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Barcelona
Catalonia Tourist Office: Plaza Catalunya, 17, soterrani - 08002 Barcelona (Barcelona) Tel. +34 807117222 Fax +34 933689735 Best Places to Visit in Barcelona Barcelona Concerts What's on Barcelona Fiestas, Festivals 
Barcelona Guitar Festival
A
quality line up of guitarists
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the 7th June
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Fiestas
de Nuestra Señora de la Merced - Nuestra Señora de La Merced Fiesta
24th
September
Since 1871, in honour of the Virgen de la Merced,
named patron saint of the city by Pope Pious IX in 1868, Barcelona has
held important fiestas with countless activities and events all over the
city.
Nothing
particularly new for Spain, but great fun and they do it well.
Street
entertainment, concerts, traditional dances and music, theatre
performances.
Saint
George's Day
23rd April 2007 Barcelona celebrates its very own version of St Valentine's Day, Lovers Day, on St George's Day. Barcelona website The Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation) i possesses an incomparable collection of work by the 20th-century master, and also stages many impressive temporary exhibitions. Miró himself set up the Fundació in 1971 and it was expanded in the 1980s. The Miró archives boast thousands of drawings, 200 paintings and 150 sculptures created between 1914 and 1978. Artistic treasures by leading lights of 20th-century art also contribute to the permanent show - Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Claes Oldenburg, Henry Moore and Fernand Leger all feature. Check out, too, the reconstruction of kinetic artist Alexander Calder's Mercury Fountain outside. The Espai 13 section is devoted to up-and-coming contemporary artists. In the summer it also plays host to classical music concerts. Joan Miró Foundation Centre d'Estudis, Parque de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia 08038, Spain open Tue-Sat 10am-7pm (until 9.30pm Thu, until 8pm Jul-Sep); Sun 10am-2.30pm +34 934 439 470 fjmiro@bcn.fjmiro. Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona website The Palau de la Música Catalana is one of the world's leading concert halls. Considered to be one of Modernism's chief exponents, it was built by architectLluís Domènech i Montaner between 1905 and 1908. In 1997 it was declared a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO. With over ninety years of history, the Palau de la Música Catalana (1908) is one of the main focal points of Catalan musical life. The building, an original design by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, has been declared a "World Heritage Site" by the UNESCO. From 1982 until 1999, the Tusquets-Diaz Architects Studio has been carrying out works to redesign and extend the building, a project which will endow it with all the features demanded of a modern concert hall . Palau de la Música 2, C/ St Francesco de Paula, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia 08003, Spain Tel +34 902 442 882 taquilles@palaumusica.org Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona TOUR INFORMATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC visites@liceubarcelona.com Tel. + 34 93 485 99 14 TOUR INFORMATION FOR SCHOOLS In the El Petit Liceu section or at servei.educatiu@liceubarcelona.com Gran Teatre del Liceu 51-59, La Rambla, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia 08002, Spain Tel +34 93 485 9913 The home of Barcelona Football Club Nou Camp Barcelona Football Club website Nou Camp Av Aristides Maillol, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia 08028, Spain l +34 902 189 900 / +34 902 33 22 11 (tickets) taquilles@club.fcbarcelona.com Aquarium Barcelona website 
L'AQUARIUM OF BARCELONA SUPPORTS CAMPAIGNS TO SAVE NATURE -
(27-April-2006) L’Aquàrium has joined the first campaign to preserve the wild life of the Iberian Peninsula, and which is being organized by AIZA (The Iberian Association for Zoos and Aquariums), of which it has formed a part since 1997. Aquarium Moll d'Espanya del Port Vell, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia 08039, Spain info@aquariumbcn.com |
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