Barcelona is the most Cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean Sea. It has an interesting mix of styles. You can find a wide historic or artistic heritage for its Roman and Medieval times combined with the Modernist and Avant-gard buildings of Gaudí and Doménech I Montaner. Besides, the city revitalizes everyday supporting all kind of trendy cultural events such as theatre, exhibitions, dance, music…

The city keeps its most deeply rooted tradition and highlights it in events as the Mercé, Gracia, Poblenou, or Sants Festivities.

It was built 1319 and 1391 in the purest Gothic Catalan style which means a single nave with side chapels with almost no ornamentation.  As most of the gothic  buildings of the same time, this church gives us a sense of hight.

It suffered a fire in 1936 where some elements of the Neo-Gothic style were introduced on the original building. The stained glasses were restored after the Spanish Civil War by Josep Maria Jujol.

Guarded by a medieval building, four temple columns bear witness to the magnificent origins of Barcelona in the heart of the Gothic Quarter. These columns are all that remains of the Temple of Augustus. They can be found at the end of Carrer Paradís in the Gothic Quarter. The uniform columns of the Temple of Augustus inside are 9 metres tall and comprise an imposing relic of one of the temples from Barcelona’s Forum which stood on a corner site at the rear. The temple was built in the 1st century BC and, as its name suggests, it was dedicated to the worship of Emperor Augustus. The temple was reconstructed by the architect Puig i Cadafalch in the early 20th century.

Gothic district will make feel its visitor as if taking a walk through a mix between the Roman city of Barcino and the medieval town it became centuries later. It is quite the spirit of the city where past and present keep coexisting.

The centre of the Roman city is still touchable in the remains of the Roman Temple of Augustus. Indeed, the old centre of both, the Roman City and the Medieval Twon are the heart of the 21^st century Barcelona.

La Mercè is the annual festivity of Barcelona. In Spanish it is known as “Fiesta Mayor de la Mercè”.  It takes place every year on the 24^th of September and the previous days. Ever since 1871 the festivity is celebrated yearly to worship the day of Our Lady of Mercy.

In 1902, some of the most important features were introduced such as the first Castell Competition, the popular dance of La Sardana, Parades of Giants. Its popularity since that date has kept growing.

In the last years, some new activities have been included: Catalonian Wine Fair, Marathon Race, a correfoc and pyromusical that uses fireworks, water founts and music to make a very special performance at the mountain of Montjuic.

This square was built to fill the space that many religious buildings had left in the city as a consequence of the confiscation of properties in 1835. It was designed by the architect Françesc Molina whose goal was to extol the Monarchy. There should be a statue of Ferdinand VII, but the project never came to fruition. So, instead, in that right spot stands the fountain os the Three Graces.

There are also two streetlamps designed by Gaudí, in his youth, which were put in place in 1879. This square is composed by uniform, noble buildings with porticoes. They used to be the home of the most important families in the city. The place shows an ambiguous character since it was designed to look luxurious, but somehow it became more bohemian that is translated in its nightlife.

Tha Plaça Villa de Madrid, surrounded by buildings with elegant façades, is located very closet o the Rambla and Plaça Catalunya. It contains the most important burial site from the Roman city of Barcino.

This Plaça was designed in the 50s, after the previous monuments that occupied this space where destroyed in 1936. While it was being constructed, a Roman Necropolis was discovered and integrated into a landscape area.  From a raised walkway you can see 70 tombd dating from the 2^nd and 3^rd centuries AD.

Some weeks after Gracia Festivity, it is the beginning of Sants Festivity. Although all fiesta mayors share many things in common, each one is different, because it is the reflection of the neighbourhood  which it represents. While Gracia's festival has some sort of hip, cosmopolitan edge, Sants´ celebration is a down-to-earth fiesta mayor that embodies the traditional spirit of popular parties. You've got the fun fair with rides and cotton candy; you can find a  discomobile with hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s; you've got traditional processions and religious acts in honour of the barrio's patron saint; you've got long tables with neighbours sitting together and eating and drinking until late in the night