{"id":59616,"date":"2015-11-20T08:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=59616"},"modified":"2016-06-10T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:42:08","slug":"discover-palau-robert-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/discover-palau-robert-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Palau Robert in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Palau,<\/strong> which in Catalan means\u00a0&#8220;palace&#8221;, is a commonly, and often times, figuratively used term throughout Barcelona, such as the\u00a0<strong>Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana;<\/strong>\u00a0not an actual or former palace, but nonetheless, a magnificent work of art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Palau Robert<\/strong>\u00a0is an actual palace where the\u00a0Robert i Sur\u00eds family used to reside back in the early 1900s, and was later used as the\u00a0Generalitat de Catalunya&#8217;s Ministry of Culture during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. In 1981\u00a0the Generalitat de Catalunya bought the building, the garden and annexes, and now functions as the\u00a0<strong>Catalan Center for Information.<\/strong><\/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\/discover-palau-robert-in-barcelona\/#Why_visit\" title=\"Why visit?\u00a0\">Why visit?\u00a0<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/discover-palau-robert-in-barcelona\/#Related_article_VIDEO_discover_the_district_of_Montjuic\" title=\"Related article:\u00a0VIDEO: discover the district of Montju\u00efc\">Related article:\u00a0VIDEO: discover the district of Montju\u00efc<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/discover-palau-robert-in-barcelona\/#Locationhow_to_get_there\" title=\"Location\/how to get there\">Location\/how to get there<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_visit\"><\/span><b>Why visit?\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/paula-.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-59617 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/paula--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"palaurobert\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>This former <strong>palace<\/strong> of Robert Robert, elite aristocrat of Girona, is located right on one of the most famous streets in Barcelona, Passeig de Gracia. This palace\u00a0lets\u00a0you slip into the not-so-distant past, and for a moment, you can imagine how it was to live in the early 1900s as an elite aristocrat in the developing Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Passeig de Gracia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/las-ramblas\/\" target=\"_blank\">La Rambla<\/a> were once a haven for\u00a0Modernisme architects such as Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner, Puig i Cadafalch and of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/antoni-gaudi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Gaud\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can take a tour of <strong>Palau Robert\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0Monday to Saturday: 10 am to\u00a08 pm, and on Sundays and holidays from\u00a010 am to 2.30 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are four different rooms where the Catalan government displays exhibitions that change every season. The most recent exhibition that just ended October 25th was\u00a0the &#8220;<strong>Catalunya Moto<\/strong>&#8220;, which captured the motorcycle world over the past 50 years, a world that thrives in Barcelona, focusing on the following four themes: Industry, Society, Competition and Technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most current exhibition &#8220;<strong>Nature Paths: Vital Itineraries<\/strong>&#8221; focuses on sustainable living and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first nature path\u00a0in Catalonia and in Spain, in Santiga Wood, Barber\u00e0 del Vall\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My personal favorite part of the Palau is the <strong>garden<\/strong>, which holds an incredibly diverse range of flora and fauna, different types of trees from all over, famous sculptures, artwork, and of course, pristine <strong>architecture<\/strong> surrounding the paths of the gardens. In the summer, the gardens function as a dreamlike concert venue and have shows throughout the warmest of months in the city.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_article_VIDEO_discover_the_district_of_Montjuic\"><\/span>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/montjuic\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: discover the district of Montju\u00efc<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/palaurobertjardins2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-59618 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/palaurobertjardins2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Locationhow_to_get_there\"><\/span><strong>Location\/how to get there<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can get to this Catalan landmark by taking the metro to<span class=\"article_intro_body\">\u00a0Diagonal green L3 &amp; blue L5. You can also get there by bus, taking any of the following lines:\u00a06, 7, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, 28, 33, 34. If you are coming in from out of the city, the nearest\u00a0FGC train station is Provenca, and you can take either L6 or L7 from there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"mainlevel-alt16\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.es\/maps?q=Passeig+de+Gr%C3%A0cia,+107&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;gl=es&amp;z=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia, 107<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"59616\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palau, which in Catalan means\u00a0&#8220;palace&#8221;, is a commonly, and often times, figuratively used term throughout Barcelona, such as the\u00a0Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana;\u00a0not an actual or former palace, but nonetheless, a magnificent work of art. 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