The Raval

El Raval is a neighborhood in the district of , the capital city of . The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the , was formerly known as Barri Xinès or Barrio Chino, meaning "Chinatown".
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  • Type: Quarter with 45,700 residents
  • Description: administrative quarter in Barcelona in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain
  • Also known as: “Barrio Chino”, “El Raval”, “El Raval neighorhood”, “El Raval neighourhood”, and “Raval”

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Rambla and Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art.

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is considered the most well known street in central . A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the in its center with the at .

Museum
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The is a contemporary art museum situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval neighborhood, district, in , , Spain.

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The is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighborhood of in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Antoni and Gothic Quarter.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the district of , . Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest and most popular in the city, especially with the secondhand book stalls that surround the building Sunday mornings.

Quarter
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The is the historic centre of the old city of . It stretches from to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

The Raval

Latitude
41.37985° or 41° 22′ 48″ north
Longitude
2.16868° or 2° 10′ 7″ east
Population
45,700
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8FH495H9+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1433947858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
3123673
Wiki­data ID
Q1758503
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“The Raval” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ռավալ”
  • Basque: “El Raval”
  • Catalan: “Barri del Raval”
  • Catalan: “Barri xino”
  • Catalan: “el Raval”
  • Catalan: “El Raval”
  • Catalan: “Raval de Barcelona”
  • Catalan: “Raval”
  • Chinese: “Raval拉巴尔区”
  • Chinese: “Raval拉巴爾區”
  • Chinese: “埃尔拉瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “拉巴尔”
  • Chinese: “拉巴爾”
  • Croatian: “El Raval”
  • Czech: “El Raval”
  • Czech: “Raval”
  • Dutch: “El Raval”
  • Dutch: “Raval”
  • Esperanto: “El Raval”
  • French: “El Raval”
  • French: “Raval”
  • Galician: “El Raval”
  • German: “El Raval”
  • Hebrew: “אל רבאל”
  • Irish: “El Raval”
  • Italian: “El Raval”
  • Italian: “Raval”
  • Japanese: “エル・ラバル”
  • Japanese: “ラバル地区”
  • Korean: “라발 / 바리 크시니스”
  • Malagasy: “El Raval”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Raval”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raval”
  • Norwegian: “El Raval”
  • Persian: “ال رابال”
  • Polish: “El Raval”
  • Polish: “Raval”
  • Portuguese: “El Raval”
  • Romanian: “El Raval”
  • Romanian: “Raval”
  • Russian: “Эль Раваль”
  • Slovenian: “El Raval”
  • Slovenian: “Raval”
  • Spanish: “Barri del Raval”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Chino de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Barrio del Raval”
  • Spanish: “Barrio el Raval”
  • Spanish: “El Raval”
  • Spanish: “Raval”
  • Swedish: “El Raval”
  • Swedish: “Raval”
  • Turkish: “El Raval”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель Раваль”

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