Santa Caterina Market

La Ribera and El Born

  • Santa Maria del Mar: One of the city's most beautiful churches, funded mainly by sailors and fishermen.
  • Born Market: One of the first examples of the new architecture based on iron. It became the central fruit and vegetable market until 1970's.
  • Picasso Museum: Contains most important collection of the works of Pablo Picasso.
  • Montcada Street: Interesting street full of aristocratic mansion houses of medieval origin.
  • Santa Caterina Market: It has recently gone a colourful renovation project designed by Enric miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue.
  • Palau de la Musica Catalana: Concert hall designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, one of the greatest representatives of Catalan modernist architecture.

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