Index

The streets

Barcelona and its inhabitants

Housing

Romanesque and Gothic Barcelona

The Ribera neighborhood of the guilds

Passeig del Born and Palaces at Montcada

street

The crisis

The streets Narrow streets

Elegance and sobriety due to the religious and civil buildings

in the new Gothic style

Barcelona and its inhabitants

Backgrounds neither privileged nor marginalized.

Black Pest (1348) many noble families moved into the

cities and built their own palaces.

Housing Direct connection between the house and the street.

The houses tended to be small.

Romanesque and Gothic Barcelona Gothic quarter: the medieval past of the city.

Various extensions of its wall enclosures & importance of

monarchy and nobility.

A) Monarchy and nobility imprint

Palau de la GeneralitatMontcada street

Palau Reial in Plaça del Rei

B) Role played by the Church

Barcelona’s Cathedral

C) The middle class trade imprint

Drassanes

The Llotja

Passeig del Born

A place for fairs, tournaments, processions and the carnival

Main palaces at Montcada street

Museu Picasso

Palau Nadal

Museu Textil i d’indumentaria

The Ribera, neighbourhood of the guilds

Growth of the city

in13th century

Each guild in a

different street

The crisis

Difficult times: the pest (Black Death) in 1348

Social tensions

The discovery of America