Barcelona's Cathedral

The Barcelona's Cathedral

Barcelona's Cathedral This cathedral is dedicated to Santa Cruz and Santa Eulalia, patron saint of Barcelona. Work began on the Gothic cathedral in May 1298.

The present cathedral was built during the XIII to XV out of the old Romanesque cathedral, and out of a Visigoth church. Building consists of the church and the cloister perfectly united in the same style.

The cathedral is 90 meters long by 40 meters wide and the cloister garden is 25 square meters on each side by six gallery width of each of the four surrounding it.

In the cathedral, there are 5 doors

Principal door

Saint Ivo's door

Mercy door

Santa Llucia door

Santa Eulalia's door

The crypt is located under the presbytery and its construction is due to Jaime Fabre, early XIV century. It was completed in 1326, although the transfer of the remains of the saint, was not before 1339. You can enter the cloister through the outer doors of Mercy and St. Eulalia.The interior of the cathedral has in white marble columns and fine archivolts clearly a Gothic tympanum.

Boqueria market by: Adri, Xavi, Nathalia and Pau

La boqueria

The Boqueria Market is placed on Rambla street. There is a municipal market, the biggest of Catalonia.

The real name of this market is “Mercat de Sant Josep” but we call it Boqueria, because the ''boqueron'' is the best selling fish; this food market has more than 300 stalls distributed on 2583m². It was open for the first time in 1836 and its metallic roof was inaugurated on 1914. It has some entrances.

Boqueria Market it’s famous because has original food. The most visited stalls are: 

• Fruits Ibañez, it sells fruits.
• Fruits Costa, it sells fruit.
• Fish Marta, it sells fish.
• Avinova, it sells meat.
• Symposion, it sells fish.
• Bacallà Carmen Gomà, it sells fish.
• Butcher’s Antonio Casanovas, it sells meat.

Main Entrance 

          







                                                                                      Sweets stalls

DISTRICT OF LA RIBERA

The Ribera is a neighborhood in the district of Ciutat Vella (Barcelona). It's one of the most traditional neigborhood of the historic center of Barcelona. This neigborhood was the economic center of the city between the XIII and Xvth century. The merchants of the period built palaces, which are quite well preserved. The district's important places are : -The Gotic basilica of Santa Maria del Mar -The Market of the Born (“El mercat del Born”) -El fossar de les Moreres. -The Picasso Museum In the XVIth century the neighborhood lost its economic power,and after the defeat of 1714 the center of the neigborhood was destroyed. Years later, it became the present Ciutadella Park and the Born market.(1876)

Barcelona's sights by Sara, Andrea and Jessica

A bit of our city through a students' presentation

Another 2nd Batxillerat presentation. You'll get the chance to see a bit of Barcelona and maybe you feel like visiting us one day. Two boys talk about the famous promenade, the Ramblas, and also about the harbour and the busiest street in our city. Enjoy it!!!!!