Cafés · Ciutat Vella
Pastisseria Escriba
Pastisseria Escriba is a pastry shop on the Rambla in Barcelona, occupying Casa Figueras, a 1902 modernista shopfront with mosaic, stained glass and carved timber.
Why it matters
Included for the shopfront rather than the counter: Casa Figueras is one of the most complete modernista commercial facades left on the Rambla.
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Good for
- Architecture & design — A 1902 shopfront that survives because the business inside it never left.
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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
- 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.
Not verified: opening hours, admission prices and access rules. These change frequently and we have not checked them, so this page does not state them. Check the official website before travelling.
Escriba trades from several premises in Barcelona. This record is the Casa Figueras shop on the Rambla, identified in the municipal census as a single premises at that address.
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