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ROMANESQUE 11Th-13Th C/BCN 16 ENG 16 Roman wall from the late imperial period Constructions from the 12th-13th century Later Gothic constructions 1 Episcopal Palace C. del Bisbe, 5 Two wings of three floors of the Romanesque episcopal 3 Balmesiana Paintings residence built about 1160 remain, set at right angles and 2 Tower of the Dean’s Residence C. de Duran i Bas, 9 Av. de la Catedral and Pla de la Seu opening onto the main courtyard, with arched porticoes and Paintings taken from a house demolished 4 Windows of La Canonja and L’Almoina 5 Count’s Residence within the Great Royal Palace ROMANESQUE sculpted capitals on the piano nobile or main floor (12th-13th c.). Tower of the Roman wall, with windows to allow construction of the Balmesiana Av. de la Catedral and C. de la Tapineria Pl. del Rei and courtyard of the Frederic Marès Museum Chapel of Sant Llàtzer 23 with double Romanesque arches Foundation, where they are currently Polygonal tower of the Roman wall with double Remains of the count’s residence from the early Romanesque period, Pl. del Padró, 2 and c. de Sant Llàtzer, 1-7 11th-13th C/BCN (12th-13th c.). Nearby are the exhibited. The paintings show plant, Romanesque-arch windows (12th-13th c.). The adjacent integrated into the Palau Reial (Royal Palace). Still remaining are the Chapel of a traveller’s hospital, probably built in the middle Neo-Romanesque windows of the towers animal and heraldic motifs and section of wall is topped by a section of wall with a barrel vaults of the ground floor and the two longitudinal façades of of the 12th century. The chapel is highly reformed and URBAN HISTORY of the Bishop and of the Archdeacon, simulation of pallia rotata fabrics, with pair of double Romanesque windows (11th c.). two upper floors, with primitive windows (11th c.) and other highly Building constructed on the Roman wall restored; it consists of a single nave and a semicircular 6 in Plaça Nova (19th-20th c.). knights and falconers (late 13th c.). restored elements of the late Romanesque period (13th c.). Pl. de Ramon Berenguer el Gran GUIDE apse with late Lombardian decoration (12th-13th c.). The paintings (middle or late 13th c.) currently on display in The chapel of Santa Àgata makes use of a section of the three towers the Saló del Tinell, came from the main reception room of the Roman wall and a Romanesque construction built on the two and most likely allude to the campaigns arches of the sections of wall between the towers (12th-13th c.). of King James I. 7 23 3 7 Convent of Sant Pere de les Puelles Pl. de Sant Pere A convent for Benedictine nuns, founded in 945 and later turned 22 Chapel of Santa Llúcia, formerly Santa Maria dels into a parish church (19th c.). The church includes the remains Malalts or Mesells of a pre-Romanesque or early Romanesque church with columns C. de Santa Llúcia, 2 and reliefs (9th-10th c.). The cloister (late 12th c.) was broken up Chapel built during the 1260s and subsequently 1 2 4 and parts of it can be seen at the MNAC (Barcelona) and at the integrated into the Gothic cloister of the cathedral. Santacana Museum (Martorell). Single nave, covered with an ogival arch and flat rear. Door with archivolts in degradation with figured 22 capitals and late Romanesque decoration. 8 21 5 6 9 21 Different elements of the cathedral Passage from the cloister to the church: There is a Gothic 19 door in the western crossing that integrates Romanesque pieces sculpted in marble. It has highly worked archivolts, richly figured capitals on the left (13th c.) and capitals with plant motifs on the right. Eastern crossing: Beside the Sant Iu door, there are parts of late Romanesque construction 11 10 integrated in the Gothic work. 20 18 12 1ª fase 2ª fase 3ª fase 16 14 13 Constructions prior to the 13th century 13th-century construction phases 8 First church of the convent of Santa Caterina Santa Caterina Market 17 Dominican convent established in 1223 and completely Museu d’Història de Barcelona 15 demolished in 1837. Excavations have revealed the remains of a Pl. del Rei, s/n Romanesque chapel (11th-12th c.), replaced by a church with three apses and a single nave, surrounded by the first monastic buildings 08002 Barcelona (13th c.). Part of the remains can be seen inside the market. Information and bookings: [email protected] Tel. 93 256 21 22 20 Sant Pau del Camp C. de Sant Pau, 99 The church is documented from 985 and was converted to a monastery in 1117, until it became a parish church in MUHBA URBAN HISTORY GUIDES 1835. It was built on late Lombard lines (12th c.) and is 1. BARCINO/BCN 12. TEATRES/BCN notable for the sculpted doorway with pieces taken from 2. GAUDÍ/BCN 13. COOPERATIVES 1842-1939/BCN late antiquity. There is an adjacent cloister with unique 3. DIAGONAL/BCN 14. INDIANES 1736-1847/BCN polylobed apertures and figured capitals (mid-13th c.). 4. PARCS/BCN 15. REREGUARDA/BCN 5. GOTHIC/BCN 16. ROMANESQUE 11th-13th/BCN 6. WATER/BCN 17. CALL/BCN House and tower of the Academy of Fine Arts 7. BARRAQUES/BCN 18. BALCONADA/BCN C. del Sotstinent Navarro, 4-6 8. DEFENSA 1936-39/BCN 19. INDIANS 1835-1888/BCN 18 Church of Sant Miquel 11 Section of the Roman wall that incorporates a 9. ORIENT/BCN 20. MACOSA/BCN Pl. de Sant Miquel Romanesque house with a façade over a large 10. SEAT 1950-65/BCN 21. II GUERRA MUNDIAL 1939-1945/BCN Church documented as early as 951. The nave occupies the portico between two towers and altered remains 11. POBLENOU/BCN building of the frigidarium of some Roman baths, paved in of two large windows (12th-13th c.). mosaic with marine motifs (2nd c.). A Romanesque doorway was 12 Tower on the Roman wall, with a raised discovered when the church was demolished in 1868. The mosaic Romanesque section and windows with 14 House and paintings Chapel of Marcús or Mare de Déu de la Guia was removed and is on display at the Museum of Archeology of double arches (13th c.), highly restored. 9 Catalonia. This is a unique case in the city of the transformation C. de Lledó, 7 C. de Carders, 2 and Placeta d’en Marcús © of the MUHBA edition, 2017 1st ediition: October 2017 of a building of antiquity into a medieval church. House consisting of a Romanesque wing (12th-13th c.) Founded by the wealthy Bernat Marcús in the mid- AUTHOR: Eduard Riu-Barrera parallel to the interior of the Roman wall, which includes 12th c., associated with a traveller’s hospital. The a tower. The lower floor has a portico and painted PLANIMETRIC BASE: Jaume Artigues façades follow late Lombardian models (12th-13th c.) decoration with geometric and plant motifs of unclear and the interior has been completely transformed. MAPS OF SANTA CATERINA: Josefa Huertas, Jordi Aguelo and origin (12th-14th c.). Judit Vico RESTITUTION DRAWINGS: Magda Dalmau, Eduard Riu-Barrera PUBLISHING COORDINATORS: Marta Iglesias and Ana Shelly PHOTOGRAPHS: Archive of the Crown of Aragon (ACA), Photographic Paintings ISSN: 2014-8879 16 Archive of Barcelona, Historical archive of the City Banys Nous [New Baths] C. de Lledó, 4 of Barcelona, Mas Archive, Biblioteca Balmesiana, 19 C. dels Banys Nous and c. de la Boqueria Paintings (second half of the 13th c.) exhibited at Fototeca.cat-Rambol, Museum of the History Baths documented since 1160 and demolished in the MNAC, from the piano nobile or main floor of a of Barcelona (MUHBA), Mercè Marquès (Krom 1834. This type of baths or hammām is typical of the Romanesque house, with four superimposed images Restauració SL), National Museum of Catalan Art al-Andalus style (12th-13th c.). Laid out at an angle, that represented biblical scenes and others of uncertain (MNAC), Ramon Muro, Pep Parer, Jordi Puig, the warm room was square, with a dome and columns, origin, religious or secular. Paintings of the conquest of Majorca L. Plasencia, Eduard Riu-Barrera, Pere Vivas. and the hot and cold rooms were naves with ogival Chapel of the Temple 10 17 C. de Montcada, 15 Cover image: Altar-bone reliquary, made in Cologne vaults. Some remains are conserved at the MUHBA. C. d’Ataülf, 4 13 Paintings and imported into Barcelona c. 1200, MUHBA. Gothic house that includes a late Romanesque wing on the Chapel founded by the Templars in 1246, which then became C. de Basea, 8-15 LEGAL DEPOSIT: B.24697-2011 LEGAL DEPOSIT: southern side of the courtyard, with a three-arch window DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Estudi Tere Moral part of the Palau Reial Menor [Lesser Royal Palace], with a single Paintings exhibited in the MUHBA, from the upper (13th c.). The paintings on display at the MNAC (middle nave and arches with diaphragms hidden by a late Gothic vault 15 House area of the tower of a Romanesque house. They or late 13th c.) come from the main reception room and that also hides the remains of Romanesque painting (13th c.). C. del Correu Vell, 12-14 and c. de l’Hostal d’en Sol, 4 decorated two parallel walls of a room with an ogival represent the conquest of Majorca in 1229 by King James I. The door, which has been heavily reworked, is not in its original A highly transformed stately home that has a Romanesque vault and represent a cavalcade of knights (late 13th c.).
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