Barcelona - Casa de la Ciutat - City Council http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1930240-walk-barcelona20/

City Hall, also known as the Casa de la Ciutat, stands on one side of the Plaça Sant Jaume, right in the middle of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter and in front of the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya. The neoclassical façade conceals Gothic gems such as the historic Great Hall, or Saló de Cent, designed by Pere Llobet and built in the 14th century.

In the ancient Roman city of Barcelona, the Plaça Sant Jaume was the site of the Forum, the meeting place and stage for political debate. It could be said that the square continues to fulfill the same role today, as it is flanked by Barcelona’s two political powerhouses: Barcelona City Hall and the seat of the Catalan government, the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Historically speaking, the city’s first form of government was the Consell de Cent, or Council of the One Hundred, which used to meet in the Great Hall, the Saló de Cent, from 1373 until it was dissolved in 1714.

Relief plaque by Celdoni Guixà inaugurated in 1840 located on the neoclassical façade. In 2012 the full city council decided to remove the plaque and was finally retired in August 2013

Catalunya en Miniatura – Ajuntament de Barcelona I Castellers de Barcelona

The statues of King Jaume I (the founder of the Council of the One Hundred) and Joan Fiveller (a 15th-century Barcelona freeman and member of the Council) in the vaulted niches on Barcelona City Hall’s main façade were sculpted by Josep Bover (1847).

King Jaume I (the founder of the Council of the One Hundred)

Joan Fiveller (a 15th-century member of the Council)

Galets are such a part of the local culture that the Barcelona Ajuntament (city council) along with Gallina Blanca (pasta and soup company) commissioned 26 huge galet sculptures throughout the city.

St Jaume on one corner of St Jaume plaza

The old façade in Carrer de la Ciutat, is a consequence of the decision of forming a small access plaza to the building by widening the street. Later, in 1399, master Arnau Bargués was hired to build a new door to dignify the humble façade of the clerk's rooms. Over them a moulding decorated with rampant leaves that goes from the outer side of the arch. Over the door, he placed three coats of arms carved in 1400 by Jordi Johan.

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Access gate to the City Council by the Plaça de Sant Jaume

Josep Clarà i Ayats

La Deessa o l'Enigma

and J.M.SubirachsCoat of arms of

Barcelona

Casa de la Ciutat

(Ayuntamiento), the town hall of Barcelona, is

only periodically open to the

public.

J.M.Subirachs Coat of arms of Barcelona

Josep Clarà i Ayats

(1878–1958) La Deessa o

l'Enigma

Main staircase

Monument to Rafael Casanova by Rossend_Nobas (reduced copy)

Josep Llimona i Bruguera (1864 - 1934) Sant Jordi

Josep Clarà i Ayats (1878–1958 La Pujanza

(Emergence)

Mujer Sentada, Manuel Martínez Hugué (1872-1945) (Manolo Hugué)

Joan Rebull i Torroja

(1899 - 1981)The Three Gypsies

Frederic Marès i Deulovol (1893 - 1991) Nu ajagut (Plenitud, primavera)

Enric Casanovas Roy Tors de dona (1929)

Frederic Marès Nu ajagut (Plenitud, primavera)

Josep Clarà i Ayats Maternidad

Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar

(b. 1927)Matèria i Forma

Joan Miró Woman Pau Gargallo - Urano, 1933

Pau Gargallo - Urano, 1933

The City Hall’s lobby and Gothic staircase are a veritable art gallery with sculptures by artists including Gargallo, Llimona, Navarro, Subirachs, Marès, Miró and Clarà.

The stained glass which illuminates the staircase, is a 1929 work of Jerome Granell Bartomeu

The ceiling of the tourist information office on the ground floor features The Four Seasons, painted by Albert Ràfols Casamada in 1982.

L'escala NegraThe Grand

Staircase in black marble was built in 1926 by Adolf Florensa i Ferrer

L'escala Negra

Josep Viladomat La Bona Acollida - El Buen recibimiento, (1923)

The Grand Staircase in black marble was built

in 1926.

Mayor's Office

Joan MiróRamon Casas

The Mayor's Parlour

Painted panels by Xavier Nogues 1932, symbolizing the important events that occurred in the city during the nineteenth century, how the walls were demolished in 1854 to enlarge the city, the Catalan cultural movement of the early Renaissance 1830s, the choirs of Clave, a famous choir director (some eighty-five of "Choirs of Clavé" was born) , and industrialization.

The Mayor's Parlour

A secretary deskInatalled between el Salòn de Carles III and the Sala de la Ciutat

Cortège of MercuryFrancesc Tramulles, 1764Painted for commemorate the stay of King Carlos III and his family in Barcelona from 17 to 21 October 1759.

Cortège of MercuryFrancesc Tramulles,

1764Details

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