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: Barri Xino”, “El Raval”, “El Raval neighorhood”, “El Raval neighourhood”, and “Raval

Places of Interest

Highlights include Library of Catalonia and La Rambla.

Library
The is the Catalan national library, located in , , . The primary mission of the is to collect, preserve, and spread Catalan bibliographic production and that related to the Catalan linguistic…

Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
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
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
The is a contemporary art museum situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval neighborhood, district, in , , Spain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Antoni and Gothic Quarter.

Quarter
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
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.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the district of , . The neighborhood is located between mountain and the Avinguda del Paral·lel.

The Raval

Latitude
41.37952° or 41° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude
2.16837° or 2° 10′ 6″ east
Population
45,700
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8FH495H9+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1433947858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
3123673
Wiki­data ID
Q1758503
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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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Highlights include Casa Leopoldo and El Llantiol.

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