Drawings by Joan Mañe Saint Petersburg (from August 1914 to January 1924) – Petrograd, from January 26, 1924, to September 6, 1991 – Leningrad, colloquial – Peter, Petersburg, abbr. – St. Petersburg) is the second most populated city in Russia after Moscow.…

The Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) is an institution with more than 140 years of history that preserves a heritage of more than three million specimens in the fields of mineralogy, petrology, palaeontology, zoology and botany. This…

The Forum building is a building located in the Forum Park in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. Since 2011 it has been one of the headquarters of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona…

The Parc del Fòrum is an area in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) that was built for the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and where various events and shows are currently held throughout the year. It is in the district of Sant Martí, in the neighborhood of El…

Diagonal Zero Zero (also known as Torre Diagonal Zero Zero or Diagonal 00 and later Diagonal One) is a skyscraper in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). The building is 110 meters high and has 24 floors.​ It was designed by Emba Estudi Massip-Bosch arquitectes…

The Barcelona Princess Hotel is a skyscraper in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It is a part of the luxury hotel chain Princess Hotels & Resorts. It was built between 2000 and 2004 for the Universal Forum of Cultures, held in Barcelona in 2004, although it…

The Torre Glòries, also known as Torre Agbar, is a skyscraper located in Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), ​​included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It was designed by the architect Jean Nouvel (France)…

L’Almadrava is a neighborhood  in the municipality of Vandellòs i l’Hospitalet de l’Infant (Baix Camp, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain), located on the coast, 12 km south of l’Hospitalet de l’Infant, between the Balaguer pass and the head of the Terme…

L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is a city and municipality in the Barcelonès region, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) on the left bank of the Llobregat river. It is bordered to the west by the terms of Esplugues de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat…

La Seu d’Urgell (Catalonia, Spain) will receive a grant from the European Commission in the amount of €15,000 to finance the installation of free wi-fi of at least 30Mbps in public places. The project will be implemented during the first 18 months after receiving…

Avinguda del Paral·lel is a street in the city of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), ​​which runs from the Drassanes Reials de Barcelona to Plaça d’Espanya. From the 19th century with its theaters, concert halls and entertainment infrastructure the street was…

Edifici Colón (also Torre Maritima) is an office skyscraper in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It has 28 floors and stands at a height of 110 metres (120 yd). It is located in the district of Ciutat Vella, Avinguda de les Drassanes. Built in 1970, it was the…

The Maritime Museum of Barcelona is located in the building of the Royal Shipyards of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), ​​a space dedicated to shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th centuries, it is documented in 1243. It has been declared a museum of national…

The B-10 or Ronda del Litoral (also called Ronda Litoral) is a fast 20 km ring road that runs through the heart of the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) passing through the south of Barcelona, ​​following the course of the Llobregat river…

The Barcelona Wax Museum (Museu de Cera de Barcelona) is a private museum in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) that houses an important collection of more than two hundred wax figures of real and fictional characters and receives almost two hundred thousand visits…

Placeta de Sant Miquel is an irregularly shaped square in the Gràcia neighborhood of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) at the entrance of Carrer de la Riera de Sant Miquel, and accessible via Carrer de Luís Antúnez, Carrer de Vic and Carrer del Pou de la Riera.…

The Generalitat de Catalunya (Spanish: Generalidad de Cataluña, Occitan: Generalitat de Catalonha) is the institutional system of the political structure of Catalonia in which the self-government of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain) is politically organized. It’s…

Spain and its travel guide: 806 objects to see