What to See in Barcelona, Spain - and Why It Is There

Barcelona spent three centuries trapped inside its own walls, and then broke out in a single generation. What you visit is the result of that escape - a Roman grid buried under a medieval quarter, a nineteenth-century plan that swallowed both, and a waterfront that only became a waterfront within living memory. CHAPTERS 0:00 WHY IT IS THERE 1:21 BARCINO 2:30 THE WALLS 3:35 THE CATHEDRAL AND THE GOTHIC QUARTER 4:42 LA RAMBLA 5:43 THE MARKET 6:45 THE EIXAMPLE 8:02 GAUDÍ 9:11 THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA 10:39 PARK GÜELL 11:55 THE HILLS 13:07 THE SEA 14:10 MÉS QUE UN CLUB 15:30 HOW TO DO IT WELL WHAT YOU WILL SEE, WITH TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Barcelona from the air 0:43 Barcino 1:21 The Roman walls 1:47 The Temple of Augustus 2:30 The medieval walls 3:35 Barcelona Cathedral 4:04 El Call 4:42 La Rambla 5:43 La Boqueria 6:09 The Royal Shipyards 6:45 The Eixample 8:02 Gaudí's Barcelona 8:32 Eusebi Güell 9:11 The Sagrada Família 10:39 Park Güell 11:55 Montjuïc 12:23 Montjuïc Castle 12:39 Tibidabo 13:07 Barceloneta 13:34 The Olympic waterfront 14:10 Camp Nou 14:53 Catalan 15:30 Barcelona SOURCES AND CREDITS Every figure in this film traces to a named source. Narration is a synthetic voice generated on my own machine. Footage is from Pexels. Archival photographs are public domain except where credited on screen under CC BY. Runtime: 16:53. Music: Audio files of spanish guitar chords 07 by Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez (cc0). Each guide in this playlist covers what a place is and why it is there, with no prices or opening hours to go stale.