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Palau de la Música Catalana

A Modernista concert hall of 1908, ablaze with mosaic, sculpture and a great stained-glass skylight, a UNESCO site.

Official Website
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Open
Tours every day; check the website for concerts
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Carrer Palau de la Música 4–6, 08003 BarcelonaDirections
Getting There
Urquinaona station (Metro lines 1 and 4).

Why Go

Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner for a choral society, the hall bursts with color: winged horses, roses and an inverted dome of golden glass that lights the auditorium by day.

Take a guided tour, or better, hear a concert there.

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