Sant Pere, Barcelona
Encyclopedia
Sant Pere (ˈsam ˈpeɾə, El barri de Sant Pere in Catalan) is a neighborhood in District 1 (Ciutat Vella
), the old city of Barcelona
, Spain
. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Officially it is a part of the neighborhood Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
.
Travel Adventures page for Sant Pere, with photographs
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample...
), the old city of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Officially it is a part of the neighborhood Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It is formed by the former neighborhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera....
.
Points of interest
- The neighborhood received its name from the 10th century monastery of Sant Pere de les Puelles, (Saint Peter of the Innocents), at Lluís El Piadós 1. The monastery is named after girls that disfigured themselves to avoid rape and murder.
- The Palau de la Música CatalanaPalau de la Música CatalanaThe Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement...
(Palace of Catalan Music) concert hall designed by Lluís Domènech i MontanerLluís Domènech i MontanerLluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician....
is located at Carrer Sant Francesc de Paula 2.
External links
- http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/europe/sant-pere.shtml
Travel Adventures page for Sant Pere, with photographs