Walk the Line

Washington Area Film Critics Awards. Mobile phone theft is also a popular petty theft crime when tourists leave their phones on tabletops. Screen Actors Guild Awards. It is not uncommon for thieves to cut bags and backpack straps. Satellite Awards. Internet cafes are a popular target in general. San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards. Areas where one should be particularly careful are the Barri Gòtic, El Raval, and the Ramblas.

Phoenix Film Critics Awards. The problem is compounded by the few policemen "walking the beat" in Barcelona, even though the city has one of the highest police to citizen ratios in Europe. Online Film Critics Society. Stealing money or goods worth less than about $360 without the use or threat of violence is classified as hurto or petty theft under Spanish law and is treated as a minor misdemeanor no matter how many times it is repeated. New York Film Critics Awards. Many pickpockets are known to the police and some have been arrested hundreds of times only to be released once the police have filled in a report. National Society of Film Critics Awards. They usually work in groups whereby the victim is distracted by one party while being robbed by another party.

Las Vegas Film Critic Awards. Barcelona, like other big cities, has a large number of criminals who mainly prey on tourists. Kansas Film Critcs Awards. The urban design by Eduard Bru created a terraced sequence of belvedere-like platforms with views of the city. Golden Globe Awards. One notable site is the Vall d'Hebron, a deep ravine in the foothills of the Collserola range north of the city. Florida Film Critic Awards. For example, the upgrades to Montjuïc and the seaside industrial areas for the 1992 Olympic Games were accompanied by the building of recreational facilities in other parts of the city lacking development.

Broadcast Film Critic Awards. This program of planned parks is often among the civic improvements for which the city actively seeks international events as spurs for redevelopment. Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. Some examples (note that many are not in Barcelona per se but on its metro area):. In addition, some critics also state that this movie is more of an actor/actress showcase than a movie itself. Though the budgets may be small, the level of ingenuity and care in design and implementation is often very high. Further, Anderson wrote, the director Mangold "stretches and dilutes the core story until it resembles less a great man's life than a TV movie of the week.". Typically these new parks are carefully designed by architects, planners and landscape architects concerned not just with functional elements, but also with the unique characteristics of the site and its position in a layered understanding of the city.

Anderson [2] believed the film suffered from the typical fate of the biopic, stating that important events are distilled into meaningless and unrealistic circumstances. The purpose of this program has been to reclaim space for the public which is threatened either by neglect or overdevelopment. Yet some, like Las Vegas Weekly reviewer Jeffrey M. Since 1983 a formal program of park creation has been carried out by the Mancomunitat de Municipis de l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona. They do their own singing with a startling mastery of country music's narrative musicianship.". This park, designed by Luis Peña Ganchegui and Francesc Rius Camps and completed in 1985 integrated the industrial shapes of the site with a dominant water feature and displays of sculpture. They act with every bone and inch of flesh and facial plane, and each tone and waver of their voice. At the same time, the neighboring Vapor Nou factory, was converted into the Parc de la Espanya Industrial for public recreation.

For example, Baltimore Sun reviewer Michael Sragow[1] wrote, "What Phoenix and Witherspoon accomplish in this movie is transcendent. In 1983 the Plaça dels Països Catalans in front of the Sants railway station was redesigned by Helio Piñon Pallares and Albert Vaiplana Vea in pink granite paving with an undulating metal pergola and various hard furnishings that have become popular with skateboarders. Critics generally responded with positive reviews, garnering an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Montjuïc Stadium was renovated and expanded by Vittorio Gregotti for the 1992 Olympic Games. Phoenix and Witherspoon performed their own vocals in the film's numerous stage appearances. The German Pavilion, a landmark of modern architecture designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for this Exhibition was exhaustively reconstructed on its original site in 1986. June, despite her shock, says yes. It is chiefly notable now for the cultural institutions that use the former palaces and exposition buildings.

Cash responds that he can only continue singing the song with her if they will get married and so proposes to her onstage. Rubio Tuduri. In the middle of the song, Cash stops singing and June looks concerned. Forestier and architect Nicolas M. At the concert, June tells Cash that he can only talk to her onstage.
The concert features "Ring of Fire", which Cash credits to June before persuading her to join him in a duet of "Jackson". N. This appears to have been a common event, as Cash tells her that that was the last time - June's response is that she doesn't like "re-runs". The site of the Barcelona International Exhibition in 1929 and 1930, the Parc de Montjuïc was laid out by engineer Jean C.

En route to one performance (at 2AM), he proposes to June, who turns him down. See separate article on Parc Güell (1914), the large fantastical park designed by Antoni Gaudí for a housing estate and opened to the public in 1922. His record company is dubious, arguing that the musical world has changed in the time Cash was rehabilitating, however he says bluntly that he will perform on a given date and the label can use the tapes if they think the music is any good.
The concert is a great success, and Cash embarks on a tour with June and his old band. See above for a description of the Rambles. As he returns to normal, Cash notices that many of his fans are prisoners, so he presents a proposal to record a live album inside Folsom Prison. Besides the beaches, the Rambles and Parc Güell are the most famous of these. Under the influence of the Carters (which extends to June's father chasing away Cash's drug dealer with a rifle), Cash cleans himself up. Barcelona, with its mild weather and dense medieval centre, is renowned for its parks and open spaces.

Cash's response is to try furiously to remove a stump from the ground with his tractor, an attempt which ends with the tractor reversing into the lake and Cash being rescued by June (who was told by her father "You're already down there", in response to her protests that she was not going to help him out). Barcelona has recently adopted another transport option with two new tram lines known as Trambaix and Trambesòs. His parents, and the extended Carter family (June, her daughters and her parents) arrive for Thanksgiving, at which time Cash Snr berates Cash over his lack of achievement. See List of Barcelona metro stations. On the way back, he collapses in the rain and - on coming round the next day - sees a large house near a lake and promptly buys it. Barcelona's transit company, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), runs the Barcelona Metro system and city bus. The pair separate and Cash moves to Nashville, where he shares living quarters with Waylon Jennings.
Cash attempts to reconcile with June, which involves a long walk to her house. Renfe and the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) run Barcelona's widespread commuter train service.

Later again, the tensions in Cash's marriage flare up as he attempts to put up "pictures of my band" (including a very large one of June) over his wife's objections. The AVE high-speed rail system was recently extended from Madrid to Lleida in western Catalonia, and is expected to reach Barcelona by 2007. It is at this point that a distraught June begins to write "Ring of Fire". Barcelona is a hub for RENFE, the Spanish state railway network, and its main suburban train station is Sants-Estació (which is under renovation and enlargement at present in order to prepare for the arrival of the AVE system). As a result, the rest of the tour is cancelled and June gets rid of Cash's drugs. In addition to its port, of great historical and contemporary commercial importance, Barcelona is served by El Prat International Airport ('El Prat') in the town of El Prat de Llobregat. That night's concert sees Cash incoherent during his customary "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" opening, as well as forgetting the lyrics to a song, losing control of the microphone stand, kicking the footlights and ultimately passing out. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Barcelona:.

The next morning, as June is on the phone to one of her daughters, she notices Cash taking several pills. In addition to the University of Barcelona, the city is home to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Technical University of Catalonia, the Ramon Llull University and the International University of Catalonia. After one performance, Cash and June sleep together in her hotel room. Near Barcelona, in Montmeló, the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack hosts the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix. Despite his wife's objections to the level of interest he is paying her, Cash persuades June to come out of semi-retirement and tour with him.
The tour is a great success, although backstage Cash's wife is critical of June's influence. FC Barcelona has also internationally known basketball and handball teams that play at the Palau Blaugrana, situated in the same complex as the Camp Nou. Some time later, Cash, still addicted (his father tells him that he would do well to start "sleeping at night...or eating"), takes his wife to an award show to which June also goes. Barcelona is the home city of two internationally-known football teams: FC Barcelona, also known as Barça, who play at the 100,000 capacity Camp Nou stadium, and RCD Espanyol, who play at the 56,000 capacity Olympic Stadium.

Despite her objections, Cash decides on a love song and kisses her in the middle of the performance, after which she storms off the stage and they go their separate ways - despite Cash's protest that "it was only a song". There's also the Torre de Collserola, a telecommunications tower designed by Norman Foster which also has a windowed balcony with a great view over the city. June tells him (and many of the other artists on the tour) at one point that they cannot "walk the line", prompting Cash to write "I Walk The Line".
This erratic behaviour peaks one night when Cash invites June onstage to sing a duet. The church mosaics provide a curious example of the religious art style much in vogue during the dictatorship. When his romantic intentions are rebuffed one night in rural Georgia, Cash is offered drugs and alcohol and soon begins to behave erratically. Uptown is the hill of the Tibidabo, 512 meters high, with an amusement park (which, after a long economic struggle, now belongs to the city council) and a monumental church on its summit. Cash's career goes from strength to strength, and he finds himself spending more time with June, who divorces her husband at this time. On the way down, there could be found the Botanical Gardens and the Costa i Llobera gardens, with an unique cactus collection.

On this tour (along with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley), he meets June Carter, who is both a singer (although she claims to have no talent) and a comedienne in the performances. Around the hill are a group of installations known as the "olympic ring" and that were the heart of the 1992 summer olympics: the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium (originally built in 1929 but completely refurbished for the 1992 olympics), the Palau Sant Jordi (a multi-purpose installation designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, used primarily for all kinds of indoor sport events but also for concerts and other cultural activities) and the Bernat Picornell Pools. Despite his bandmates not knowing the tune, he strikes up "Folsom Prison Blues" and is rewarded with a contract, which soon has him touring with the other Sun artists. On its top is an old fortress which used to guard the entrance to the port. One day, he walks past a recording studio and is inspired to put a band together (which his wife describes as being made up of "two mechanics who can't even play") to play gospel music.
Cash and his band audition for Sun Records in front of Sam Phillips, and Cash is told to play a song which sums him up. One, Montjuïc hill, is next to the harbour and perched above a large container terminal. Vivian and John (as he is now generally known) live in relative poverty while John works as a door-to-door salesman. For spectacular views over the city and the coast line there are two hills.

Following his discharge, he marries his girlfriend Vivian. Visitors should note that the opening times of Barcelona's museums vary considerably and are often highly inconvenient; careful planning is recommended to avoid wasted trips. He appears not to enjoy his time there, but finds solace in playing a guitar he bought and writing songs - one of which becomes "Folsom Prison Blues". The Fundació Antoni Tàpies holds a collection of Tàpies works. joins the Air Force and is posted to Germany. The building was designed by the American architect Richard Meier. J.R.'s relationship with his father was strained since he was young, yet was made much more severe with the death of Jack.
Several years later, J.R. The Contemporary Art Museum is also worth a visit, not only because of its paintings and sculptures, but because of its architecture.

quickly learns, Jack has been fatally wounded by the saw. The National Museum of Art of Catalonia (in the Palau Nacional left behind by the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition) possesses a well-known collection of Romanesque art, including wall-paintings of Romanesque churches and chapels around Catalonia that have been transferred to the museum. As he is walking back home, he is intercepted by his father, flush with blood stains on his overalls, asking "Where have you been?" As J.R. There is also a unique museum featuring the lesser known works of Pablo Picasso from his earlier period. With Jack's permission, he leaves to go fishing. Art visits include the museum of the Fundació Joan Miró,hi where several paintings and sculptures of this artist are shown, together with guest exhibitions from other museums around the world. A few scenes later, Jack is sawing wood as a job for a neighbor when Johnny declares it to be boring, and would rather be somewhere else. Many of these have now been levelled to make room for the city's ill-starred "22@" project to build an area for ICT-based firms.

J.R., who can sing well like his mother, is very adept with the hymns they sing at church. Property speculation is also blighting other areas of the city, including the 19th century Poble Nou district with its many interesting buildings dating from Catalonia's Industrial Revolution. Jack, who is training to become a pastor, and therefore "needs to know the Bible front to back", is much better at dealing with the wording and stories of the Bible. In recent years, office developments along Passeig de Gràcia have been allowed to break up the architectural unity of the 19th and early 20th century buildings lining the avenue - a process which shows no signs of slackening. Early in the movie, Cash and Jack discuss their different strengths and weaknesses in regard to the Bible and hymns. Several of these buildings and indeed the Sagrada Familia church itself are threatened by Mayor Clos' plans to build a large railway tunnel for high-speed trains under the city's shaky 19th century foundations. The next scene depicts Cash as a boy (then called "J.R.") and his brother Jack listening to the radio, and hearing a 10-year-old June Carter singing, providing a foreshadow into J.R.'s obsession with her in the future. The most elegant avenue is the Passeig de Gràcia, where two Gaudí buildings are situated, the Casa Milà (La Pedrera) and the Casa Batlló, along with buildings by other famous modernista architects: Casa Ametller by Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Casa Lleó Morera by Domènech i Montaner.

After repeated calling, we are made aware that the hand belongs to Cash, and it is later revealed that the voice belongs to the prison's warden, calling for him to go on stage. In the modern districts of the city are several avenues on which most of the international merchants offering clothing, jewelry, leather goods and other items have their stores. A buzz saw sits ominously on a table in the center of the screen, as a solitary hand casually strokes the blades. Another very notable modernist building in the older part of the city is the Palau de la Música Catalana, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and built in 1908. The camera settles on an shot of inmates cheering as Cash's band is playing a loop of notes. The Sagrada Família is billed for completion in 2020. As the camera passes empty halls and cells, the music becomes louder and clearer, and cheering of inmates can be heard. Outstanding is the legacy of architect Antoni Gaudí, who lived and worked in Barcelona, and who left several famous works like the Palau Güell in the city's old center, the Parc Güell at the northern tip of Gràcia, and the immense but still unfinished church of the Sagrada Família, which has been under construction since 1882, financed by popular donations like the cathedrals in the Middle Ages (However, it is not a cathedral: the cathedral of Barcelona is the Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia, a Gothic building of the late Middle Ages).

The camera moves towards the prison as faint music plays in the background. The park also contains science museums, like the zoology museum, housed in a modernist building. In the opening scene, we see an outside shot of Folsom Prison, where the grounds are quiet, and the two solitary guards on their perch peer towards the main building. One of Barcelona's most famous residents, the late albino gorilla Copito de Nieve ("Snowflake"), lived and died recently at the zoo. The film details Cash's (Phoenix) life from his growing up as the son of a cotton picker in rural Arkansas to his drug addiction and subsequent rescue by future wife June Carter (Witherspoon) in his famous concert at Folsom Prison. To the north of downtown is the Parc de la Ciutadella, which includes both the Parlament de Catalunya (Catalan Parliament) and the Parc Zoològic de Barcelona (zoo). . The old harbour offers all kinds of other amenities, including the second largest aquarium in the Mediterranean area and an IMAX cinema.

This film has been nomininated for five Academy Awards including Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon). The buildings of the museum are the medieval Drassanes (shipyards), where the ships which sailed the Mediterranean were built. The film previewed at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2005 and went into wide release on November 18. Next to it is the Museu Marítim (naval museum), which chronicles the history of life on the Mediterranean, including a full-scale model of a galley. Walk the Line's production budget is estimated to have been $28,000,000. Les Rambles ends at the old harbour, where a statue of Christopher Columbus points eastwards across the Mediterranean Sea to his birth place of Genoa. The title is taken from the title of one of Cash's best known songs, "I Walk the Line". It is also worth keeping an eye out for pickpockets, for whom the boulevard is a favourite haunt.

Walk the Line is a film chronicling the life of Johnny Cash, American country singer, focusing on his younger life, his romance with June Carter and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies. There's also a Wax Museum near the end. Johnny Holiday: Carl Perkins. Walking along Les Rambles one can see the world-famous opera house El Liceu, the food market of La Boqueria and the Plaça Reial (literally Royal square), with its arches and palm trees, amongst other interesting buildings. Johnathan Rice: Roy Orbison. A notable feature is Les Rambles, a boulevard that runs from the city center to the waterfront, thronged with crowds until late at night and lined by florists, bird sellers in the higher part, craft sellers in the lowest, street entertainers, cafeterias, and restaurants. 'Fluke' Holland. The historic city center is fairly flat, while the modern city fans out towards the surrounding hills, bordered by steep streets that are vaguely reminiscent of those found in San Francisco.

Clay Steakley: W.S. Barcelona offers a unique opportunity for the tourist on foot to walk from Roman remains to the medieval city, and then to the modern city with its open thoroughfares and grid-iron street pattern. Dan Beene: Ezra Carter. The following list favors Catalan-language names over Spanish-language names; as of 2004, they are the most commonly used and the only official ones:. Sandra Ellis Lafferty: Maybelle Carter. Barcelona is divided into several districts. Shooter Jennings: Waylon Jennings. Tibidabo, a prominent peak to the northwest, is visible from much of the city.

Waylon Payne: Jerry Lee Lewis. To its north, the city borders the Besòs river and the municipalities of Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià de Besòs; to the south it borders the Zona Franca, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Esplugues de Llobregat; to the east is the Mediterranean; and to the west are Montcada i Reixach and Sant Cugat del Vallès. Tyler Hilton: Elvis Presley. There are vast amounts of Moroccan, Pakistani's and Eastern Europeans, particularly immigrants from Romania and the Ukraine. Shelby Lynne: Carrie Cash. Many of them are from Spain's former posessions in Latin America, mostly Ecuador, Argentina, and Colombia. Larry Bagby: Marshall Grant. The city of Barcelona being the second largest in Spain, has a fair amount of immigrants numbering 230,942.

Dan John Miller: Luther Perkins. See also: List of Counts of Barcelona. Dallas Roberts: Sam Phillips. Famous people who have lived and worked in Barcelona include: master painters Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dali, Antoni Tàpies, Enrique Tábara, Eugenio Granell, Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares architect Antoni Gaudi. Robert Patrick: Ray Cash. The city's controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures was held between May and September of the same year, lasting a marathon 141 days. Ginnifer Goodwin: Vivian Cash. Barcelona was the site of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Reese Witherspoon: June Carter. Despite massive immigration of Castilian speakers from other parts of Spain in the second half of the 20th century, there has been notable success in the increased use of Catalan in everyday life. Joaquin Phoenix: Johnny Cash. The city has been the focus of the revival of the Catalan language. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. A decline in the inner city population and displacement towards the outskirts and beyond raises the threat of urban sprawl. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. While it may still be the second city of Spain, it has a charm and air that is unique and prized.

Outstanding Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. The protest movement of the 1970s and the demise of the dictatorship turned Barcelona into a centre of cultural vitality, enabling it to become the thriving city it is today. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, Reese Witherspoon. It was overrun by Francisco Franco's forces in 1939, which ushered in a reign of cultural and political repression that lasted decades. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. Barcelona was a stronghold for the anarchist cause -anarchist opposition to the call-up of reservists led to the city's Tragic Week in 1909- siding with the Republic's democratically elected government during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music. The beginning of the 20th century marked Barcelona's resurgence, while Catalan nationalists clamoured for political autonomy and greater freedom of cultural expression.

Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. The fields that had surrounded the artificially constricted city became the Eixample ("extension"), a bustling modern city surrounding the old. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. The exposition also left behind the Arc de Triomf and the Museu de Zoologia (a building originally used during the fair as a cafe-restaurant). Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. During a period of weaker control by the Madrid authorities, the medieval walls were torn down and the citadel of La Ribera was converted into an urban park: the modern Parc de la Ciutadella, site of the 1888 "Universal Exposition" (World's Fair). Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. During the 19th century, Barcelona grew with the industrial revolution and the introduction of many new industries.

Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. It was returned to Spain after Napoleon's downfall. Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Joaquin Phoenix. Barcelona and the province of Catalonia were annexed by the French Empire of Napoleon after he invaded Spain and put his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Reese Witherspoon. Official use of Catalan language was forbidden, and the University withdrew. Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. King Philip V of Spain demolished half of the merchants' quarter (La Ribera) to build a military citadel, as a way of both punishing and controlling the rebel city.

Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. The city was devastated after the Catalonian Republic of 1640 - 1652, and again during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714. Best Soundtrack. The city is home to the University of Barcelona, founded in 1450. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. The forging of a dynastic link between the Crown of Aragon and Castile marked the beginning of Barcelona's decline. Best Actress, Reese Witherspoon. The counts of Barcelona became increasingly independent and expanded their territory to include all of Catalonia, later formed the Crown of Aragon who conquered many overseas possessions, ruling the western Mediterranean Sea with outlying territories as far as to Athens in the 13th century.

Barcelona was still a Christian frontier territory when it was sacked by Al-Mansur in 985. The city was conquered by the Visigoths in the early 5th century, by the Moors in the early 8th century, reconquered from the emir in 801 by Charlemagne's son Louis who made Barcelona the seat of Carolingian "Spanish Marches" (Marca Hispanica), a buffer zone ruled by the Count of Barcelona. Some remaining fragments of the Roman walls have been incorporated in the cathedral butted up against them [1]; the basilica La Seu is credited to have been founded in 343. The Roman Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino was outshone by the province's capital Tarragona but some important Roman remains are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, entrance by the city museum, Museu d'Història de la Ciutat and the typically Roman grid-planning is still visible today on the map of the historical centre, the Barri Gótic ("Gothic Quarter").

About 15 BC, Romans redrew the town as a castrum (a Roman military camp) centred on the "Mons Taber", a little hill nearby the contemporary city hall (Plaça de Sant Jaume). Legend attributes the Carthaginian foundation of Barcino to Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal. . The mayor of Barcelona is Joan Clos.

2005), although this only covers 7,733 km² (3,000 mi²) around the city. Population of the province of Barcelona is 5,226,354 (est. 2005). 2005), while the population of the metropolitan area is 4,686,701 (est.

The population of the city proper is 1,593,075 (est. It is 160 km (100 mi) south of the Pyrenees mountain range. It is located in the comarca of Barcelonès, along the Mediterranean coast (41°23′N 2°11′E) between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs. Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia.

Parc Nou del Prat, on the Llobregat delta, adjoining Sant Cosme and the airport. Once a quarry, now boasts an artificial lake that converts to public swimming pool in summer, and magnificent statue by Basque artist Eduardo Chillida. Parc de la Creueta del Coll, 1987, Oriol Bohigas, Josep Martorell, David Mackay, architects. Parc del Litoral, at the mouth of the River Besos.

Parc de les Planes, located at the boundary of three districts. Parc del Besós, La Mina housing estate. Fontsana, Sant Joan Despí on the site of a former refuse dump. Upgrading of Parc de Torreblanca, the historical site of an urban farm.

A narrow linear park defined by hedge walls and a grid of trees on the bank of the Congost River. Parc de Torrent Congost (Granollers), 1996, Enric Battle and Joan Roig. Parc de Canserra (Barberà del Vallès), 1996, Studio BCQ. Trees and a pool strengthen the sensual escape from the surrounding city.

The design recaptures the pattern of agricultural use using beds of flowering plants. Parc del Torrent Ballesters (Viladecans), 1997, Arturo Frediani/SOB Associates. A ramble built over parking spaces. Carrer Brasil, 1996, Olga Tarraso and Jordi Hernrich.

Parc Güell. Palau de la Música Catalana. Palau Güell. Hospital de Sant Pau.

Casa Milà (La Pedrera). Sant Martí: Fort Pius, Sant Martí de Provençals, Poble Nou, La Verneda, el Clot. Sant Andreu: Barri del Congrés, Sant Andreu de Palomar. Nou Barris: Can Peguera, Porta, Canyelles, Ciutat Meridiana, Guineueta, Prosperitat, Vallbona, Verdum, Vilapicina, Roquetes, Trinitat Vella, Trinitat Nova, Torre Baró, Torre Llobeta and Turó de la Peira.

Horta-Guinardó: Horta, El Carmel, La Teixonera, El Guinardó. Gràcia: Vallcarca, Barri de la Salut, Gràcia, El Camp d'en Grassot. Sarrià - Sant Gervasi: Pedralbes, Sarrià, Sant Gervasi, Vallvidrera. Les Corts.

Sants - Montjuïc: Can Tunis, Montjuïc, Hostafrancs, Sants, Poble Sec. The Eixample: Sant Antoni, Esquerra de l'Eixample ("the left side of the Eixample" with the sea at your back), Dreta de l'Eixample ("the right side of the Eixample"), Barri de la Sagrada Família. Ciutat Vella (old city): El Raval (also known as the Barri Xinès), the Barri Gòtic, and the Barri de la Ribera. 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.

1992 Summer Olympics. 1982 Hosted eight matches of the twelfth Football World Cup. 1962 In late September, major flooding kills 800+ people in the surroundings. 1952 Eucharistic Congress.

1936 People's Olympiad, cancelled because of the Spanish Civil War. 1929 International Exposition (World's Fair). 1909 Tragic Week. 1888 Universal Exposition (World's Fair).