Gothic Area

There is a huge and interesting history to Barcelona. The city was packed within walls. I haven’t learned exactly why but it was. The. They built a Citadel Fortress. A Spanish design exactly like the one I saw in St. Augustine (isn’t it interesting the more I see the more things fit together).

The fortress protected the city from invaders but also it worked to keep all of the people inside the walls. Basically outside the city walls became a kill zone for their own people.

Eventually within the city walls could hold no more so… they torn down the fortress and they allowed people to move outside of the walls. For visitors this creates an Incredible visual between the area that was inside (where we live in the gothic area) and outside the walls (where the more “modern” housing is.Read more