This was one of Europe's earliest medical centres. There was a hospital on the site as early as 1024, but in the 15th century it expanded to centralise all...

One of the masterpieces of industrial Modernisme, this former yarn and textile factory was designed by Puig i Cadafalch and will celebrate its centenary in...

Built for chocolate baron Antoni Àmatller, this playful building is one of Puig i Cadafalch's finest creations. Inspired by 17th-century Dutch townhouses,...

This cultural centre for Asia and the Asian Pacific is housed in the jaw-droppingly ornate Palau Baró de Quadras, designed by Puig i Cadafalch in 1904. If...

In one of the most extreme architectural makeovers ever seen, Gaudí and his long-time collaborator Josep Maria Jujol took an ordinary apartment block and...

The Military Museum closed down in 2009 and its contents were moved to Figueres. The castle is now set to become an International Peace Centre, although the...

Highlights of these tiny renderings of 170 of Catalonia's most emblematic sights include a miniature Montserrat, Girona cathedral and everything Gaudí ever...

The construction of Barcelona's Gothic cathedral began in 1298. However, thanks to civil wars and plagues, building dragged on at a pace that makes the...

Spain's largest cultural centre was opened in 1994 at the Casa de la Caritat, a former almshouse, built in 1802 on the site of a medieval monastery. The...

Designed by Leandro Albareda in 1880, this enormous necropolis sits at the side of the motorway, as a daily reminder to commuters of their own mortality....

From the street, peer through the glass paving slabs and windows to see the excavated foundations of a round defence tower that dates from the earliest...

Child-specific attractions at the science museum include the Bubble Planetarium (a digital 3D simulation of the universe); the Toca Toca! space where...

Still in possession of its original plumbing, the 'magic fountain' works its wonders with 3,600 pieces of tubing and more than 4,500 light bulbs. On summer...

Antoni Tàpies exploded on to the art scene in the 1950s when he began to incorporate waste paper, mud and rags into his paintings, eventually moving on to...