Barcelona City History Museum MUHBA Plaça del Rei
Ground floor is a large vault over preserved roman street ruins with extensive artefacts. The museum is inside Roman buildings and medieval palaces
About Barcelona City History Museum MUHBA Plaça del Rei
Barcelona City History Museum, Museo d'Historia de Barcelona (MUHBA), in the Jewish Quarter, El Call, of the Gothic centre, (barri gótic) of Barcelona tells the history of the city from Roman times to present day.
The museum is situated in Plaça del Rei, One of Barcelona's most famous squares known for its gothic architecture and steps in one corner that act like a natural auditorium. Although this square was formerly the courtyard of a royal palace, for three centuries it was also a bustling straw and hay market.
This is a museum dedicated to the history of Barcelona with strong focus on the Roman period. The museum is a collection of conjoined buildings containing Barcelona underground roman ruins in the basement.
- Casa Padelles: Is a Gothic palace, originally located at number 25, Carrer Mercaders, in Barcelona. Due to the construction of the Via Laietana in the early 20th century, The building was disassembled in 1931 and relocated to the Plaza del Rei, in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. Palau Padelles was built between 1497 and 1515 at the intersection of the Carrer Mercaders and Carrer Tarasco.
- Count's Royal Palace and Greater Royal Palace: Is a complex of buildings that were the residence of the counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon. It can be described as three buildings:
- Tinell Hall: built 1359 to 1362 by King Peter.
- The Palatine chapel of Saint Agatha: built during the reign of King James II around 1302.
- Lloctinent Palace: built by the Catalan Generalitat under Charles V around 1549.
Barcelona History Museum MUHBA Buildings
In the basement the remains of the Roman town of Barcino (Barcelona) were found and are preserved with a spectacular walkway route through the old streets, house ruins, bathhouses and old city walls.
Note: The History of Barcelona Museum (MUHBA) should not be confused with the History of Catalunya Museum (MHCAT) which is a more broader overview about life in Catalunya and Barcelona from the Iberian tribes to present day.
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