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The Gothic Quarter (Catalan: Barri Gòtic [ˈbari ˈɣɔtik] or El Gòtic; Spanish: Barrio Gótico) is the historic centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere. It is a part of Ciutat Vella district.
The Jewish quarter of Barcelona (Catalan: El Call de Barcelona, Spanish: Barrio Judío de Barcelona) in Barcelona, Spain, is an area located in the Gothic Quarter. The quarter was the heart of the city's Jewish community from the 7th to 14th centuries [ 1 ] and was one of the most important Jewish quarters on the Iberian Peninsula during the ...
The Barcelona Cathedral is located in the cathedral neighborhood in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona. As a showing of Catalonian nationalism the mediaeval buildings of the Gothic quarter were restored from 1927 to 1970. Over 40 structures were remodeled in the gothic style to upgrade the area that became one of the most attractive part of the city.
To the north of the Gothic Quarter lie the Jardins de Fonseré i Mestre which contain modernist buildings housing zoological and geological collections. The adjacent Parc de la Ciutadella includes both the Parliament of Catalonia and the Barcelona Zoo whose most famous resident was an albino gorilla, Snowflake, who died in 2003 of skin cancer. [3]
Map of Barcino superimposed on the current map of the Gothic Quarter. Barcelona was founded by Roman colonizers in the first century BC with the name of Barcino . [ note 1 ] Originally, it was a small walled city which took the urban form of castrum initially, and later oppidum , seated on the Mons Taber (16.9 meters above sea level ), a small ...
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