Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella is, as its name suggests, the oldest part of Barcelona. Centred along the Las Ramblas boulevard, it includes Barcelona's old port as well as parts built from the early Middle Ages to mid-19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palau de la Música Catalana and La Rambla.
Palau de la Música Catalana
Theater building
Photo: Doomuu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 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.
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.
Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys
Stadium
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eixample and Sants-Montjuïc.
Eixample
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eixample is the quarter designed during the middle of the 19th century by Ildefons Cerdà, expanding the medieval city of Barcelona into space left empty for defence outside the city walls.
Sants-Montjuïc
Sants-Montjuïc is a district in the southwest of Barcelona. Many of its attractions focus on the Parc de Montjuïc, which has museums, a castle, Olympic facilities and some great views overlooking the city.
Ciutat Vella
- Type: Locality with 102,000 residents
- Location: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.3809° or 41° 22′ 51″ northLongitude
2.1811° or 2° 10′ 52″ eastPopulation
102,000Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
8FH495JJ+8CGeoNames ID
11549760
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