MNAC: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | Parc de Montjuïc Sants-Montjuïc 08038 | Attractions | Time Out Barcelona. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Time Out says 'One museum, a thousand years of art' is the slogan of the National Museum, and the collection provides a dizzying overview of Catalan art from the 12th to the 20th centuries. In recent years the museum has added an extra floor to absorb the section of the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection that was previously kept in the convent in Pedralbes, along with the mainly Modernista holdings from the former Museum of Modern Art in Parc de la Ciutadella, a fine photography section, coins and the bequest of Francesc Cambó, founder of the autonomist Lliga Regionalista, a regionalist conservative party.
The highlight, however, is the Romanesque collection. The excellent Gothic collection starts with some late 13th-century frescoes that were discovered in 1961 and 1997, when two palaces in the city were being renovated. Address: MNAC. What's on at MNAC. Jo faig el carrer. Attractions and museums Rating: 4/5 I work the street. MACBA - Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Palau Música Catalana. Casa Batlló. Web oficial. Museo modernista de Gaudí en Barcelona.
La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain. This undulating beast is another madcap Gaudí masterpiece, built in 1905-10 as a combined apartment and office block. Formally called Casa Milà, after the businessman who commissioned it, it is better known as La Pedrera (the Quarry) because of its uneven grey stone facade, which ripples around the corner of Carrer de Provença. Pere Milà had married the older and far richer Roser Guardiola, the wealthy widow of Josep Guardiola, and knew how to spend his new wife's money – Milà was one of the city’s first car owners and Gaudí built parking space into this building, itself a first.
When commissioned to design this apartment building, Gaudí wanted to top anything else done in l’Eixample. The Fundació Caixa Catalunya has opened the top-floor apartment, attic and roof, together called the Espai Gaudí (Gaudí Space), to visitors. The roof is the most extraordinary element, with its giant chimney pots looking like multicoloured medieval knights.