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Barcelona Photoblog: gothic quarter
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Showing posts with label gothic quarter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gothic quarter. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2008

Barri Gotic Musicians: A Little Chat

Barri Gotic Musicians: A Little Chat  [enlarge]

Musicians like Barri Gotic to perform. Narrow streets there, are pleasant to stay in the shade away from nearby noisy streets. Besides acoustics is great. Many times there are small groups playing on the same site as they are supposed to play on spots assigned by local authorities. So you probably meet the very same artist depending on what time of the day or the week you visit a determined street. This man here was about to start and was having a little chat. There was this sun ray falling directly on his head acting as a natural spotlight. If you want to know more or check a full view of the street don't miss: Barri Gotic: Street Musicians Paradise? 

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Barcelona, Gothic Quarter: Casa de los Canónigos at Bisbe Irurita Street

Barcelona, Gothic Quarter: Casa de los Canónigos at Bisbe Irurita Street [enlarge]

Casa de los Canónigos o Casa dels Canonges (Canons' House) at Bisbe Irurita street and next to Sant Jaume square is a XIV c. Gothic building restored in the 1920s by Rubió i Bellver and Jeroni Martorell. It was then that neogothic elements were added to the original building like this bridge connecting Palau de la Generalitat premises with the abovementioned religious house that until 1980 used to be the Official Residence of the President of La Generalitat. Jordi Pujol, the first elected Catalan government president after the 1978 Constitution discarded the house as private residence and so have done his successors.

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