#PLAÇA ESPANYA

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hi! I'm visiting Spain in a couple days, flying into Barcelona! I'll there a few days -- anything important/cool you recommend seeing? I'm real interested in learning more about the civil war/marxist/anarchist history and the catalonian independence movement. I'm going to museums etc but I wanted to ask if you had thoughts :)

Hi! I hope you enjoy your stay in Catalonia and all your trip ^^

Okay, more or less in historical order:

I recommend visiting the el Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria (you can find it shortened to el Born CCM) which is an archaeological site from a part of the city that was forcefully destroyed after the Spanish invasion in 1717, you can see it from above for free or you can get a guided tour (they're very cheap) to go down to the site, which I recommend.

Born CCM is very close to el Fossar de les Moreres (right next to Santa Maria del Mar), which is the most symbolic place for Catalan independentists. It might not seem like an impressive place just for what it looks like, but it's a place that's near the heart for many of us. It's just a small square with a monument, but it's the location of one of the main cemeteries during the Siege of Barcelona, where many of the inhabitants who died fighting against the Bourbonic army were buried. It's where Catalanist demonstrations have been celebrated since the late 1800s and people still go pay homage nowadays.

For the time period right after the War of the Spanish Succession and until the Franco dictatorship, I recommend the Castell de Montjuïc (Montjuïc castle). It's a military fortress on top of a mountain overlooking the city, where Barcelona was bombed from many times. Inside the fortress, there's a small exhibition you can visit where they explain the history of working class revolts in the city in the 19th century and their repression, which I think is very interesting. What the Montjuïc Castle is most famous for is for being a jail after the civil war and during the dictatorship, and a place where many dissidents were killed, including Lluís Companys (president of Catalonia and founder of the antifascist committee during the Civil War). The Fossar de la Pedrera right next to it is a common mass grave where more than 4,000 antifascist prisoners who were kept in the fortress were buried. If you go to the castle, I recommend getting a bus there (or a cable-car, if you're up to spending more money). You can catch the bus at Plaça Espanya.

For more of the Civil War, you can visit one of the air raid shelters (Refugi 307) but I think you can only visit it in guided tours, though I'm not completely sure, but I know on Sundays the tours are free.

If you read popular places to visit, you'll see visitors also like going to the anti-air defence on the Turó de la Rovira in the Carmel neighborhood (mistakenly called the "Carmel bunkers"). It's where the anti-aircraft batteries to block fascist attacks were located during the Civil War, but most tourists go there because it has great views of the city (from the opposite side of what you'll see from Montjuïc). Honestly I'd say if you have few days in the city, you can skip this one. Between this and Montjuïc castle, I'd sooner recommend Montjuïc Castle because of its history and because you can see the fortress there, while the anti-aircraft batteries visible are less impressive.

You can see the remains of the bombs on some walls of the city, too. I think where you can see it the best in plaça Sant Felip Neri (next to the Cathedral). It was where refugee children from Franco-occupied areas were staying and it was hit by one of the (many) bombs that were dropped by the fascists during the war.

Also right next to the Cathedral (facing the Cathedral, it's the building on the left in the corner with Via Laietana avenue), you can take a look at the building that used to be the CNT's headquarter during the civil war. If you've seen pictures from back then, sometimes they're taken in front of there. Sadly you can only see it from outside because nowadays it's the headquarters of the employer's association 😵‍💫

Another civil war location that you'll surely walk by sooner or later is Plaça Catalunya square, it's where there's the Telefonica building that was collectivised by the CNT and which sparked the May Events of 1937. (My great-grandfather was in the CNT and was working there in the Telefonica building so I confirm from what he explained that it's true that the anarchists used to barge in the government's private conversations to make fun of them, one of the reasons that sparked the May Events, it's not a rumour he said he did it too lol). Also in Plaça Catalunya there used to be Hotel Colón where the famous Marina Ginestà photo was taken.

For museums, the Museu d'Història de Catalunya (Catalonia's History Museum) gives a general view from prehistory to the modern-day. It used to be a very fun museum because it had more interactive things but sadly they're very underfunded and haven't been able to replace them when some of them were damaged, so now there's less interactive things. Still, it's a good place to get an idea of all the history, at least to take a walk though it. The top floor is the one that has the civil war and the dictatorship. Otherwise, the MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) is an art museum from the Middle Ages to the 1940s I think so it's also a nice way to walk through history in a more aesthetic way.

And unrelated to the war, if you're visiting the Sagrada Família remember to book the tickets online in advance. They're a bit expensive but it's because the Sagrada Família is an expiatory temple so it can only be built with the money from donations (and tickets count as a donation), not public funding or anything, so at least you know the money is being well spent. Personally I think the inside is very beautiful but the outside is a bit ugly lol, so I recommend going inside.

Besides that, mostly I'd recommend walking in the old city centre (Gothic quarter), starting near Santa Maria del Pi and the Cathedral, down Carrer del Bisbe to Plaça Sant Jaume, oh also Temple d'August is there which is a part of the Roman forum inside a building, and Plaça del Rei, and walk all the way to Santa Maria del Mar in the Born area, and then you can end at the Ciutadella Park.

Also, I'll link you to a post by @useless-catalanfacts from a while ago about places to visit in Barcelona:

I'll answer this publicly because I have some followers who are also from here so maybe they have something else to add!

I hope you have a great time in your trip! ☺️

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J'arrive dans l'après midi à mon hostal et je ressors le soir venu me promener dans les rues. Je tombe sur l'exposition "Top Secret" de la Cinémathèque française. J'étais allé la voir à Madrid cet été. Je constate qu'elle aussi fait le tour de l'Espagne.

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