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shops dedicated to the making of
garum
(a fish sauce enjoyed across the Roman Em-
pire), a 6th-century church and winemaking stores.
Ramparts then wind upward, past remains of the gated patio of a Roman house, the
medieval Palau Episcopal (Bishops' Palace) and into two broad vaulted halls with dis-
plays on medieval Barcelona. The finale is the Saló del Tinell, the royal palace ban-
queting hall and a fine example of Catalan Gothic (built 1359-70). It was here that
Fernando and Isabel heard Columbus' first reports of the New World.
NEED TO KNOW
93 256 21 00;
www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat
;
Plaça del Rei; adult/child €7/free, from 4pm 1st Sat of
month and from 3pm Sun free;
10am-7pm Tue-Sat, 10am-8pm Sun;
Jaume I
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