La Boqueria
The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, usually simply referred to as La Boqueria, is a large public market in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and one of the city's foremost tourist landmarks, with an entrance from La Rambla, not far from the Liceu, Barcelona's opera house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mall
- Description: Public market in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “Mercat de La Boqueria”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Rambla and Virreina Palace.
La Rambla
La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla is situated 200 metres southeast of La Boqueria.
Virreina Palace
Museum
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The Virreina Palace is a building in the city of Barcelona. Situated on the famous La Rambla avenue, today it houses the headquarters of the City Council's Culture Institute, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and hosts various temporary art exhibitions and cultural events.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and The Raval.
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.
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".
La Boqueria
- Category: market hall
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“La Boqueria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لابوكويريا”
- Armenian: “Բոկերիա շուկա”
- Asturian: “Mercáu de la Boquería”
- Basque: “La Boqueria”
- Catalan: “La Boqueria”
- Catalan: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- Catalan: “Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria”
- Catalan: “Mercat de Sant Josep”
- Catalan: “Sant Josep de la Boqueria”
- Chinese: “博克里亚市场”
- Chinese: “博克里亞市場”
- Chinese: “博蓋利亞市場”
- Danish: “La Boqueria”
- Dutch: “Boqueria”
- Dutch: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- French: “La Boqueria”
- French: “La Boquería”
- French: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- Galician: “La Boqueria”
- German: “La Boqueria”
- German: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- German: “Mercat de Sant Josep”
- Hebrew: “לה בוקריה”
- Hebrew: “מרקט דה לה בוקריה”
- Hungarian: “La Boqueria”
- Italian: “Boqueria”
- Italian: “Boquería”
- Italian: “La Boqueria”
- Italian: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- Japanese: “サン・ジュゼップ市場”
- Japanese: “ラ・ブカリーア”
- Japanese: “ラ・ボケリーア”
- Japanese: “ラ・ボケリア”
- Korean: “라 보케리아”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Boqueria”
- Norwegian: “La Boqueria”
- Persian: “لا بوکریا”
- Polish: “La Boqueria”
- Portuguese: “La Boqueria”
- Russian: “Mercat de la Boqueria”
- Russian: “Бокерия”
- Russian: “Рынок Бокерия”
- Spanish: “La Boqueria”
- Spanish: “La Boquería”
- Spanish: “Mercado de San José de la Boquería”
- Swedish: “La Boqueria”
- Turkish: “La Boqueria”
- Ukrainian: “Ла Букарія”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Букарія”
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