Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia
The Palau del Parlament de Catalunya is the seat of the Parliament of Catalonia, located in Barcelona. It was built between 1717 and 1727 as the arsenal of the Ciutadella, to the designs of Jorge Próspero de Verboom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: Arsenal (later palace) in Catalonia, Spain
- Also known as: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Desolation and Casa dels Lleons.
Desolation
Work of art
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, Public domain.
Desolation is a sculpture that was crafted by Josep Llimona in 1907, which now resides in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Casa dels Lleons
Historic building
Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casa dels Lleons is a historic building, which is situated 150 metres east of Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia.
Picasso Museum
Museum
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The Museu Picasso is an art museum in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, with a total of 4251 of his works. Picasso Museum is situated 730 metres southwest of Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Ribera and La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou.
La Ribera
Neighborhood
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La Ribera is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella of Barcelona.
La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou
Quarter
Photo: Francesc 2000, CC BY 2.0.
La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou or La Villa Olímpica is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia. It was constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games which took place in Barcelona.
La Barceloneta
Quarter
La Barceloneta is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The neighborhood was built in the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the Ciutadella of Barcelona.
Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia
- Categories: parliament building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Arsenal de la Ciutadella”
- Catalan: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
- Catalan: “Parlament de Catalunya”
- Chinese: “加泰隆尼亞議會宮”
- Czech: “Palác katalánského parlamentu”
- French: “palais du Parlement de Catalogne”
- French: “Palais du Parlement de Catalogne”
- Galician: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
- Hebrew: “ארמון הפרלמנט של קטלוניה”
- Malay: “Istana Parlimen Catalonia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
- Norwegian: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
- Slovenian: “palača Parlamenta Katalonije”
- Spanish: “arsenal de la ciudadela”
- Spanish: “Palacio del Parlamento de Cataluña”
- Spanish: “Parlamento de Cataluña”
- Spanish: “polvorín de la ciudadela”
- Turkish: “Palau del Parlament de Catalunya”
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