Sagrada Família, Provença, 480. Centre Cívic Sagrada Familia. Barceloneta La Fraternitat. Barcelona Libraries. Joining your local library in Barcelona gives you access to the resources all of the public libraries in addition to an amazing range of discounts which include the Aquarium, Zoo, bookshops, museums, cinemas and theatres (see Barcelona Discount Cards for details.) There is a dedicated children's library,Lola Anglada, but most libraries have a sizeable children’s section and are good places to visit to encourage a love of reading early on.
There are also children’s DVD’s and music CD’s on loan and for older children access to computers, games and the internet. Libraries are currently running interactive and creative story-telling sessions aimed at a young audience. A description of these activities and a list of public libraries is below. For a day by day agenda of children's library activities visit For more story-telling and reading activities see What's on for Kids and Children's Bookshops.
Pompeu Fabra University Ciutadella Campus. Barcelona Architecture 2012 » Design Literacy/ Week 3. The three university buildings of Pompeu Fabra University Ciutadella Campus were designed in the 1990s as a restoration project. The site is adjacent to the Ciutadella Park in a quiet, residential area that has access to a tram and metro line. The main library was designed from an old, water tower and utilizes large Roman structural arches of brick. The other two buildings served as military barracks and were renovated into academic buildings with classrooms, faculty offices, cafeteria, and public spaces with open, naturally lit atriums in the center of the buildings. Front of the UPF buildings Side view of the main library The primary design strategy for the main library building was to open the interior and utilize natural light. Long hallways were used to house books and study tables for students.
Inside of the open atrium Inside of the main library inside of the closed atrium. Arús Public Library (BPA) Documento sin título. Masons in Barcelona? Elementary, my dear Watson – | City Maniak | Barcelona. Walking through the Paseo San Juan in Barcelona, once left behind the monumental Arc de Triomphe and towards Diagonal, we found on top of one of the entrances, a modernist lantern, wrought iron and colored glass that invites us to enter a curious and stately bourgeois building threshold of a small library.
With wooden furniture, which is accessed via a grand staircase of Ionic columns on both sides and chaired by a replica of the Statue of Liberty with clear indications of Masonic inspiration. With a floor in black and white squares and a drawing of a human figure with a Phrygian cap next to the symbol of Freemasonry, a compass and square that are above the shield Avant lodge created by Arús himself, we enter this spectacular place. Arús Public Library (BPA), founded in 1895 by Rossend Arús, has become a research center specializing in contemporary social movements and bibliographic production of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Link: www.bpa.es. Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia in Barcelona. Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia in Barcelona | Philosopher in the city. San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library and Community Centre. San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library and Community Centre, RCR Arquitectes | Barcelona | Spain. Catalonia national library. Old Santa Creu Hospital: monuments in Barcelona at Spain is culture. Built in the fifteenth century and declared a national Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931, the ancient Santa Creu hospital is one of the city's most characteristic Gothic buildings. The building was constructed during the 15th century and was directed by the building master Guillem d'Abriell. It is Gothic in style. Of the four wings that surrounded the arcaded courtyard, only three remain today, since a second arcaded courtyard was built connected to the first. In the building complex there is a small church with a single nave, barrel arch and two adjoining chapels.
At present the series of buildings that make up the ancient hospital, are also the location for different city institutions, including Catalonia's National Library, Massana College, the Institute of Catalan Studies and the Public Libraries of Santa Pau and Santa Creu.