The purpose of this walk is discovering the history of La Ribera’s quarter by visiting different amazing buildings with high quality structure solutions.
The tour starts under a colorful roof held by steel beams covering a market, which was a former convent. A lot to say in very few time as we have to move on, but Esteve will try his best to comprise hundreds of years in a detailed explanation about this great contemporary intervention by Enric Miralles.
We will continue walking through narrow streets named according to each guild and discovering why, we will soon reach another Barcelona’s old central market, this time not in use anymore. We want to stop here to understand again, its light steel structure which functions as shelter for S.XVIII ruins.
Leaving the old town, we will walk to Ciutadella park, built in the late nineteenth century for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. Although inside the park there are many interesting buildings we will focus our visit in the amazing curved wooden roof shading a tropical garden. We will understand the process of construction and pay attention to very interesting details.
Finally, we will continue towards a wooden facade which wraps a sports centre. During its construction some remains of the old military Ciutadella were discovered. Our tour ends in an astonishing train station: Barcelona França station facing the neighbor country France, this station is made with steel and glass but most of all it is made with light. It is a great experience to discover all its secrets with our local architect who is a passionate of architectural structures.
Buildings you'll visit
Please note than once you have booked the tour/visit you’ll recieve an email with the complete information.
Monday to Sunday
3 hours
English, Italian, Spanish, Catalan
Max 10 / Min 2