Shopping · Ciutat Vella
Cereria Subira
Cereria Subira is a candle shop on Baixada de la Llibreteria in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. The business dates from 1761 and the shop retains its 1847 interior with a double staircase and painted figures.
Why it matters
Included as the oldest continuously trading shop in Barcelona, and for an interior fitted out for a nineteenth-century draper that has simply never been replaced.
Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.
Good for
- Architecture & design — A complete 1840s shop interior, visible from the doorway without buying anything.
These are editorial judgements, not verified facts.
Sources & verification
- coordinates.latitude
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
- coordinates.longitude
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- officialWebsite
- Cereria Subira (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.
- address.formatted
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Address as recorded by the authoritative gazetteer that supplied the coordinate.
- operational.hoursText
- Cereria Subira - published opening information (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Quoted from the operator's published opening information on the date read.
Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.
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