{"id":13132,"date":"2018-12-06T05:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T03:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=13132"},"modified":"2020-11-17T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:34:32","slug":"poble-espanyol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/spain\/barcelona\/poble-espanyol\/","title":{"rendered":"Poble Espanyol \u2013 World Exhibition 1929"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Right beneath the Montju\u00efc mountain lies the Poble Espanyol. This \u201cSpanish Village\u201d was built for the 1929 World Exhibition in Barcelona. We didn\u2019t really know what to expect of the \u201eSpanish Village\u201c. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The only thing we did know was that this artificial village was designed for the 20th World Exhibition 1929 in Barcelona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 200 hectares on the northern slope of the Montju\u00efc mountain, a complex was laid out that consisted of three separate exhibition areas. The main entrance faced the Pla\u00e7a d\u2019Espanya. The lower level was home to the traffic and transportation palace, the electric- and textile industry buildings, the Spanish Welfare pavilion and the fire station. The country pavilions, the modern art palace, the royal pavilion and the Palau Nacional followed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The stadium was located on the highest part of the area. In addition, many gardens and quiet paths were built. Even today some of the buildings that were constructed for the 1929 World Exhibition can still be seen here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Poble Espanyol is the most well-known of them and many guidebooks keep pointing out that it was built for the World Exhibition. But also the Palau Nacional (National Palace), the Estadi stadium, the Torres Venecianes and a reconstruction of the German Mies Van de Rohe Pavilion are part of the cityscape of today\u2019s Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A visit to the Poble Espanyol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1929 it was common practice to give visitors to the World Exhibition a general idea of the host country by erecting replicas of characteristical buildings. After stepping through the reconstruction of the San Vincente of \u00c1vila city gates visitors find themselves in a small town composed of the most beautiful buildings of the country. Right behind Las Arcadas is the Placa Major, a big square. And when slowly turning around, the free map of the exhibition grounds in hand, one recognises many different Spanish buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I liked strolling through the many small alleyways. Some of the houses are small craft shops that sell pretty goods at reasonable prices. In one of the workshops, I picked up a lovely handmade bangle and in a glass blowing workshop we observed the creation of a glass animal that only took minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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