Grand Royal Palace
The Palau Reial Major is a complex of historic buildings located in Plaça del Rei, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was a residence of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: palace in Barcelona, Spain (European Union)
- Also known as: “Palau Reial Major”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the History of Barcelona and Chapel of Santa Àgata.
Museum of the History of Barcelona
Museum
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The Museum of the History of Barcelona is a history museum that conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day.
Chapel of Santa Àgata
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The Chapel of Santa Àgata is a chapel located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
Palau de la Música Catalana
Theater building
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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. Palau de la Música Catalana is situated 420 metres northwest of Grand Royal Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and Santa Caterina.
Gothic Quarter
Quarter
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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.
Sant Pere
Neighborhood
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Sant Pere is a traditional neighborhood of the old city of Barcelona, Spain. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Nowadays, it is a part of the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood.
Grand Royal Palace
- Category: palace
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Grand Royal Palace” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Errege Jauregi Nagusia”
- Catalan: “Palau comtal”
- Catalan: “Palau Reial Major de Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Palau Reial Major”
- Chinese: “巴塞罗那大王宫”
- Chinese: “巴塞羅那大王宮”
- Chinese: “巴塞隆拿大王宮”
- Chinese: “巴塞隆納大王宮”
- Danish: “wew”
- Dutch: “Palau Reial Major”
- Galician: “Palau Reial Major”
- Italian: “Palau Reial Major”
- Japanese: “パラウ・レイアル・マジョール”
- Polish: “Palau Reial Major”
- Russian: “Большой королевский дворец”
- Slovak: “Major Palau Reial”
- Slovak: “Palacio Real Mayor”
- Spanish: “Palacio Real de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Palacio Real Mayor de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Palacio Real Mayor”
- Spanish: “Palau Reial Major”
- Turkish: “Büyük Kraliyet Sarayı”
- Turkish: “Palau Reial Major”
- Turkish: “Reial Major Sarayı”
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