Sant Pere, Barcelona

Sant Pere (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsam ˈpeɾə], El barri de Sant Pere in Catalan) is a neighborhood in District 1 (Ciutat Vella), the old city of Barcelona, Spain. It is named after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Officially it is a part of the neighborhood Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera.

Points of interest

• The neighborhood received its name from the 10th century monastery of Sant Pere de les Puelles, (Saint Peter of the Innocents),^[1] at Lluís El Piadós 1. The monastery is named after girls that disfigured themselves to avoid rape and murder.^[2]

• The Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) concert hall designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner is located at Carrer Sant Francesc de Paula 2.^[3]

References

External links

• http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/europe/sant-pere.shtml

Travel Adventures page for Sant Pere, with photographs