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Wander inside the foyer and restaurant areas to admire the spangled, tiled pillars.
Best of all, however, is the richly colourful auditorium upstairs, with its ceiling of blue-
and-gold stained glass and shimmering skylight that looks like a giant, crystalline,
downward-thrusting nipple. Above a bust of Beethoven on the stage towers a wind-
blown sculpture of Wagner's Valkyries (Wagner was top of the Barcelona charts at the
time it was created). This can only be savoured on a guided tour or by attending a per-
formance - either is highly recommended.
NEED TO KNOW
902 475485;
www.palaumusica.org
;
Carrer de Sant Francesc de Paula 2; adult/child/student & EU
senior €15/free/€7.50;
50min tours every 30 minutes 10am-6pm Easter week & Aug, 10am-3.30pm
Sep-Jul;
Urquinaona
CASA LLOTJA DE MAR
Architecture
(La Llotja; 902 448448;
www.casallotja.com
; Passeig d'Isabel II 1; Barceloneta)
The centrepiece
of the city's medieval stock exchange (more affectionately known as La Llotja) is the fine
Gothic Saló de Contractacions (Transaction Hall), built in the 14th century. Pablo Picasso
and Joan Miró attended the art school that was housed in the Saló dels Cònsols from 1849.
These and five other halls were encased in a neoclassical shell in the 18th century. The
stock exchange was in action until well into the 20th century and the building remains in
the hands of the city's chamber of commerce. Occasionally it opens the doors to the pub-
lic but the rooms are more generally hired out for events.
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