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Barcelona won the 1999 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for its architecture, [170] the first (and as of 2015, only) time that the winner has been a city rather than an individual architect. Barcelona is the home of many points of interest declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO : [ 171 ]
The royal court passed much of its time moving from town to town and residing in each of them long enough to ensure the continued loyalty of the local nobility, [102] and steadily developed into a representative body known as the Courts of Catalonia. [103] The economy of Barcelona during this period was increasingly directed towards trade.
1529 – Charles V and Clement VII sign treaty in Barcelona. [10] 1609 – Bank of Barcelona established. [7] 1641 – January: Battle of Montjuïc. 1651 – July: Siege of Barcelona begins. 1697 – August: Siege of Barcelona (1697). 1705 – September–October: Siege of Barcelona (1705). 1706 – April: Siege of Barcelona (1706).
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, [a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was ...
The Museum of the History of Barcelona (Catalan: Museu d'Història de Barcelona, MUHBA) is a history museum that conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day. The museum's headquarters are located on Plaça del Rei, in the Barcelona ...
Lionel Messi is Barcelona's all-time top appearance maker, top scorer, and the highest scoring player for a single club. Barcelona's all-time highest goalscorer in official competitions is Lionel Messi with 672 goals, surpassing César Rodríguez's 232 goals in March 2012, a record which stood for 60 years. [263]
The Gothic Quarter (Catalan: Barri Gòtic [ˈbari ˈɣɔtik] or El Gòtic; Spanish: Barrio Gótico) 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. It is a part of Ciutat Vella district. The quarter encompasses the oldest parts of ...
As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames such as "l'obús" (the shell), "el supositori" (the suppository), and some more eschatological ones. [7] Barcelona won the 1999 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for its architecture, [8] the first (and as of 2011, only) time that the winner has been a city, and not an individual ...