Poble Espanyol

How do walk around all of Spain in one day? Visit the Poble Espanyol (literally, "Spanish Village". Built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, the Poble consists of 117 full-scale buildings reproducing the originals in different places in the Iberian Peninsula. Joined together to form a small town that recreates urban atmospheres of disparate places in Spain, it was even used as a movie set for a historical drama! During the holidays the Town Square hosts an entertainment stage. Every building reproduces or captures characteristic originals (structure, elements, styles) captured in a 1927 survey of Spain. The main entrance, e.g. reproduces the Gate of San Vicente in the city wall of Ávila.Read more