List of Interesting Facts about Barcelona City

VIVA – Barcelona is the most visited city in Spain. Barcelona has about 1.6 million inhabitants. There are more tourists than people living here.

This metropolis in Spain is famous for its charming art and architecture. Barcelona is able to attract tourists with its bright blue skies, and a city that has this top football club.

Well, here are interesting facts about Barcelona that you need to know.

1. The City Most Visited by Tourists

Barcelona is the most visited city in Spain. While in Europe, the city has entered the top three several times alongside the cities of London and Paris

2. Picasso has his roots in Barcelona

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Sebuah karya Pablo Picasso berjudul

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• AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish artist who was responsible for introducing Cubism to the world, spent his formative years in Barcelona and studied at the Apparently Art School.

There is a Picasso Museum in Barcelona's Born neighborhood which exhibits more than 4,000 of his works.

In 1999, Barcelona became the only city to be awarded the prestigious Gold Medal for Architecture by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The honor has been bestowed on the individual, or group, of architects since 1848. This can be attributed to the great Art Nouveau movement that took place between 1880 and 1950 and can be seen as you walk through the Eixample environment.

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Barcelona

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Spain has started to become a popular destination for culinary tourism. Cool temperatures and nearly 5000 km of coastline make it impossible not to cook with fresh, quality ingredients and seafood.

Of these nine important sites, seven of them were created by Gaudí. They are Parc Güell, Palau Güell, Casa Milà (aka La Pedrera), Casa Vicens (the first building he designed), La Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló and the Cryst of the Church in Colonia Güell (which is located on the south side of Barcelona's Llobregat River Two Other UNESCO sites – Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau – were designed by architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner.

FC Barcelona is one of the most famous football clubs in the world, also playing at the largest stadium in Europe, the Camp Nou. Camp Nou has a capacity of nearly 100,000 visitors.

If you count both metro stations and train stations, there are about 12 that are abandoned, or not in use.

Why do they exist? These stations have been retired either due to new additions or changes made to the track. Some of these abandoned stations include Gaudí, Correos, Banco and Travessera stations in Gràcia.

Barcelona's famous tree-lined promenade is also sometimes called Las Ramblas because it is made up of smaller sections. These are Rambla de Canaletes, Rambla dels Estudis, Rambla de Sant Josep (Or de les Flors), Rambla dels Caputxins and Rambla de Santa Monica.

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Kota Barcelona, Spanyol

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• Pixabay

Prior to the 1992 Olympics, Barcelona was famous for the term "With the back to the sea." Barcelona's history and location as a port city make it highly industrial and many factories are located on the coast.

Once Barcelona knew it was going to host the Olympics, cleaning and beautifying the beach became one of the most important projects.

In fact, some artificial beaches because the sand is imported from abroad, making the beach popular today.

Due to the Spanish Civil War which lasted from 1936 to 19, there were as many as 1,400 bomb shelters built within the city of Barcelona and many more in the vicinity.

Refugio 307 (Shelter 307) is one of the largest, with a capacity of almost 2000 people, and the most complex of the shelters. Located at the foot of Montjuïc in the Poble Sec neighborhood, MUHBA (Barcelona History Museum) offers guided tours by appointment.

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Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish artist who was responsible for introducing Cubism to the world, spent his formative years in Barcelona and studied at the Apparently Art School.