Gothic Quarter

The Gothic Quarter 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.
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  • Type: Quarter with 24,500 residents
  • Description: the center of the old city of Barcelona
  • Also known as: “Barri Gotic”, “el Barri Gòtic”, and “Gothic Quarter, Barcelona”

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Rambla and Palau de la Música Catalana.

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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 .

Theater building
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is a concert hall in , , . Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença.

Museum
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The is a history museum that conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the historical heritage of the city of , from its origins in Roman times until the present day.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Caterina and Sant Pere.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a traditional neighborhood of the old city of , . It is named after the monastery de les Puelles. Nowadays, it is a part of the neighborhood.

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Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera is a neighborhood in the district of , . It is formed by the former neighborhoods of , Santa Caterina and .

Gothic Quarter

Latitude
41.38384° or 41° 23′ 2″ north
Longitude
2.17451° or 2° 10′ 28″ east
Population
24,500
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
8FH495MF+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1433947776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6544577
Wiki­data ID
Q17154
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Gothic Quarter” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բարսելոնայի գոթական թաղամաս”
  • Basque: “El Gòtic”
  • Belarusian: “Гатычны квартал”
  • Belarusian: “Гатычны Квартал”
  • Catalan: “Barri Gòtic de Barcelona”
  • Catalan: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Catalan: “el Gòtic”
  • Catalan: “El Gòtic”
  • Catalan: “Gòtic”
  • Chinese: “哥特区”
  • Croatian: “Gotička četvrt”
  • Czech: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Dutch: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Dutch: “Gotische wijk”
  • Esperanto: “Gota Kvartalo”
  • Finnish: “El Gòtic”
  • French: “Barrio Gótico”
  • French: “quartier gothique”
  • French: “Quartier gothique”
  • French: “quartier Gótico”
  • Galician: “Barri Gòtic de Barcelona”
  • Galician: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Galician: “Barrio Gótico de Barcelona”
  • Galician: “Barrio Gótico”
  • Galician: “el Gòtic”
  • Galician: “El Gòtic”
  • Galician: “Gòtic”
  • Galician: “O Gótico”
  • German: “Barri Gòtic”
  • German: “gothische Viertel”
  • German: “Gotisches Viertel”
  • German: “Mittelalterviertel”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע הגותי”
  • Hungarian: “Gótikus negyed (Barcelona)”
  • Hungarian: “Gótikus negyed”
  • Indonesian: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Irish: “El Gòtic”
  • Italian: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Italian: “Barrio Gótico”
  • Japanese: “ゴシック”
  • Latin: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Malagasy: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Norwegian: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Persian: “گوتیک کوآرتر بارسلون”
  • Polish: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Portuguese: “El Gòtic”
  • Romanian: “El Gòtic”
  • Russian: “Готический квартал”
  • Slovenian: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Slovenian: “Gotska četrt”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Gotico de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Gótico de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Gótico”
  • Spanish: “Gótico”
  • Swedish: “Barri Gòtic”
  • Turkish: “Gothic Quarter”
  • Turkish: “Gotik Mahallesi, Barselona”
  • Ukrainian: “Готичний квартал”
  • Urdu: “گوتھک کوارٹر، بارسلونا”
  • “Gothic Quarter”

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