La Sagrada Família & L’Eixample - Barcelona - page 250

Museu del PerfumMUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; icon-phonegif % 93 216 01 21; www.museudelperfum.com ; Passeig
de Gràcia 39; adult/child €5/3; icon-hoursgif h 10.30am-2pm & 4.30-8pm Mon-Fri,
11am-2pm Sat; icon-metrogif m Passeig de Gràcia)
Housedinthebackofthe Regia perfumestore,thismuseumcontainseverythingfromancient
Egyptian and Roman (the latter mostly from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD) scent receptacles
to classic eau de cologne bottles - all in all, some 5000 bottles of infinite shapes, sizes and
histories.
You can admire anything from ancient bronze Etruscan tweezers to little early-19th-century
potpourris made of fine Sèvres porcelain. Also on show are old catalogues and advertising
posters.
Universitat de BarcelonaARCHITECTURE
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; icon-phonegif % 93 402 11 00; www.ub.edu ; Gran Via de les Corts
Catalanes 585; icon-hoursgif h 9am-9pm Mon-Fri; icon-metrogif m Universitat)
Although a university was first set up on what is now La Rambla in the 16th century, the
present, glorious mix of (neo) Romanesque, Gothic, Islamic and Mudéjar architecture is a
caprice ofthe19thcentury(built1863-82).Wanderintothemainhall,upthegrandstaircase
and around the various leafy cloisters, or take a stroll in the rear gardens.
On the 1st floor, the main hall for big occasions is the Mudéjar-style Paranimfo.
Museu i Centre d'Estudis de l'Esport Dr Melcior ColetMUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; icon-phonegif % 93 419 22 32; Carrer de Buenos Aires 56-58;
icon-hoursgif h 9am-2pm Mon-Fri; icon-metrogif m Hospital Clínic)icon-free F
Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Company (1911) looks like an odd Tyrolean country house and is
marvellously out of place. A collection of photos, documents and other sports memorabilia
stretchesovertwofloors-fromanincongruous1930spairofskisandbootstotheskull-dec-
orated swimming costume of a champion Catalan water-polo player.