Biblioteca Balmes
Biblioteca Balmes is a library in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia. Biblioteca Balmes is situated nearby to Plaça del Vuit de Març, as well as near the archaeological site Aquaeductus Romanus.Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palau de la Música Catalana and Museum of the History of Barcelona.
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. Palau de la Música Catalana is situated 220 metres north of Biblioteca Balmes.
Museum of the History of Barcelona
Museum
Photo: Kippelboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Museum of the History of Barcelona is situated 330 metres southeast of Biblioteca Balmes.
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 540 metres south of Biblioteca Balmes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and Santa Caterina.
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.
Sant Pere
Neighborhood
Photo: Carquinyol, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Biblioteca Balmes
- Type: Library
- Description: library in Spain
- Categories: main library, heritage library, church library, and education
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.38567° or 41° 23′ 8″ northLongitude
2.17441° or 2° 10′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8FH495PF+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4707063538OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q17405599
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Biblioteca Balmes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Balmes”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Balmesiana”
- Italian: “Biblioteca Balmes”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Balmes - Fundación Balmesiana”
- Turkish: “Balmes Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “Biblioteca Balmes”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aquaeductus Romanus and Plaça del Vuit de Març.
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