{"id":80042,"date":"2016-10-09T02:14:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=80042"},"modified":"2018-06-27T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:40:33","slug":"gothic-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gothic-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting facts about the Gothic neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is full of<strong>\u00a0interesting places to visit<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/thought-inspiring-museums-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">museums<\/a>, <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"La ciudad de Barcelona est\u00e1 llena de lugares interesantes para visitar en toda su extensi\u00f3n: museos, parques, \u00e1reas comerciales, calles con encanto\u2026 en cualquiera de los diez distritos de la Ciudad Condal podremos encontrar atractivos tur\u00edsticos, am\u00e9n de un sinf\u00edn de actividades culturales,\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/parks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopping areas<\/a>, charming streets. In all ten of the city&#8217;s districts, there are <strong>many tourist attractions<\/strong> to be found; as well as many <strong>cultural activities<\/strong>, such as local\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-merce-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> festivals<\/a>. <span title=\"Pero es en su distrito m\u00e1s antiguo, Ciutat Vella, donde encontramos la mayor concentraci\u00f3n de puntos de inter\u00e9s de la capital catalana y, m\u00e1s espec\u00edficamente, en el barrio G\u00f3tico, centro hist\u00f3rico de Barcelona donde podremos visitar desde vestigios de la \u00e9poca romana -restos de\">But it is in its oldest district, Ciutat Vella, where we find the highest concentration of sights<\/span>; and in particular, the<strong> Gothic quarter<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gothic-quarter-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A night in Barcelona&#8217;s Gothic quarter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/w.ticketbar.eu\/js\/widget\/Widget.min.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"Ticketbar-Widget\" data-widget-guid=\"68e0e681-6422-4bda-a342-c1571559dc44\"><\/div>\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\/gothic-neighborhood\/#What_to_see_in_the_Gothic_Quarter_of_Barcelona\" title=\"What to see in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona\">What to see in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gothic-neighborhood\/#Monuments_of_Gothic_Quarter\" title=\"Monuments of Gothic Quarter\">Monuments of Gothic Quarter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_see_in_the_Gothic_Quarter_of_Barcelona\"><\/span><span class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Qu\u00e9 ver en el barrio G\u00f3tico de Barcelona \">What to see in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_80045\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80045\" class=\" wp-image-80045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gargoyle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by David Berkowitz via VisualHunt\" width=\"276\" height=\"207\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-80045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by David Berkowitz via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Gothic quarter<\/strong> is the historic center of Barcelona. It is <strong>steeped in history<\/strong> from both <strong>Roman and Medieval times<\/strong>; the remains of which can still be seen today. The whole area was at one time<strong> surrounded by a wall<\/strong>, and within its boundaries,\u00a0<strong>many majestic buildings<\/strong> were erected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"En el entorno la plaza de Sant Jaume se encuentra el centro del poder pol\u00edtico de la ciudad, ya desde hace m\u00e1s de 2000 a\u00f1os, cuando los romanos eligieron el lugar como uno de sus principales asentamientos en la provincia.\">The area of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+Sant+Jaume\/@41.382803,2.1744896,15.75z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x87638fb381ba334e!8m2!3d41.382709!4d2.1770263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sant Jaume Square<\/a><\/strong> is the political center of the city. It has been so for more than 2000 years, as the Romans chose the site as one of their main settlements in the province. <\/span><span title=\"Actualmente hallaremos aqu\u00ed el Ayuntamiento y el Palacio de la Generalitat.\">Nowadays, the plaza is dominated by both the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelonaturisme.com\/wv3\/en\/page\/493\/city-hall-or-casa-de-la-ciutat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Town Hall<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palau_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Palace of the Generalitat<\/a> <\/strong>buildings. Cl<\/span><span title=\"A su alrededor se concentran multitud de puntos de inter\u00e9s, como la Pla\u00e7a del Rei, el Palacio Episcopal, la Catedral o la plaza de Sant Felip Neri, probablemente uno de los lugares con m\u00e1s encanto de la ciudad. \">ose by there are <strong>many points of interest<\/strong>, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+del+Rei\/@41.3841972,2.1752038,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2f90c49a327:0x5afcc89c7d7eb3fb!8m2!3d41.3841972!4d2.1773925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a del Rei<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Palau+Episcopal\/@41.3833092,2.1745067,18z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8ac2f0239a7345ae!8m2!3d41.3837419!4d2.1753516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Episcopal Palace<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catedralbcn.org\/index.php?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cathedral <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+de+Sant+Felip+Neri,+08002+Barcelona\/@41.3834509,2.1728298,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2f9d27b7eb9:0xd7bd6b684aedb3fa!8m2!3d41.3834509!4d2.1750185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip Neri<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"El primigenio recinto amurallado de la Barcelona romana, del cual solo quedan restos en algunos lugares, incluye tambi\u00e9n zonas como la Pla\u00e7a del Pi, donde siempre encontraremos un mercado de productos artesanales o artistas pl\u00e1sticos ofreciendo sus obras;\">Traces of the Roman walls can be seen in areas such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+del+Pi,+08002+Barcelona\/@41.3823674,2.1715712,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2f79110fda5:0x7211cc285f7cd160!8m2!3d41.3823674!4d2.1737599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a del Pi<\/a>, where there is a <strong>small artisan craft market<\/strong>; and <\/span><span title=\"la Pla\u00e7a de la Vila de Madrid nos ofrece la posibilidad de contemplar una antigua necr\u00f3polis romana, que se ha conservado soterrada y, tras a\u00f1os de abandono, luce ahora perfectamente integrada con su entorno urbano m\u00e1s inmediato. \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/search\/Pla%C3%A7a+de+la+Vila+de+Madrid\/@41.3844054,2.1700259,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de la Vila de Madrid<\/a>, where you have the chance to <strong>see an ancient Roman necropolis<\/strong>, which has been preserved underground.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bars-gothic-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best bars in the Gothic quarter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Monuments_of_Gothic_Quarter\"><\/span><span class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Monumentos del barrio G\u00f3tico \">Monuments of Gothic Quarter<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_80044\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80044\" class=\" wp-image-80044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/bisbe-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by kudumomo via VisualHunt.com\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-80044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by kudumomo via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another interesting fact about this neighbourhood, one that perhaps many people do not know, is the variety of settlers which have called the place home throughout the years. The area also has a great deal of <strong>Jewish history<\/strong>\u00a0and in it stands what is thought to be\u00a0<strong>one of the oldest <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_synagogue_(Barcelona)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Synagogues<\/a> in Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Muy cerca, otra de sus curiosidades es la Iglesia de Santa Mar\u00eda del Mar, que se construy\u00f3 con piedras de las canteras de Montju\u00efc, que iban trayendo todo el pueblo, por lo que se llama la iglesia del pueblo. \">Nearby is the Church of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Basilica+of+Santa+Maria+del+Mar\/@41.3838871,2.1798824,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2fe5e0da457:0xb4bc945c1fc0e160!8m2!3d41.3838871!4d2.1820711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Santa Maria del Mar<\/a>, which was built with stones from the quarries of <strong>Montju\u00efc<\/strong> way back in the 14th century. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Muy cerca, otra de sus curiosidades es la Iglesia de Santa Mar\u00eda del Mar, que se construy\u00f3 con piedras de las canteras de Montju\u00efc, que iban trayendo todo el pueblo, por lo que se llama la iglesia del pueblo. \">Other sights worth visiting are\u00a0<span title=\"Otros monumentos que vale la pena visitar son la Bas\u00edlica de la Merc\u00e9 (s. XVIII), la fuente medieval de Sant Just, el Museo de Historia de Barcelona, en que encontraremos vestigios de la ciudad romana y visig\u00f3tica;\">the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basilicadelamerce.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Basilica de la Merc\u00e9<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelonaturisme.com\/wv3\/en\/page\/1209\/church-of-sants-just-i-pastor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">church of Sants Just<\/a>, the city&#8217;s history museum, and <span title=\"la siempre concurrida Pla\u00e7a Reial\u2026 Pero mejor es dejarse llevar por la intrincada trama de calles, callejuelas y pasajes del barrio, sin temor a perdernos, ya que, vayamos donde vayamos, siempre encontraremos por abajo el mar. \">the always busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+Reial,+08002+Barcelona\/@41.3799903,2.1728485,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a257e581ce27:0x90dcec0919a87166!8m2!3d41.3799903!4d2.1750372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a Reial<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. But the most interesting thing of all are the<strong> narrow and winding streets and alleyways themselves<\/strong>, where it is a pleasure to get lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Looking for an apartment to rent during your stay in the city? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> can help you find it.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"80042\"\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: 90px;\">\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            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">3<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">39<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona is full of\u00a0interesting places to visit: museums, parks, shopping areas, charming streets. In all ten of the city&#8217;s districts, there are many tourist attractions to be found; as well as many cultural activities, such as local\u00a0 festivals. But it is in its oldest district, Ciutat Vella, where we find the highest concentration of sights; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":80043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[6547,6383,6574,6578,6579,6576,6580,6577,6575],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80042"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108728,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80042\/revisions\/108728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}