{"id":58684,"date":"2015-10-16T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=58684"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:18:42","slug":"sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera: Barrios of Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera<\/strong> is one of the four neighborhoods that form the district of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>Ciutat Vella<\/strong><\/a>. This is one of the oldest areas of the city, which also means it is one of the areas with the most history in the city. The neighborhood is formed by what used to be three different areas, one was Sant Pere, the other Santa Caterina, and the third one, La Ribera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\/born-sant-pere-caterina\"><strong>neighborhood of<\/strong> <strong>Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera<\/strong><\/span> is one of the hippest and most fashionable neighborhoods in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, famously known as <strong>\u201cEl Born\u201d<\/strong>, despite <strong>El Born<\/strong> being only a specific area inside the neighborhood, surrounding the Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/nova-esquerra-de-leixample\/\">Barrios of Barcelona: La Nova Esquerra de l\u2019Eixample<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#Things_to_see_and_do_in_the_Sant_Pere_Santa_Caterina_i_la_Ribera_neighborhood\" title=\"Things to see and do in the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood\">Things to see and do in the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#Museu_Picasso\" title=\"Museu Picasso\">Museu Picasso<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#Palau_de_la_Musica_Catalana\" title=\"Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana\">Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#El_Born_Centre_Cultural\" title=\"El Born Centre Cultural\">El Born Centre Cultural<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#Santa_Maria_del_Mar\" title=\"Santa Maria del Mar\">Santa Maria del Mar<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#MEAM_Museu_Europeu_dArt_Modern\" title=\"MEAM: Museu Europeu d\u2019Art Modern\">MEAM: Museu Europeu d\u2019Art Modern<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sant-pere-santa-caterina-i-la-ribera-barrios-of-barcelona\/#7_Portes\" title=\"7 Portes\">7 Portes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_see_and_do_in_the_Sant_Pere_Santa_Caterina_i_la_Ribera_neighborhood\"><\/span>Things to see and do in the Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera neighborhood<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Museu_Picasso\"><\/span>Museu Picasso<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_58685\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58685\" class=\"wp-image-58685 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3046949899_7a65038b6c_b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"courtyard picasso museum barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Occupying a thirteenth-century palace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/museu-picasso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Museu Picasso<\/strong><\/a> has a collection of more than 4.000 works by the Spanish artist, like <strong>Bodeg\u00f3n<\/strong> (1901), <strong>La espera (Margot)<\/strong> (1901),<strong> Caballo Corneado<\/strong> (1917) e <strong>Las Meninas<\/strong> (1957).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Museu Picasso<\/strong> is located at Carrer de Montcada, 15-23.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Palau_de_la_Musica_Catalana\"><\/span>Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/palau-musica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> is one of the most important music halls in Barcelona. It was designed in the beginning of the twentieth century by architect <strong>Llu\u00eds Domen\u00e8ch i Montaner<\/strong>, and is considered today one of the essential pieces of the <strong>Catalan modernist movement<\/strong>, having been declared World Heritage by UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana<\/strong> is located at Carrer Palau de la Musica, 4-6.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Born_Centre_Cultural\"><\/span>El Born Centre Cultural<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_99602\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99602\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9854266376_184a01620e_h-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"el born cultural centre barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by tgrauros via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/el-born-centre-cultural\/\"><strong>El Born Centre Cultural<\/strong><\/a> is a cultural center that occupies what used to be the old Born Market. The building was designed by architect Antoni Rovira i Trias in 1873, taking a total of four years to finish construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it was only in 2002 that ancient ruins were discovered under the market, which are today a permanent exhibit at the center, so people can see the ancient medieval city by themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>El Born Centre Cultural<\/strong> is located at Pla\u00e7a Comercial, 12.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Santa_Maria_del_Mar\"><\/span>Santa Maria del Mar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/santa-maria-del-mar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Maria del Mar<\/a><\/strong> is a beautiful Gothic basilica from the fourteenth century, designed by architects <strong>Berenguer de Montagut<\/strong> and <strong>Ramon Despuig<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barrios-of-barcelona-el-besos-i-el-maresme\/\">El Bes\u00f2s i el Maresme: Barrios of Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MEAM_Museu_Europeu_dArt_Modern\"><\/span>MEAM: Museu Europeu d\u2019Art Modern<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_99603\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99603\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/6395225557_d2d3367f49_b-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"art in MEAM Barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by jaime.silva via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 2011, the <strong>European Museum of Modern Art<\/strong> has a collection of contemporary figurative art, modern sculptures, Catalan sculptures and Art Deco pieces. You can check their special exhibitions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meam.es\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MEAM <\/strong>is located at Carrer de la Barra de Ferro, 5.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Portes\"><\/span>7 Portes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/7portes.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">7 Portes<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is one of the most famous restaurants in Barcelona, where you can try excellent Catalan cuisine and top-quality service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7 Portes<\/strong> is located at Passeig Isabel II, 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you consider moving to the neighborhood of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera? 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