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Articles tagged with: Raval

14 May 2021 12:21 PM

Barcelona's Gimnàs Social Sant Pau (by Eli Don)

Gimnàs Social Sant Pau, a community center at the heart of Barcelona's housing crisis

With 1,028 evictions in 2020, the Catalan capital is the city in Spain where they are carried out the most

Society

26 February 2021 06:23 PM

Astruc Sacanero's plaque on Carrer d'Estruc, a portrait of Enriqueta Martí, and an old newspaper illustration of the Liceu theatre burning in 1861

PODCAST: The wizard, the vampire and the curse – Dark tales from Barcelona's Old Town

The medieval herbalist Astruc Sacanera, the kidnapper Enriqueta Martí and the troubled fate of the Liceu opera house are the stuff of legend 

Life & Style

08 October 2020 06:26 PM

Over 100 people joined the protest against the eviction of the La Caracola group, October 8, 2020 (by Miquel Codolar)

Evictions from flats occupied by social collectives in Barcelona's Raval halted

City council and owners given 45 days to relocate people living in three premises

Society

29 May 2019 12:57 PM

Primavera al Raval stage at the CCCB in Barcelona's el Raval neighbourhood. (Photo: Garbine Irizar, courtesy of Primavera Sound)

Your guide to enjoying Primavera Sound without a ticket

There’s still plenty to enjoy if you can’t stump up the money to attend the festival

Culture

10 April 2019 04:45 PM

Miquel Noguer (left), the majoy of Banyoles where the Ricky Rubio Foundation will be running its new program, with Esteve Rubio (right), the father of the Catalan NBA star

Ricky Rubio Foundation to open new program in Girona

The NBA player’s foundation is already teaching children the values of sport in Barcelona

Sports

05 November 2018 05:51 PM

Image of a police van and some officers taking part in operation to crack down on Barcelona's Raval neighborhood drug dealers (by Pol Solà)

Police dismantle Catalonia's 'largest ever drug flat network'

New details emerge as Mossos d'Esquadra explain how two-year operation led to 58 arrests, including four gang leaders

Society

29 October 2018 11:17 AM

One person arrested by the Catalan police in Barcelona's old town (by Pol Solà)

Dozens arrested in raids of some 40 Barcelona drug dealing flats

Neighbors have been complaining for months about empty apartments being used to sell narcotics

 

Society

27 August 2014 09:25 PM

Peret singing with his guitar (by ACN)

Peret, the 'father' of Catalan rumba, dies from cancer aged 79

Pere Pubill i Calaf, better known as Peret, died at noon on Wednesday in a Barcelonan hospital, aged 79. The singer, guitar player and composer Peret was considered to be the 'father' of the so-called Catalan rumba, a fusion music style...

Culture Highlights

18 July 2014 08:34 PM

MACBA's new documentation and studies centre (by MACBA)

Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum (MACBA) broadens its horizons with new exhibition spaces and services

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) is expanding into the nearby Àngels Square in the heart of the historic neighbourhood Raval. On 17th July the museum unveiled the details of its future plans, which are...

Culture Highlights

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