Virreina Palace
The Virreina Palace is a building in the city of Barcelona. Situated on the famous La Rambla avenue, today it houses the headquarters of the City Council's Culture Institute, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and hosts various temporary art exhibitions and cultural events.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Rambla and Library of Catalonia.
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 260 metres southeast of Virreina Palace.
Library of Catalonia
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Library of Catalonia is the Catalan national library, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The primary mission of the Library of Catalonia is to collect, preserve, and spread Catalan bibliographic production and that related to the Catalan linguistic… Library of Catalonia is situated 220 metres southwest of Virreina Palace.
Liceu
Theater building
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu, or simply Liceu, is a theater in Barcelona, Spain. Situated on La Rambla, it is the city's oldest theater building still in use for its original purpose. Liceu is situated 290 metres southeast of Virreina Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and The Raval.
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.
The Raval
Quarter
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Raval is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia. The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the old port, was formerly known as Barri Xinès or Barrio Chino, meaning "Chinatown".
Virreina Palace
- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural property in Barcelona, Spain
- Categories: palace, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.38235° or 41° 22′ 57″ northLongitude
2.17153° or 2° 10′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8FH495JC+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 132533806OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1798216
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Virreina Palace” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Erreginaordearen jauregia”
- Catalan: “Espai Miserachs”
- Catalan: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Chinese: “总督夫人宫”
- Dutch: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Dutch: “Virreina Palace”
- French: “palais de la Virreina”
- French: “Palais de la Virreina”
- Galician: “Palau de la Virreina”
- German: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Italian: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Norwegian: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Spanish: “Palacio de la Virreina”
- Spanish: “Palau de la virreina”
- Turkish: “Palau de la Virreina”
- Turkish: “Virreina Sarayı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaça de Sant Galdric and La Rambla.
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