Museums & exhibition centres
The Fundació Joan Miró is located in Montjuïc Park in a magnificent Mediterranean-style building designed by Josep Lluís Sert, and houses the most important public collection of works by Joan Miró.
The Barcelona Botanical Gardens are located on a gentle slope in
Montjuïc Park and offer a different walk for every season of the year, through the vegetation from the five regions of the world with a Mediterranean climate.
Located in the iconic
Raval neighbourhood, the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) is one of the city's top cultural attractions. The MACBA, which has been awarded
Museum of National Interest status by the
Catalan government, has become a meeting point for lovers of contemporary art, stimulating creativity and the imagination.
Beneath the Gothic Quarter's landmark square in Barcelona lies an impressive archaeological site, which offers visitors a glimpse of what the Roman colony of Barcino was like.
On 13th February 1937, Barcelona was subjected to the first of the 192 bombing raids by Franco"s army. This attack made the civilian population the unwitting protagonists of the war. The Passive Defence Board was set up in order to tackle the situation and save the lives of the local residents. The first shelters were set up in the basements of houses and in metro stations. However, as the bombings intensified, people joined together to build air-raid shelters.
