Poble Espanyol is a unique town constructed from the re-creation to scale of 117 buildings from various regions of Spain. A peaceful and pleasant walk will show you the Peninsula’s variety of architectural heritage: from an Andalusian neighbourhood to Catalan Romanesque monastic architecture.
Travelling by foot and in a few minutes from Cordoba to Besalú or from Cangas de Onís to Medinaceli via Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Cáceres and many other parts of the Iberian Peninsula to discover Spanish popular architecture from another point of view is possible. This is the magic of the Poble Espanyol.
A peculiar village founded in 1929.
We are talking about a village built on top of a mountain, Montjuïc. And this is precisely what it is: a village. With its main square and other smaller ones ,with streets full of traditional houses of various styles of Spanish architecture: Romanesque, Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque… And also, gardens, fountains, medieval walls… including a monastery and a museum!
All these things are common features of most villages in Spain and they are perfectly summarized in the Poble Espanyol of Barcelona. This was exactly the goal of the creators of the precinct, built in 1929 for the Barcelona International Exposition. In total, 117 constructions which are in fact full-scale replicas of other existing ones.
The architect Puig i Cadafalch came up with the original idea and his colleagues Francesc Folguera and Ramón Reventós materialized it with the help of the art critic Miquel Utrillo and the painter Xavier Nogués, who travelled to 1.600 towns in the whole península, taking notes and drawing in order to capture the real essence of Spanish architecture. An essence which cannot be transmitted through big monuments but more through popular buildings, small parishes or enchanting little squares, the result of many centuries of history. The project had so much success that the government of the time decided to keep the precinct for the future generations.
OPENING TIMES
Open 365 days a year
HOW TO GET THERE
Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13
08038 Barcelona
ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Metro
Espanya Station (Line 1 and Line 3)
Renfe i rodalies
Sants Estació stop
Ferrocarrils Catalans FGC trains
Espanya Station
Bus
Poble Espanyol
Stop of Lines 13, 23 and 150
Bus Turístic and Barcelona City Tour
Poble Espanyol stop
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