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Barcelona

Gracia

Gracia is an administrative district of Barcelona formed around a town that was annexed by the city in 1897. Its historic core is characterised by narrow streets and small squares, and the district extends uphill to the north.

Type
district
Status
An official administrative unit with a defined boundary.

Also known as Gràcia, Vila de Gràcia.

Gracia was an independent municipality until 1897 and its street pattern still differs sharply from the Cerda grid that surrounds it. The modern district also takes in hillside areas above the historic core.

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What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Markets2
  • Parks & gardens1
  • Architecture & design1
  • Civic & heritage1
  • Cafés1

Places in Gracia

Parks & gardens

Park Guell

Gracia

Park Guell is a public park on Carmel hill in Barcelona's Gracia district, laid out by Antoni Gaudi between 1900 and 1914 as an unrealised housing development for Eusebi Guell. The municipality acquired it in 1922 and it is now managed by the city.

Architecture & design

Casa Vicens

Gracia

Casa Vicens is a house in Barcelona's Gracia district built between 1883 and 1885 as a summer residence for Manel Vicens i Montaner. It was Antoni Gaudi's first substantial independent commission, and opened to the public as a museum in 2017.

Civic & heritage

Biblioteca Jaume Fuster

Gracia

Biblioteca Jaume Fuster is a public library on Placa Lesseps in Barcelona's Gracia district, opened in 2005 to a design by Josep Llinas with a distinctive folded roofline.

Markets

Mercat de l'Abaceria Central

Gracia

Mercat de l'Abaceria Central is a municipal market in Barcelona's Gracia district, trading since 1892 on Travessera de Gracia and operating from a temporary hall while its building is rebuilt.

Markets

Mercat de la Llibertat

Gracia

Mercat de la Llibertat is the oldest municipal market in Barcelona's Gracia district, covered in 1893 to a design by Miquel Pascual i Tintorer with ironwork attributed to Francesc Berenguer, and restored in 2009.

Cafés

SlowMov

Gracia

SlowMov is a coffee roaster and cafe on Carrer de Luis Antunez in Barcelona's Gracia, roasting on the premises since 2013.

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