Drassanes
The Barcelona Royal Shipyard is a shipyard and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Today it houses the Barcelona Maritime Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: shipyard
- Also known as: “Barcelona Royal Shipyard”, “Royal Shipyard”, and “Royal Shipyards of Barcelona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Columbus Monument and Duana del Port de Barcelona.
Columbus Monument
Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Columbus Monument is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Columbus Monument is situated 120 metres northeast of Drassanes.
Duana del Port de Barcelona
Public building
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Duana del Port de Barcelona is a public building.
Palau Güell
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palau Güell 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 Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Palau Güell is situated 450 metres northwest of Drassanes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Port and The Raval.
Old Port
Suburb
Photo: Jopsens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The Raval
Quarter
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Raval is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia. The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the old port, was formerly known as Barri Xinès or Barrio Chino, meaning "Chinatown".
Gothic Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY 3.0.
The Gothic Quarter is the historic centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.
Drassanes
- Categories: shipyard, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Drassanes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bartzelonako Errege Ontziola”
- Basque: “Drassanes”
- Catalan: “Drassanes Reials de Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Drassanes Reials”
- Catalan: “Drassanes”
- Chinese: “巴塞隆納皇家造船廠”
- Czech: “Barcelonská královská loděnice”
- Czech: “Královská loděnice v Barceloně”
- Czech: “Královská loděnice”
- Dutch: “Barcelona Royal Shipyard”
- Dutch: “Koninklijke Scheepswerf van Barcelona”
- French: “Drassanes”
- Galician: “Drassanes Reials de Barcelona”
- German: “Drassanes Reials de Barcelona”
- Hebrew: “המספנות המלכותיות”
- Italian: “Drassanes Reials de Barcelona”
- Japanese: “王立造船所”
- Russian: “Драссанас”
- Spanish: “Atarazanas de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Atarazanas”
- Spanish: “Reales Atarazanas de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Reales Atarazanas”
- Swedish: “Drassanes”
- Ukrainian: “Драссанас”
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