Inside this 1876 market, you can see the footprint of 18th century Barcelona and read about what life was like before the city’s siege during the War of Spanish Succession. The airy iron and glass market, modeled on Parisian architecture is the largest covered square in Europe and marked the beginning of Modernisme in Catalan architecture. Check out seasonal exhibits or get up close and personal with the ruins on a tour (prior reservation necessary).
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See how the city was built in El Born Centre Cultural
Inside this 1876 market, you can see the footprint of 18th century Barcelona and read about what life was like before the city’s siege during the War of Spanish Succession. The airy iron and glass market, modeled on Parisian architecture is the largest covered square in Europe and marked the beginning of Modernisme in Catalan architecture. Check out seasonal exhibits or get up close and personal with the ruins on a tour (prior reservation necessary).
Explore 3 centuries of Barcelona history underneath a 19th century marketplace
The ruins of the Barcelona that suffered the seige of 1714 lay buried underneath the cast-iron 19th century Born Market for centuries. WIth the opening of El Born Centre Cultural, visitors can explore the beautiful wrought iron market, examine the ruins that hid below for so many years, and read about this historic span of years in Barcelona’s history in English, Spanish and Catalan. The space is open to the public, and a look at the ruins from the market floor is free of charge. Temporary exhibitions require tickets. The center’s gift shop is a great place to buy designs and gifts made in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia. There’s even a Jenga-esque castellers game to buy for kids.
El Born Centre Cultural
Inside this 1876 marketplace you can get a taste of what life was like in 18th-century Barcelona before the city’s siege during the War of Spanish Succession. The airy iron-and-glass market, modeled on Parisian architecture, is the largest covered square in Europe and marks the beginning of Modernism in Catalan architecture. Check out seasonal exhibits or get up close and personal with the ruins on a tour (prior reservation necessary).
Shopping in El Born, Barcelona
If you’re headed to Barcelona, make sure to check out the cool El Born neighborhood. Tons of cool little shops, cafes and bars to check out. Since the same luxury chains are so repetitive in nearly every city you go to, this is a surprise find.
The perfect chilly afternoon nip, in one of Barcelona's coolest neighborhoods
On a crisp December afternoon, there’s a great little square in the cool El Born neighborhood, devoid of most tourists, just the Neighborhood. You see lots of pics of sunny Barcelona in the summer, but the winter is a great time to go…with the atypical setting of people sitting around in coats, having a nice coffee or beer to ward off the chill. And thinking about dinner….
