{"id":92627,"date":"2017-12-17T10:48:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T09:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=92627"},"modified":"2017-12-12T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T10:03:04","slug":"unnoticed-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/unnoticed-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Places in Barcelona that Go Unnoticed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a city with so much incredible history, culture, art, architecture, and food, it&#8217;s no surprise why <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> gets the number of tourists that it does. People come from all over the world to see the city&#8217;s famous buildings, go to the beach, and enjoy the Spanish lifestyle. But in addition to the must-see <strong>sights<\/strong> of the city, Barcelona is home to plenty of <strong>interesting places that go unnoticed<\/strong> by both tourists and locals alike. Here are a few fascinating\u00a0corners of the city that you might not find in the guidebooks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/temple-agustus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden Gem in Barcelona: Temple of Agustus<\/a><\/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\/unnoticed-places\/#The_oldest_fountain_in_Barcelona\" title=\"The oldest fountain in Barcelona\">The oldest fountain in 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\/unnoticed-places\/#The_oldest_sgraffito_in_Barcelona\" title=\"The oldest sgraffito in Barcelona\">The oldest sgraffito in Barcelona<\/a><\/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\/unnoticed-places\/#Tiles_of_LAuca_del_Senyor_Esteve\" title=\"Tiles of L&#8217;Auca del Senyor Esteve\">Tiles of L&#8217;Auca del Senyor Esteve<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_oldest_fountain_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>The oldest fountain in Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92633\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92633\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3710803833_e23ea1c78a_b-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by {El Gris} via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tucked away in <strong>Pla\u00e7a de Sant Just<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll find what some believe is the <strong>oldest fountain in Barcelona<\/strong>. It was built in the Gothic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/alternative-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">architectural<\/a> style and dates all the way back to the fourteenth century and continues to work well today. Originally built to honor<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Joan Fiveller, a Barcelona local who found a water mine that would later be pipe water into the city of Barcelona, the fountain has three faces on the front with water taps in between. In 1831, some reconstruction works were done on the top to decorate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/font-magica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fountain<\/a>, but it exists almost entirely in its original condition.<\/p>\n<p>Address:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+de+Sant+Just,+08002+Barcelona\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a2f8de620261:0x41c64beb0bbcd6b7?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjglMiPyPjXAhXThRoKHfMeA2oQ8gEIKDAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pla\u00e7a de Sant Just, 08002 Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_oldest_sgraffito_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>The oldest sgraffito in Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92630\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92630\" class=\" wp-image-92630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3762231529_5ecb5e3a29_o-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by jorapa via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sgraffito,<\/strong> the Italian technique of applying different colored layers of plaster to a wall or ceramic surface to create a decorative design, can be seen on the facades of many of Barcelona&#8217;s beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/buildings-eixample\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>buildings<\/strong><\/a>. If you want to see the oldest <strong>sgraffito<\/strong> in the city, head straight to <strong>Pla\u00e7a del Pi<\/strong>. This historical square is home to a sgraffito design dating back to the seventeenth century. Look for it on the corner of the plaza intersecting with Calle Petritxol to admire the beautiful facade. Now home to the retailers&#8217; guild of Barcelona, the building might easily go overlooked by the passersby who don&#8217;t notice the significance of its design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/hidden-architectural-gem-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden Architectural Gem in Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tiles_of_LAuca_del_Senyor_Esteve\"><\/span>Tiles of L&#8217;Auca del Senyor Esteve<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92632\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92632\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/34411510042_27af0cf1c5_b-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jordi Dom\u00e8nech i Arnau via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This tilework grid on Calle Petritxol tells the story of <strong>L&#8217;Auca del Senyor Esteve<\/strong>, a popular novel by Santiago Rusi\u00f1ol that was published in 1907 and later turned into a play in 1917. The twenty-seven tiles were drawn by the famous Spanish painter <strong>Ramon Casas<\/strong>. In them, you can see a comic-like representation of the story of Senyor\u00a0Esteve, owner of a small shop called La Puntual. The story deals with his struggle to successfully pass the shop on to his son who has new ideas for the business. It&#8217;s a fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-modernist-route\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>modernist<\/strong><\/a> work right in the middle of the street for all to see, and it reflects the values of society at the turn of the twentieth century in Barcelona. While it&#8217;s the kind of thing you could walk by without even noticing, it&#8217;s an ode to the modernist times of the city and the society that existed back then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seems that no matter where you look in Barcelona, you can find an interesting piece of the city&#8217;s past. The streets are like <strong>history<\/strong> books here in the Catalan capital, and oftentimes you can pass an interesting place hundreds of times before you learn its significance. From the medieval period to the modernist period and everything in between, Barcelona&#8217;s streets contain countless reminders of eras long gone when you know where to look for them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> can help you find the perfect one.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"92627\"\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: 150px;\">\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\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a city with so much incredible history, culture, art, architecture, and food, it&#8217;s no surprise why Barcelona gets the number of tourists that it does. People come from all over the world to see the city&#8217;s famous buildings, go to the beach, and enjoy the Spanish lifestyle. 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