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Thursday, May 17th 2012
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Harbour Palace Apartments
Barcelona Apartments - Autumn discounts with amazing views
Barcelona Ramblas Clock Apartment
New ADSL Wi-Fi Internet Connection in the Ramblas Clock
Barcelona Apartments in Born Area
Harbour Palace apartments in a building with views over the Marina Port Vell
Winter special discounts on Barcelona apartments
Autumn in Barcelona with special discounts
Barcelona apartments in Gracia
Vila Gracia Barcelona flats building, short and long term rentals
Works in the City Center Penthouse apartments City Block
Construction of a Municipal Parking, Gymnasium and Pre-school building
Plaza Real in Barcelona
Popular Square at the side of the famous Ramblas with nice bars and restaurants
Las Ramblas
Popular street in Barcelona to stroll from Port Vell to Plaça Catalunya
Barcelona Bus Turistic - Tourist Bus
An interesting way to discover the most important sights of Barcelona
Specchio Magico in Barcelona
Italian Atmosphere Restaurant in Gracia Neighbourhood
Modernisme Walking Tour
A Stroll to discover Barcelona's Catalan Modernist Style Architecture
Homenatge a Picasso (Tribute to Picasso in Barcelona)
Antoni Tàpies Sculpture at the passeig Picasso close to the Parc de la Ciutadella
Barcelona Aquarium
Moll d'Espanya del Port Vell de Barcelona
Roman Barcelona – Barcino
Conjunt Monumental de la Plaça del Rei - Gothic Neighborhood
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Catalan modernist Hospitalary complex by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Cerveceria El Vaso de Oro
First-rate Tapas Bar and good Chilled Beer in the Barceloneta Neighborhood
Plaça Catalunya Barcelona Square
Plaça Catalunya, large square in between Ciutat Vella and the Barcelona Eixample
Kiosko Universal in the Mercat de la Boqueria
Seafood and fresh fish restaurant in Boqueria Market
Mercat de la Concepcio, Eixample Neighborhood
Oldest fresh food Market in the Eixample Neighborhood
Enchanting Barcelona Tours
A different way to discover Barcelona
Apartments in Barcelona
About Barcelona
In About Barcelona we have information of things that are happening in the city, events, fairs, congresses, or popular events that will take place together with Festivals and Concerts, Sporting Events and Art Exhibitions. Also information on interesting places to vist and what we like to call our favourite places, museums and outdoor sculptures. And if you are interested, we can provide your Barcelona Accommodation for your stay during the events, congresses or Festivals you are willing to participate.
We hope that our Barcelona apartments will suit your needs during your visit to the city.
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
The San Miguel Mas i Mas Festival 2010, held from July 29 to September 1, offer a billboard of over 160 concerts of different styles of music. The eighth edition of the Festival San Miguel Mas i Mas will take place at the venues of L’Auditori and the Palau de la Musica as well as other traditional venues like Los Tarantos, the Jamboree Jazz Club, The Moog techno dance club, Luz de Gas or the Caixa Catalunya Auditori in the Pedrera building.
With the idea of providing first class cultural activity during the quietest month in the city, the Mas i Mas group, with the help of...
San Miguel Mas i Mas 2010 Festival
The San Miguel Mas i Mas Festival 2010, held from July 29 to September 1, offer a billboard of over 160 concerts of different styles of music. The eighth edition of the Festival San Miguel Mas i Mas will take place at the venues of L’Auditori and the Palau de la Musica as well as other traditional venues like Los Tarantos, the Jamboree Jazz Club, The Moog techno dance club, Luz de Gas or the Caixa Catalunya Auditori in the Pedrera building.
With the idea of providing first class cultural activity during the quietest month in the city, the Mas i Mas group, with the help of...
City Info > Tours
The Modernisme (Catalan for modernism) was a Catalan Art movement at the turn of the 20th century, equivalent to other art movements in Europe like the Art Nouveau, the Jugendstil or the Stile Liberty, that was centered specially in Barcelona with the work of architect Antoni Gaudí as the most known. The Modernisme was a cultural movement led by anti-traditionalist intellectuals who attempted to update Catalan arts and ideas so as to uplift Catalan culture to a par with other European cultures. Such renewal included a distinctive style of Art Nouveau, and was clearly influenced by the...
Modernisme Walking Tour
The Modernisme (Catalan for modernism) was a Catalan Art movement at the turn of the 20th century, equivalent to other art movements in Europe like the Art Nouveau, the Jugendstil or the Stile Liberty, that was centered specially in Barcelona with the work of architect Antoni Gaudí as the most known. The Modernisme was a cultural movement led by anti-traditionalist intellectuals who attempted to update Catalan arts and ideas so as to uplift Catalan culture to a par with other European cultures. Such renewal included a distinctive style of Art Nouveau, and was clearly influenced by the...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
Eixample Dret - Passeig de Gracia Avenue.
The Casa Batllo (Batllo House) is a rework done by the architect Antoni Gaudí, over a previously existing private building on the site, designed by architect Emili Sala Cortes.The wealthy industrial Josep Batlló i Casanovas commissioned the work Gaudi for the refurbishment, focused mainly on the re-design of thefacade, the main floor, the interior patios and the roof, and also adding a fifth floor for the service personnel. The facade was covered with sandstone from The Montjuich Mountain and ceramic pieces of different colours in curved...
Casa Batllo - Antonio Gaudi
Eixample Dret - Passeig de Gracia Avenue.
The Casa Batllo (Batllo House) is a rework done by the architect Antoni Gaudí, over a previously existing private building on the site, designed by architect Emili Sala Cortes.The wealthy industrial Josep Batlló i Casanovas commissioned the work Gaudi for the refurbishment, focused mainly on the re-design of thefacade, the main floor, the interior patios and the roof, and also adding a fifth floor for the service personnel. The facade was covered with sandstone from The Montjuich Mountain and ceramic pieces of different colours in curved...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
La Pedrera, Fundacion Caixa Catalunya. October 08 to January 09.
Aleksandr Mijáilovich Ródchenko (Saint Petersburg, 1891-Moscow, 1956) was one of the key figures of the Russian avant-garde movement of the 20th century and one of its most multi-talented artists.
The construction of the future, a large exhibition devoted to the workforce of Rodchenko, offers a comprehensive look at the career of this multifaceted Russian artist, bringing together about 250 works representing strands that Rodchenko practiced throughout his life: painting, design (graphic, interior, textile,...
Rodchenko, The Construction of the Future
La Pedrera, Fundacion Caixa Catalunya. October 08 to January 09.
Aleksandr Mijáilovich Ródchenko (Saint Petersburg, 1891-Moscow, 1956) was one of the key figures of the Russian avant-garde movement of the 20th century and one of its most multi-talented artists.
The construction of the future, a large exhibition devoted to the workforce of Rodchenko, offers a comprehensive look at the career of this multifaceted Russian artist, bringing together about 250 works representing strands that Rodchenko practiced throughout his life: painting, design (graphic, interior, textile,...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
Eixample Dret
Residential building, known as "La Pedrera" or "Stone Quarry", the Casa Milà was designed by Antoni Gaudi and build in between 1906 and 1910 for the rich Milá family.
It is one of Gaudi’s essential residential buildings and in which his work is more elaborated not only in the magnificent sculptural façade of curved stone with the forged iron balconies, or the roof top with the incredible chimneys with forms of soldiers, or the attic with the brick vaults he had already used in the building s of the School of Santa Teresa and the...
La Pedrera - Casa Mila - Antonio Gaudi
Eixample Dret
Residential building, known as "La Pedrera" or "Stone Quarry", the Casa Milà was designed by Antoni Gaudi and build in between 1906 and 1910 for the rich Milá family.
It is one of Gaudi’s essential residential buildings and in which his work is more elaborated not only in the magnificent sculptural façade of curved stone with the forged iron balconies, or the roof top with the incredible chimneys with forms of soldiers, or the attic with the brick vaults he had already used in the building s of the School of Santa Teresa and the...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
El Carmel - Gracia Neighbourhood
The park was originally planned by Gaudi as a new development for more than 60 luxury single-family residences in an aristocratic city-garden, with the intention to exploit the fresh air (well away from smoky factories) and the beautiful views, and did count with the support of Count Eusebi de Güell. The idea was taken from the English garden city movement. The site was a rocky hill with little vegetation and few trees, called Muntanya Pelada (Bare Mountain). The basic structures for the infrastructure of the future city, the exterior wall, the entrance...
Park Güell in Barcelona
El Carmel - Gracia Neighbourhood
The park was originally planned by Gaudi as a new development for more than 60 luxury single-family residences in an aristocratic city-garden, with the intention to exploit the fresh air (well away from smoky factories) and the beautiful views, and did count with the support of Count Eusebi de Güell. The idea was taken from the English garden city movement. The site was a rocky hill with little vegetation and few trees, called Muntanya Pelada (Bare Mountain). The basic structures for the infrastructure of the future city, the exterior wall, the entrance...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
Sagrada Familia - Eixample
It is difficult to add something new to the many things said about this work in progress unfinished Temple. More than 125 years from the day that the foundation stone was placed by the Bishop Urquinaona, the initial project much more traditional, the Gaudi new design much more revolutionary, the dead of Gaudi, the Civil War and the fire in the workshop that destroyed many of the original models, the reconstruction of the burn crypt and models, the different political situations in Spain and in Catalunya through the years, the new architects and Sculptors selected...
Temple de la Sagrada Familia - Holy Family Temple
Sagrada Familia - Eixample
It is difficult to add something new to the many things said about this work in progress unfinished Temple. More than 125 years from the day that the foundation stone was placed by the Bishop Urquinaona, the initial project much more traditional, the Gaudi new design much more revolutionary, the dead of Gaudi, the Civil War and the fire in the workshop that destroyed many of the original models, the reconstruction of the burn crypt and models, the different political situations in Spain and in Catalunya through the years, the new architects and Sculptors selected...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Space La Pedrera - June September 2007
Nicolas de Staël, was born in Saint Petersburg in 1914 in one old aristocratic family next to the czar. The Russian revolution of 1917 forces the family to the exile in Poland where their parents died. He was then taken care by a resident Russian couple in Brussels where he initiates his learning in the Royal Academy of Arts and where he discovers from Rembrandt to Vermeer.
It was in 1943 when he arrives to Paris and meets Caesar Domela, another great abstract painter. It was a very difficult period, in which her companion Jeanine died because of...
Nicolas de Stael
Space La Pedrera - June September 2007
Nicolas de Staël, was born in Saint Petersburg in 1914 in one old aristocratic family next to the czar. The Russian revolution of 1917 forces the family to the exile in Poland where their parents died. He was then taken care by a resident Russian couple in Brussels where he initiates his learning in the Royal Academy of Arts and where he discovers from Rembrandt to Vermeer.
It was in 1943 when he arrives to Paris and meets Caesar Domela, another great abstract painter. It was a very difficult period, in which her companion Jeanine died because of...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
Eclectic Musical Offering in Barcelona, July to September 2007
Festival for the summer nights, with programs that covers everything from jazz to electronic pop. Names like the Buenavista Social Club band with music from the isle of Cuba, the afro-Cuban artist Manolito Simonet, the Caribbean salsa rhythms of José Luís Cortés and NG La Banda or Lucrecia accompanied by the Barcelona Symphonic Orchestra. Also it will be possible to listen to the Orquestra Árabe de Barcelona with guests like Omar Sosa, Omar Faruk, Miquel Gil and Lucrecia. Other names like Wayne Shorter...
Mas i Mas Festival
Eclectic Musical Offering in Barcelona, July to September 2007
Festival for the summer nights, with programs that covers everything from jazz to electronic pop. Names like the Buenavista Social Club band with music from the isle of Cuba, the afro-Cuban artist Manolito Simonet, the Caribbean salsa rhythms of José Luís Cortés and NG La Banda or Lucrecia accompanied by the Barcelona Symphonic Orchestra. Also it will be possible to listen to the Orquestra Árabe de Barcelona with guests like Omar Sosa, Omar Faruk, Miquel Gil and Lucrecia. Other names like Wayne Shorter...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Fundacio Caixa Catalunya – La Pedrera - February to May 2007
This exhibition, which includes paintings, drawings and prints, as well as sound recordings, films and graphic and documentary material, reveals the key role that music played at the heart of ideological and stylistic conflicts fuelled by the Third Reich.
To complete and understand better the exhibition there is a cycle of screenings related to the exhibition and a Cycle of conferences about "Language and Extermination". From February 27th to May 27th 2007.
Exhibition Space. La Pedrera. Passeig de Gràcia,...
Music and the Third Reich. From Bayreuth to Terezín
Fundacio Caixa Catalunya – La Pedrera - February to May 2007
This exhibition, which includes paintings, drawings and prints, as well as sound recordings, films and graphic and documentary material, reveals the key role that music played at the heart of ideological and stylistic conflicts fuelled by the Third Reich.
To complete and understand better the exhibition there is a cycle of screenings related to the exhibition and a Cycle of conferences about "Language and Extermination". From February 27th to May 27th 2007.
Exhibition Space. La Pedrera. Passeig de Gràcia,...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Fundacio Caixa Catalunya – La Pedrera - December 06 to March 07
Great Masters of European Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork. For the first time in Barcelona it is possible to see about forty works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which, in a visit that begins in the seventeenth century and comes to a close at the end of the nineteenth, looks at the main artistic periods in the history of the European art of those centuries. Outstanding, among others, are names so important in universal art, like El Greco, who opens this visit, Van Dyck,...
From El Greco to Cézanne
Fundacio Caixa Catalunya – La Pedrera - December 06 to March 07
Great Masters of European Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork. For the first time in Barcelona it is possible to see about forty works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which, in a visit that begins in the seventeenth century and comes to a close at the end of the nineteenth, looks at the main artistic periods in the history of the European art of those centuries. Outstanding, among others, are names so important in universal art, like El Greco, who opens this visit, Van Dyck,...