26/50.- Barcelona, "Palau de la Música Catalana"

We are now in front of the "Palau de la Música Catalana", another work of Domènech i Montaner.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Catalan industrial class financed the construction of two music halls. The one pictured is the "Palalau de la M'usica Catalana", where you can hear classical music played. The other is "El Liceu" featuring opera, and is located in 'La Rambla'.

The latter was destroyed in a fire in 1994, and has recently been rebuilt. There are two important opera singers born in Barcelona: Josep Carreras (one of the 'Three Tenors') and Montserrat Caballé.

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