built in continental Europe.

Wikipedia: Aquarama Barcelona (CA)

Barcelona a Prim is a sculptural monument located in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, in the Ciutat Vella district. It was created in 1887 with an architectural design by Josep Fontserè i Mestre, while the sculptural part was in charge of Lluís Puiggener. The original work was destroyed in 1936 and replaced in 1948 by another by Frederic Marès. The monument is dedicated to the Catalan military and politician Joan Prim i Prats, President of the Council of Ministers of Spain and one of the architects of the 1868 Revolution. This work is registered as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest (BCIL) in the Inventory of Catalan Cultural Heritage with the code 08019/870.

Wikipedia: Barcelona a Prim (CA), Website

Desolation is a sculpture that was crafted by Josep Llimona in 1907, which now resides in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Desolation (Llimona) (EN)

The Castle of the Three Dragons, is the popular name given to the modernisme building built between 1887 and 1888 as a Café-Restaurant for the 1888 Universal Exposition of Barcelona by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. This name was probably adopted from the 1865 play by Serafí Pitarra.

Wikipedia: Castle of the Three Dragons (EN)

Mercat del Born is a former public market and one of the most important buildings in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain constructed with iron. Located in the lower and eastern side of the la Ribera neighborhood, it is the largest covered square in all of Europe and marked the start of Modernisme in Catalan architecture.

Wikipedia: Mercat del Born (EN), Website

The Fossar de les Moreres is a memorial square in Barcelona, adjacent to the basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. The plaza was built over a cemetery where defenders of the city were buried following the Siege of Barcelona at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714. The plaza features a memorial to the fallen Catalans of the war, with a torch of eternal flame and a heroic poem by Frederic Soler, "El Fossar de les Moreres".

Wikipedia: Fossar de les Moreres (EN)

The Fountain of the Catalan Genius is a monumental fountain located in the Pla de Palau, in Barcelona, dedicated to the Marquis of Campo Sagrado, Captain General of Catalonia between 1824-1827.

Wikipedia: Font del Geni Català (CA)

The Wind Rose is an abstract sculpture located in the Plaça de Pau Vila in Barcelona, in front of the Palau de Mar. Work of the German artist Lothar Baumgarten, it consists of metal letters embedded in the pavement of the square, which form the eight names of the winds of Catalonia, each oriented in the direction that the wind is coming from. It is inspired by the poem Veles e vents by Ausiàs Marc. It was inaugurated on July 21, 1992, a few days before the opening of the Barcelona Olympic Games.

Wikipedia: La rosa dels vents (CA)

The Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy is a Baroque-style basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia. Our Lady of Mercy has been the patron saint of the city of Barcelona since 1687.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (EN)

The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in Barcelona, Spain dedicated to the culture of cannabis that opened on May 9, 2012.

Wikipedia: Hemp Museum Gallery (EN), Website

The Roman Wall of Barcelona is a work declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest. From Plaça Nova, it went along Avinguda de la Catedral, Carrer de la Tapineria and Carrer del Sotstinent Navarro, Plaça dels Traginers, and Carrer del Correo Vell, Carrer Regomir, Carrer Avinyó, Carrer Banys Nous, and Carrer de la Palla.

Wikipedia: Muralla romana de Barcelona (CA)

The Requesens Palace, also called the Countess of Palamós, is a building in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, ​​declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest. It is currently the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Good Letters and also houses the Gallery of Illustrious Catalans.

Wikipedia: Palau Requesens (CA)

The church of Sant Sever is located on the street of the same name in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, very close to the Cathedral, and is listed as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest. Unlike most of Barcelona's churches, it was not destroyed during the Civil War, which is why the interior, an example of Catalan Baroque, has been so well preserved. Since 2002, it has been part of the chapter of the Cathedral of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Església de Sant Sever (CA)

The Barcelona Footwear Museum is a small museum located in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, in Plaça de Sant Felip Neri that was inaugurated in 1970 and closed at the end of 2015. He stayed in the House of the Shoemakers' Guild, headquarters of the brotherhood of master shoemakers. The building is a work protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Museu del Calçat (CA)

Santa Maria del Pi is a 15th-century Gothic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Plaça del Pi, in the Barri Gòtic district of the city.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona (EN), Website

The Mosaic of the Pla de l'Os, also known as the Miró Pavement, is a 1976 work by Joan Miró that is located in the Pla de la Boqueria, on the Rambla de Barcelona, a natural path for those who come and go from the sea to the city. The work was inaugurated on December 30, 1976, and is included in the catalog Public Art of Barcelona. The mosaic was executed by Joan Gardy-Artigas, with the collaboration of the Escofet workshops, specialized in terrazzo pieces.

Wikipedia: Mosaic del Pla de l'Os (CA)

The Virreina Palace is a building in the city of Barcelona. Situated on the famous La Rambla avenue, today it houses the headquarters of the City Council's Culture Institute, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB) and hosts various temporary art exhibitions and cultural events.

Wikipedia: Virreina Palace (EN)

The convent of Sant Agustí Nou was a group of buildings belonging to the Augustinian order, of which some remains still remain, such as the old library, now a hotel, and the church, listed as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Convent de Sant Agustí Nou (CA)

La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the neighbourhoods of the Barri Gòtic to the east and the El Raval to the west.

Wikipedia: La Rambla, Barcelona (EN)

The Columbus Monument is a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. The monument serves as a reminder that Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V in Barcelona after his first trip to the new continent.

Wikipedia: Columbus Monument, Barcelona (EN)

The Arnau Theatre is a building located at Avinguda del Paral·lel, 60 in Barcelona, listed as an asset with elements of interest.

Wikipedia: Teatre Arnau (CA)

The Gran Teatre Espanyol is a theatre located at Avinguda del Paral·lel, 62 in the city of Barcelona. Between 1892 and 1980, it operated under different names, and also as a cinema and discotheque. It is currently the Paral·lel 62 space and is part of the municipal project Cases de Cultura de Barcelona.

Wikipedia: BARTS, Barcelona Arts on Stage (CA)

The Teatre Tantarantana is a performance hall in Barcelona opened in 1992 at no. 16 of the street of the same name, which in 1996 moved to its current location at Carrer de les Flors, 22 del Raval.

Wikipedia: Teatre Tantarantana (CA), Website

The Plaça del Pedró is a square in the Raval district of Barcelona. It has a triangular shape with two sides delimited by Carrer del Carme and Carrer de l'Hospital, which join in Carrer de Sant Antoni Abat.

Wikipedia: Plaça del Pedró (CA)

The Teatre Condal is a theatre located at Paral·lel, number 91. Opened in 1903, it is still in operation, in a new building.

Wikipedia: Teatre Condal (CA)

Plaça d'Espanya is one of Barcelona's most important squares, built on the occasion of the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, held at the foot of Montjuïc, in the Sants-Montjuïc district.

Wikipedia: Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona (EN)