Gothic Barcelona

Gothic is not necessarily the architectural style that comes to mind first when talking about Barcelona. You instead associate the capital of Catalunya with the Modernismo movement, the local version of Jugendstil, and, in general, with the beginning of the 20th century. However, the city of Barcelona is older. Much older, in fact. It was founded as Barcino in the times of the Roman Empire and was an important city on the Mediterranean Sea throughout the Middle Ages. Therefore, like the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages, it was mainly influenced by the Gothic style of architecture. There is some of it still left in the city, notably the magnificent old Cathedral in the city center of Barcelona.