Poble Espanyol
Porta d'Àvila
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| Established | 1929 |
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| Location | Avda. Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13, Barcelona, Spain |
| Coordinates | 41°22′07″N 2°08′54″E / 41.3687°N 2.1483°ECoordinates: 41°22′07″N 2°08′54″E / 41.3687°N 2.1483°E |
| Type | Architectural Museum |
| Director | Anton Vidal |
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| Website | www |
The Poble Espanyol (literally, Spanish town) is an open-air architectural museum in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, approximately 400 metres away from the Fountains of Montjuïc. Built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, the museum consists of 117 full-scale buildings, which recreate an Iberian village. It also contains a theater, restaurants, artisan workshops and a museum of contemporary art.
The museum was built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition as an exhibit of the architecture and culture of Spain. The idea was promoted by the Catalan architect Puig Cadafalch and the project was realized by architects Francesc Folguera and Ramon Reventós, art critic Miquel Utrillo and painter Xavier Nogués. The four professionals visited over 600,000 sites in Spain to collect the to bring together the main characteristics of the peoples of Spain.
The Poble Espanyol has replications of 117 buildings representing fifteen autonomous communities of Spain - Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla - La Mancha, Castilla y León, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Islas Baleares, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco. The autonomous communities La Rioja and the Canary Islands are not represented. The first is not present because it wasn't a separate autonomous region when the museum was designed and built. The Canary Islands are not represented because the four designers could not visit them for economic reasons.
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