Discover the new layout of Barcelona's wall

Last week the Museum of History of the City (MUHBA)  organized two days of studies regarding Barcelona’s wall, and they have reached the conclusion that it’s one century older (S.III)  than they previously thought (s.IV). The townhouse, who took part of this journeys,  is decided to promote the actions taken to make the wall more visible and turn it to a tourist focus attraction, but before it’s imperative to look for a unitary plan for the whole wall, because previously every time a new piece was discovered it was reahabilited either by public or private architects according to their own criteria.

In the next few months, two different pieces will be rehabilited: on one side, a tower  wall in the square “Traginers”,  wich will be opened to public when the works are finished, and in the other side, 40 meters of Barcelona’s wall, wich is still covered by some buildings attached to it. Therefore, those will be soon demolished (according to the news in the next 5 months) despite the complaints of some neighbours.  

The demolishment costs will be payed on a 50% by the townhouse, and in the other 50% by the Estate- Agent LAKITANIA, wich is building a luxury hotel designed by the architect Rafael Moneo attached to Barcelona’s wall. The project was only accepted  after the engagement that the hotel would let free access to all the pieces  of interest, including the wall but also gothic pieces from XVII century and medieval paints.

It seems as all this history is slowly coming up: last March, with no special promotion on the news, the museum also rehabilited 17 more meters of the wall and also discovered some hot springs from Ist Century just a few meters away in Regomir str. It’s kind of a pitty that the citizens haven’t really noticed yet this heritage right in the heart of the gothic quarter.

We will keep an eye on the demolishments and the progress of this hotel construccion, and we will net you know as soon as we can, as it is lively story of the city still to discover.More information in spanish on this link from the national newsletter " El Pais"