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October 1999. You can take a 20-minute quick turn around the main public areas of the
theatre or join a one-hour guided tour.
MIRADOR DE COLOM
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Viewpoint
( 93 302 52 24; Plaça del Portal de la Pau; lift adult/child €4/3; 8.30am-8.30pm; Drassanes)
High above the swirl of traffic on the roundabout below, Columbus keeps permanent
watch, pointing vaguely out to the Mediterranean. Built for the Universal Exhibition in
1888, the monument allows you to zip up 60m in the lift for bird's-eye views back up La
Rambla and across the ports of Barcelona.
ESGLÉSIA DE SANTS JUST I PASTOR
Church
( 93 301 74 33; www.basilicasantjust.cat ; Plaça de Sant Just 5; 11am-2pm & 5.30-8pm Mon-Sat,
10am-1pm Sun; Liceu or Jaume I) This somewhat neglected, single-nave church, with
chapels on either side of the buttressing, was built in 1342 in Catalan Gothic style on what
is reputedly the site of the oldest parish church in Barcelona. Inside, you can admire some
fine stained-glass windows.
Historic Site
CENTRE D'INTERPRETACIÓ DEL CALL
( 93 256 21 22; www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat ; Placeta de Manuel Ribé; 11am-2pm Tue-Fri, to 7pm
Sat & Sun; Jaume I or Liceu) Once a 14th-century house of the Jewish weaver Jucef Bonhi-
ac, this small visitors centre is dedicated to the history of Barcelona's Jewish quarter, the
Call.
SINAGOGA MAJOR
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Synagogue
( 93 317 07 90; www.calldebarcelona.org ; Carrer de Marlet 5; admission by suggested donation €2.50 ;
10.30am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, to 2.30pm Sat & Sun; Liceu) In the heart of El Call - Barcelona's
medieval Jewish quarter - this was one of four synagogues in the medieval city. Frag-
ments of medieval and Roman-era walls remain in the small vaulted space that you enter
from the street. Also remaining are tanners' wells installed in the 15th century. The
second chamber has been spruced up for use as a synagogue. A remnant of late-Roman-
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