Museums, monuments and sites in Catalonia for corporative and social events. Renting spaces

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1 Museums, monuments and sites in Catalonia for corporative and social events Renting spaces

2 Ten singular Catalan heritage spaces for events from lectures to weddings. Go where you like and make your event a unique and original one. An ancient Greek and Roman city on the shores of the Mediterranean. A Romanesque house of canons in the splendid setting of the Empordà plain. A magnificently conserved Modernista steam textile mill in the centre of Terrassa. An authentic Mediaeval castle standing on a hilltop with sweeping views of Central Catalonia. A charterhouse amidst the peace and tranquillity of the vineyards of El Priorat. A notable Romanesque monastery in the city of Girona. A monumental complex in an impressive landscape of the Cap de Creus Nature Reserve. An unusual monastery along the Cistercian Route. In Barcelona, the headquarters of the Catalan Archaeology Museum on Montjuïc in one of the city s best green zones and the Catalan History Museum in the Old Port with a unique view of the city skyline. Escaladei Charterhouse Sant Pere de Galligants Monastery Catalan Science and Technology Museum (mnactec) Catalan Archaeology Museum (MAC)

3 Choose the setting that most inspires you for your event. Greek and Roman city of Empúries Cardona Castle Sant Pere de Rodes monumental complex Vilabertran House of Canons Catalan History Museum (MHC)

4 Catalan History Museum The museum is in a splendid location in the Palau de Mar building in the Old Port of Barcelona. A modern amenity with a roof terrace with a unique spectacular view of the city. A terrace that will hold up to 500 people for a banquet, an auditorium for 100, three meeting rooms for 15 to 80 and a fine restaurant make this venue an outstanding place for events. Vestibule Educational workshop Auditorium Lecture theatre La Peixera Roof terrace

5 Catalan Archaeology Museum The Museum is housed in the old Graphic Arts Palace, a pavilion built in 1929 for the International Exhibition. Located at the heart of Montjuïc hill it has three separate but interconnected spaces with capacities for up to 300 standing and many possibilities, such as holding an event surrounded by works full of history. The auditorium holds 90 and there is a library for more private meetings that holds 40. Central room Rome room Newspaper library Auditorium Library

6 Catalan Science and Technology Museum Located in Terrassa, 25 minutes from Barcelona, the museum building, a steam textile mill from 1907 designed by Lluís Muncunill, is regarded as one of the finest examples of industrial Modernisme. The museum has a fully equipped auditorium that seats 168, an exhibition area, 8 training and/or meeting rooms with capacities from 40 to 200, outdoor zones, restaurant and a 600 multipurpose space for catering inside. Courtyard Diesel room Agora Auditoriu Franz de Copenhaguen room Meeting room Narcís Monturiol room Mathematics room Ferran Casablancas room Francesc Salvà room

7 Cardona Castle Monumental complex regarded as one of the most important Mediaeval fortresses in Catalonia. Built on a hilltop 90 minutes west of Barcelona. The Cardona Parador Nacional is inside the complex. One of the available spaces is the collegiate church, 600 for cocktail parties, lectures, presentations and weddings. It is connected to the cloister, an agreeable space for outdoor events, like the bastions, which offer magnificent views of the valleys. Sant Vicenç Collegiate Church Cloister Courtyard Casemate La Coromina mirador Santa Maria bastion Sant Vicenç bastion

8 Sant Pere de Galligants Monastery In the city of Girona, 90 km north of Barcelona, is one of the outstanding Catalan Romanesque monuments, the old Benedictine abbey of Sant Pere, beside the wall and inside the historic city centre. It has a main nave and a transept for events with a capacity for up to 500 people standing, connected to the cloister, which holds 250. There is also a room that holds 50 in the theatre Nave + transept Cloister Multipurpose room

9 Vilabertran House of Canons Magnificent Romanesque complex, built between the 11th and 13th centuries, an example of the Mediaeval houses of canons in Catalonia. 90 minutes from Barcelona, it has indoor spaces of 94 and 142, a completely restored cloister for standing events or banquets and magnificent outdoor spaces up to 1,900. Sant Ferriol room Refectory Cloister Chapterhouse Courtyard of the fort Prior s garden

10 Greek and Roman city of Empúries A archaeological site that is unique on the Iberian Peninsula, where the remains of a Greek city stand beside those of a Roman one. Located in one of the prettiest bays on the Costa Brava, 90 minutes north of Barcelona and 30 from Girona. It has indoor spaces, like the exhibition room, with a capacity for 50 seated, and the library for 40 seated. The complex has many outdoor spaces for events, such as the gardens in the Forum zone, with a capacity for 2, Exhibition room Library Terrace Agora Æsculapiu Wall garden Æsculapium garden Domus Foru

11 Sant Pere de Rodes monumental complex Inside the Cap de Creus Nature Reserve, atop the Verdera Sierra with spectacular views of Roses Bay, 100 minutes north of Barcelona, we discover a Mediaeval complex that has rooms with a capacity for up to 140 and a church that holds 230. It has magnificent outdoor spaces ideal for catering events. Sant Pere church Upper cloister Eastern room Square Mirador room Eastern terrace Santa Helena church

12 Santes Creus Royal Monastery Located in the province of Tarragona, 30 minutes from the city and 60 minutes south of Barcelona. This is a unique Cistercian Gothic monastic complex set in a small village full of charm and tradition. Events of all kinds can be organised in the monastery. There are indoor spaces such as a magnificent dormitory of more than 500 and a room with natural light of 138, as well as two splendid cloisters for events, both indoor and outdoor. Gothic cloister Rear cloister Dormitory Royal Palace courtyard Refectory Church

13 Escaladei Charterhouse Two hours from Barcelona and 45 minutes from Tarragona, set in a singular landscape at the end of a valley and at the foot of the Montsant Sierra Nature Reserve, surrounded by peace and tranquillity. There are impressive outdoor spaces suitable for a talk, a product presentation, a concert and even meals, standing or seated. And indoor spaces: a lecture theatre of 140 equipped with audiovisual material and other spaces such as the refectory and the chapterhouse, which will take the events centuries back in time. Audiovisual room Ave Maria Square Church Square Lay brothers chapter Small cloister Chapterhouse room Refectory

14 Vilabertran House of Canons Cardona Castle Sant Pere de Rodes Monumental Complex Greek and Roman city of Empúries Sant Pere de Galligants Monastery Santes Creus Royal Monastery Catalan History Museum (MHC) Escaladei Charterhouse Catalan Science and Technology Museum (mnactec) Catalan Archaeology Museum (MAC) Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Cultura Catalan Cultural Heritage Agency Portaferrissa, 1 (Palau Moja) Barcelona Tel.: acdpc@gencat.cat Information and bookings OuiSellyou Sant Màrius, Barcelona Tel.: M: / espais@ouisellyou.com Cover: Santes Creus Royal Monastery