During the 19th century, the upper class of Catalan society was made up of a minority, classist, Catholic, and endogamous group of businessmen, industrialists,
History
This Christmas, the Museum of the History of Catalonia (MHC) is offering a programme of activities aimed especially at families, but with something for
Marina Cinema Not only cinema The Marina cinema opened to the public in 1916 at 5 Ginebra Street, on the corner of Carbonell. Its
There was a time when every neighbourhood had its own cinema or cinemas. Barcelona had more than 230 cinemas in the 60s and 70s.
Dr. Frederic Duran i Jordà was a world pioneer in the creation, for the first time in history, of a transfusion service, in the
Every semester, the MHC offers a reading club with a different theme. The thirteenth edition of the MHC Reading Club invites us to learn
For a few minutes, you will hear history beat with SOM the Museu d’Història de Catalunya’s new podcast. A digital and periodic audio proposal
The first way in which the residents of Barceloneta obtained their water supply was through the construction of wells. But these were always a
The Muse u d’Història de Catalunya ( MHC) was created in 1996 to preserve, exhibit and disseminate the history of Catalonia as a collective
For all those nostalgic people: who doesn’t remember Lola Flores, Estrellita Castro, Imperio Argentina or Marifé de Triana singing María de la O? “
There are very few people left who remember that there was a bullring in Barceloneta called the Torín. It was the first fixed bullring
It is Sunday, the neighbourhood is shining with joy. the music floods the streets from the radio sets that through the balconies and windows
A real institution in La Barceloneta. He was much more than the parish priest of the Church of San Miguel for almost five decades.
Tribute to a whole history Alfons Cánovas Lapuente (4 -11-1917) comienza a aprender el oficio de joyero en 1929 en el taller del sr. Cabañas
On October 26th, the Barceloneta History Workshop gave a lecture at CB1761, a research project. Still in embryonic form, with the aim of recovering
There was a time when there was no celebrity passing through Barcelona who did not visit the picnic areas. In 1973 Jack Nicholson and
Thirty years after the disappearance of the merenderos, some sagas are still active. Like the children and grandchildren of María Vellvé of Casa Costa,
Behind every picnic area there is a unique story. Here we want to tell you the story of “El Avión”, by Jordi Tresserras in
The Coastal Law passed by the Spanish Parliament in 1988 had been relentless. Determined to return to the citizenship the kilometers of beach that
The photographer Albert Olivé Boix leaves us testimony of the last stage and demolition of the picnic areas.
The origin. In the previous issue of Essència Barceloneta we explained the origin of the neighborhood cuisine. The fishermen’s “on board” fisherman’s ranch and,
The Nuevo Vulcano Workshops, one of the most important factories in our neighborhood, together with the Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima, was the first factory
Joy. Tradition. Feeling. Music… Much more than a party. They are the Coros, the most deeply rooted celebration of the neighborhood. A spectacle! GET
There are many theories about the origins of the Barceloneta Coros: that they come from the Caramelles, that it was Anselm Clavè who founded
One must feel it. “A festival like the Coros could only exist here. Barceloneta is so much Barceloneta. I have been coming out here
Thanks and remembrance. We would like to thank the Coros Coordinator Selena Carpio Jerez, Eduard Isaac Peidró and Alex Martín Navarro, for the information
Sitting on that stool in the doorway of the even older workshop, Manuel looked at the sky with an eagerness to recover -even if
Have you ever wondered why there is a street, in our neighbourhood, named after Escuder? Who is this person? What did he do to
Barceloneta has always been a neighbourhood with a great tradition of restaurants and eating houses. We can boast of being a gastronomic reference in
“Like Esther Williams” Enriqueta Moyano ends up in the water because a traumatologist tells her that orthopedic boots were not enough to improve her
It is celebrated in honour of Saint Miquel (29th September) and begins on the neighbourhood’s main festival. Although it is also held on the
“Good quality leeches are available” Since its beginnings in 1753, Barceloneta has been an active neighbourhood full of anecdotes and curiosities. Its links with
Up to the Fifthteen Century, Barcelona did not have a port in accordance with its commercial magnitude. The coast was flat and the seabed
It is not always that a city or a neighbourhood can celebrate its birthday. Barceloneta can. On February 3, 1753, Domingo Fernandez del Monte,
The Clock tower at Barcelona Port, located at the Fishermen Warf, celebrates its birthday with an exhibition and a series of events to make
