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A whitewashed beach town south of Barcelona, known for its film festival and carnival.
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Picasso Museum
Picasso's early work, from boyhood sketches to his variations on Velázquez's Las Meninas, in five medieval palaces.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Carrer de Montcada 15–23, 08003 BarcelonaDirections
- Getting There
- Jaume I station (Metro line 4).
Why Go
Picasso spent his teenage years in Barcelona, and the museum is strongest on his early life, showing how a gifted academic painter became a revolutionary. Its later highlight is his series of 58 paintings on Las Meninas.
The museum fills a row of Gothic mansions on Carrer de Montcada.
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