Santa Caterina

Santa Caterina is a neighborhood in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia. Santa Caterina is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sant Pere, as well as near Gothic Quarter.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Palau de la Música Catalana and Picasso Museum.

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.

Picasso Museum

Museum

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The Museu Picasso is an art museum in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, with a total of 4251 of his works.

Mercat de Santa Caterina

Marketplace

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Mercat de Santa Caterina is a marketplace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Pere and Gothic Quarter.

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.

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.