Culture/Art/Literature news & information for Barcelona

The wreck of a 13th or 14th century ship has come to light on a construction site in Barcelona's Barceloneta district - beside the Balaurd del Migdia and behind Francia train station - that used to be under water.

The only remaining 1609 centen coin, the biggest solid gold coin to be minted in Spain and considered to be the most expensive in the world, was sold at auction today in Barcelona for its reserve price of 800,000 euros.

A PIANIST who played for refugees in a camp in Syria nearly two years ago will stage two concerts in Barcelona this week.

BARCELONA-SANT Jordi International Film Festival will be officially opened by Pretty Woman actor Richard Gere, who will première his production Norman, in which he plays a homeless man.

SAINT George's Day is not just an English celebration, but is alive and well in Catalunya, too – although instead of fire-breathing dragons, master carvers and toasts to the Queen, Spain's north-eastern region...

BRITISH historian Mary Beard visited Barcelona during Sant Jordi for the first time yesterday (Monday), and said the massive patron saint fair was 'just fantastic'.

A SKELETON of an extinct breed of rhinocerous has been found in the province of Barcelona and is believed to date back over 160,000 years.

BARCELONA'S iconic Sagrada Família cathedral has finally broken the 100-metres-high barrier – 92 years after it started being built.

BARCELONA city council has agreed to issue planning permission for the Sagrada Família cathedral to 'legalise' the works - 134 years after a building licence was first requested by the original architect,...

ANONYMOUS British graffiti artist and political activist Banksy has landed in Barcelona – at the Espacio Trafalgar, or 'Trafalgar Hall', with over 100 life-sized reproductions of his or her works.

BOOKWORMS and flower-lovers were pleasantly surprised this week to hear Barcelona's iconic Sant Jordi fair will, in fact, be going ahead in 2020 – albeit three months late.

A FAMOUS international artist has decorated a metro station in Barcelona as a 'thank-you' to healthcare staff who battled on the front line during the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic.