10 secrets for discover in Barcelona
Barcelona is a city rich in history and as we are very lucky to have the greatest works of Antonio Gaudi, one of the genius modernist architecture of Barcelona, but Barcelona hides some secrets which few know, in this post I would like to offer 10 top secrets places of Barcelona for people who want to experiences sonthing diffrent in Barcelona.
1. THE STATUE OF THE LIBERTY
My three favorite cities united by the same symbol! Along with the famous New York and the smaller Paris, Barcelona is the third city to have a Statue of Liberty Original nineteenth century, which then prints were made worldwide. Smaller and darker, is within the Masonic library Arús, on Paseo de San Juan.
2. THE URBAN ART OF CLET ABRAHAM
Barcelona years ago became a worldwide best street art focus, welcoming the work of artists such as Space Invaders. The action of Clet Abraham is newer and uses traffic signals to give a touch of humor to our daily lives, as it has done in other cities such as Madrid and London.
3. THE 13 OCCAS IN THE CLOISTER OF THE BARCELONA CATHEDRAL
If you’re a regular at the center and you usually will not lose the tradition of l’ou com balla may already know that in the cloister of the Cathedral 13 geese live. What you may not know is why that number. There are many legends but it sounds louder is following the Christian tradition, according to which Santa Eulalia at the time of being martyred pulled a white dove of mouth, which explains why it is the patron saint of birds. And the number 13 is because when he died he was 13.
4 . F.C BARCELONA SHIELD IN SANTA MARIA DEL MAR
One of the best examples of Catalan Gothic but hides some contemporary nods to the seasoned observer. If you stand in front of the main altar and you look to the left at the bottom of one of the windows of the second floor you can see the shield of FC Barcelona. The reason is none other than the sports club financially assisted in the restoration of stained glass in the 60s and, like other sponsors, wine appreciation incorporate their emblem in the church.
5. THE VAMPIRESS OF THE GOTHIC QUARTER OF BARCELONA
In Barcelona we have everything, to a vampiress! And in the number 29 of the street Joaquín Costa call-before De Ponent -experienced the most fearsome killer of children across Spain: Enriqueta Martí, who caused panic in the Barcelona families early last century that kidnapped a large number of children who then sold, prostituted and murdered for making creams and ointments. A black Barcelona legend that flies the streets of the Raval.
6. BARCELONA EROTIC MUSEUM
Barcelona is the only Spanish city with a museum of its kind where the importance of eroticism in art throughout history is explained. The closest Cannabis Museum is another museum curiosity worth discovering, starting with its location in the historic Palau Mornau.
7. THE FAMELE BUST IN MIRALLERS STREET
Whenever I step ahead think about it. And in this little street in the Born, which brought together some of the hottest names in fashion author and Senior, and Grocery Ivori, there is a sculpture of a woman’s face with wide eyes and intense expression representing the orgasm. In a time when many were illiterate served to indicate the existence of a nearby brothel, as these abounded in the wall next to the sea.
8. THE INDOOR POOL GARDEN IN THE TORRE DE LES AIGUES
It was the first of Eixample courtyard that was recovered for the city in 1985. Because it stands out when the warm weather arrives there enabled an urban beach with a pool, arena and dressing to the delight of the little ones, the true stars of space.
9. THE ROMA COLUMNS OF AUGUSTUS TEMPLE
In the center hiker Catalunya, located in the Gothic Quarter, you can visit one of the most impressive Roman remains citywide: the imposing columns of the Temple of Augustus from the firstcentury.
10. THE BEST COCKTAILS IN EUROPE
Barcelona has the best bar in Europe according to the journal’s reference Drink International. This is the Mutis, Kim Diaz, which describes itself as “private club” and is on a floor of the building it is the same Mut-owner of Bar-diner Berlin cabaret style with live music and signature cocktails which has attracted customers from the likes of Woody Allen and Robert de Niro.
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