Catalonia
Barcelona
Ciutat Vella

Old Port

Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in , , , and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: port of Barcelona, Spain
  • Also known as: “Port Vell” and “Port Vell de Barcelona”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Columbus Monument and Torre del Rellotge.

Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of , , , . It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse.

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The is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the of in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Barceloneta and La Ribera.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the district of , , . The neighborhood was built in the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the .

Neighborhood
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is one of the areas of the quarter of of of .

Quarter
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The 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.

Old Port

Latitude
41.37446° or 41° 22′ 28″ north
Longitude
2.18394° or 2° 11′ 2″ east
Open location code
8FH495FM+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1433948721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q1114612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Old Port” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورت فيل”
  • Catalan: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Catalan: “Port Vell”
  • Chinese: “旧港”
  • Chinese: “舊港”
  • Czech: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Dutch: “Port Vell”
  • French: “Port Vell”
  • French: “Vieux port de Barcelone”
  • Galician: “Port Vell”
  • German: “Port Vell”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ול”
  • Italian: “Port Vell”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・ベイ”
  • Korean: “벨 항”
  • Korean: “벨 항구”
  • Korean: “포트 벨”
  • Korean: “포트벨”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Vell”
  • Norwegian: “Port Vell”
  • Persian: “پورت بل”
  • Polish: “Port Vell”
  • Spanish: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Port Vell”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Viejo de Barcelona”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Port”. Photo: Jopsens, CC BY-SA 3.0.