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Carrer del Bisbe
Centre
Església de Sant Just i Sant Pastor
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Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
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Carrer del Bisbe
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Carrer Regomir &
Carrer del Correu Vell
You'll find splendid Roman remains
on Carrer Regomir, most notably
within the medieval Pati Llimona.
Two Roman towers are revealed
on nearby Carrer del Correu Vell,
and there are Roman walls on the
leafy Plaça Traginers.
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Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
Medieval Carrer del Bisbe is
flanked by the Gothic Cases dels
Canonges (House of Canons) and
the Palau de la Generalitat
(see
p71)
. Connecting the two is an
eye-catching Neo-Gothic arched
stone bridge (1928).
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Carrer de Santa Llúcia
At weekends, amateur opera
singers perform on this medieval
street, home to the Casa de
l'Ardiaca
(see p15)
, which has a
ravishing little patio.
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El Call
Sunlight filters through tall
trees in this hidden oasis of calm.
The
plaça
is home to the Museu
del Calçat
(see p41)
.
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Carrer Petritxol
El Call was home to one of
Spain's largest Jewish communi-
ties until their expulsion in the
15th century. The dark streets of
this ghetto are so narrow it is
said you can tie a handkerchief
across their width.
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Carrer Montcada
This well-maintained medieval
street is lined with traditional
granges
and
xocolateries
(cafés
and chocolate shops). Also here
is the famous Sala Parés art gal-
lery, founded in 1877, which once
exhibited Picasso, Casas and other
Catalan contemporaries.
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Església de Sant Just i
The “palace row” of La
Ribera is lined with Gothic archi-
tectural gems, including the 15th-
century Palau Aguilar, home to the
Museu Picasso
(see pp24-5)
, and
the 17th-century Palau Dalmases
with its Gothic
chapel.
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Plaça de
Sant Pastor
This picturesque Gothic church
(1342) has sculptures inside that
date back to the 9th century.
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Església de
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Santa Anna
Mere paces from
La Rambla is the
unexpected tran-
quillity of this
Romanesque
church, with a leafy,
15th-century, Gothic
cloister.
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Ramon
Berenguer el Gran
This square boasts
one of the largest
intact sections of
Barcelona's Roman
walls.
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For more Barcelona squares
See pp36-7
