Palau Robert

picture info	Palau Robert Palau Robert () is a building on Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia 107, the former private residence of Robert Robert i Surís, an influential aristocrat, politician and businessman at the turn of the 20th century. It's now a government-run institution that hosts an exhibition centre with three halls, a concert hall, a public swimming pool and gardens as well as the Information Centre for Catalonia, including the city's tourism bureau. In the 1936–1939 period, it was the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Culture. After the Spanish Civil War, Robert's family regained the ''Palau'', until its second purchase by the Generalitat de Catalunya (the Catalan government) in 1981, when it became a public building. The building An example of late neoclassical style, made of stone from Montgrí, the Palau Robert was finished in 1903 under the direction of architects Henry Grandpierre and Joan Martorell i Montells. The garden was designed by Ramon Oliva, who also designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ferrocarrils De La Generalitat De Catalunya Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, "Catalan Government Railways"), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain. The lines operated include metro and commuter lines in and around the city of Barcelona, tourist mountain railways, and rural railway lines. They include of gauge route, of route, of route, and of broad gauge route, making the FGC one of the few railway companies to operate on four different gauges. Whilst most lines are conventional adhesion railways, the FGC also operates two rack railways and four funicular railways. In 2018, the network carried 87.2 million passengers. History FGC was founded on 5 September 1979 to manage lines whose ownership was transferred from the state-owned FEVE to the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1978 as part of the process of regional devolution under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Its oldest line, the standard gauge '' Línia Barcelona-Vallès'' however dates bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Avinguda Diagonal Avinguda Diagonal (, in Spanish Avenida Diagonal) is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally with respect to the grid pattern of the surrounding streets, hence the name. It was originally projected by engineer and urban planner Ildefons Cerdà as one of the city's wide avenues, which along with Avinguda Meridiana would cut the rationalist grid he designed for l'Eixample (Catalan for ''extension''). Both would meet at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which Cerdà envisioned as the new city centre. However, Plaça Catalunya, equally a new addition to the city of Barcelona, and connecting Ciutat Vella and Eixample, and therefore occupying a more privileged position in the urban area, would finally become the centre. Avinguda Diagonal remains to this day a much-transited avenue and many companies and hotels use it as a privileged location, as can be seen in its architecture. The avenue starts in the Les Corts distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Eixample The Eixample (; ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns ( Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at the last census (2005). Architecture and design The Eixample is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues, and square blocks with chamfered corners (named ''illes'' in Catalan, ''manzanas'' in Spanish). This was a visionary, pioneering design by Ildefons Cerdà, who considered traffic and transport along with sunlight and ventilation in coming up with his characteristic octagonal blocks, where the streets broaden at every intersection making for greater visibility, better ventilation and (today) some short-term parking areas. It also provided an area for horse-drawn wagons and carriages to easily turn around. The grid pattern remains as a hallmark of Barcelona, but many of his other provision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Theatres And Concert Halls In Barcelona This is a list of theatres and concert halls in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and its surrounding metropolitan area. Theatres and concert venues in Barcelona * L'Antic Teatre * Auditori AXA Barcelona City Hall Barcelona Teatre Musical * Biblioteca de Catalunya * Brossa Espai Escènic * Cafè-Teatre Llantiol * Círcol Maldà * Club Capitol * Club Helena * Coliseum * Espai Navae El Liceu, Barcelona's opera house El Molino, emblematic cabaret venue on the Paral·lel, reopened in October 2010. Fundació Joan Miró Guasch Teatre Jove Teatre Regina L'Auditori * La Farinera del Clot * La Puntual, specializing in puppet shows. * La Riereta Teatre * Mercat de les Flors Sala Aurèlia Capmany Sala Ovidi Montllor Nau Ivanow Palau de la Música Catalana Palau Sant Jordi Porta 4 Sala Atrium Sala Beckett Sala BeCool Sala El Off * Sala Màgic * Sala Muntaner, theatre * Sala Raval * Sala Razzmatazz (former ''Zeleste'') Sant Andreu Teatre Sidecar Factory Club * Tant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Museums In Barcelona This is a list of museums in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain. Defunct museums Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí Museu Clarà Museu d'Art Modern Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona Museu de la Moto Museu del Calçat Museu del Clavegueram Museu del Còmic i la Il·lustració (closed 2009) Museu del Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya Museu d'Idees i Invents Museu del Mamut Museu del Rock Museu Fundació Francisco Godia Museu Militar de Barcelona (closed May 2009) Museu Municipal de Belles Arts Museu Pedagògic Experimental Museu Provincial d'Antiguitats Museu Social Palau Reial de Pedralbes (closed 2013) * (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona) Museu de les Arts Decoratives (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona) Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona) ** Gabinet de les Arts Gràfiques (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona) Blueproject Foundation See also List of libraries in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	FGC Line S55 FGC may refer to: * Family Groove Company, an American band * Family Group Conference * Federal Government College (other) * Female genital cutting Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ... * Ferozepur Group of Colleges, in Punjab, India * , a Spanish railway company * Fifth generation computer * Fighting game community * Florida Gateway College, in Lake City, Florida, United States * Friends General Conference, a North American Quaker association * Friends of Garrity Creek, in California, United States * , a communist youth organization {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	FGC Line S5 FGC may refer to: * Family Groove Company, an American band * Family Group Conference * Federal Government College (other) * Female genital cutting * Ferozepur Group of Colleges, in Punjab, India * , a Spanish railway company * Fifth generation computer * Fighting game community * Florida Gateway College, in Lake City, Florida, United States * Friends General Conference, a North American Quaker association * Friends of Garrity Creek The Friends of Garrity Creek (FGC) is a political organization in Contra Costa County, California which promote the preservation of Garrity Creek. Overview The Friends was formed in 2001 when development on steep slopes near the creek's artesia ... , in California, United States * , a communist youth organization {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Barcelona Metro Line 7 Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the list of urban areas in the European Union, fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]