Museums, monuments and sites in Catalonia for corporative and social events Renting spaces
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)
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)
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 750 300 100 200 Educational workshop 90 80 60 60 Auditorium 131 - - 80 Lecture theatre 86 70 60 50 La Peixera 15-15 15 Roof terrace 200 200 140 130 www.mhcat.cat
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 476 200-300 250 100 Rome room 372 120 60 - Newspaper library 270 100-150 60 - Auditorium 149 - - 90 Library 79 - - 40 www.mac.cat
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. www.mnactec.cat Courtyard 850 750-475 Diesel room 65 - - 64 Agora 300 250 120 200 Auditoriu00 - - 168 Franz de Copenhaguen room 150 110-60 Meeting room 72 60-24 Narcís Monturiol room 72 70-40 Mathematics room 96 80-40 Ferran Casablancas room 80 70-40 Francesc Salvà room 80 70-40
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. www.mhcat.cat/monuments_i_territori Sant Vicenç Collegiate Church 600 450 250 300 Cloister 220 110 - - Courtyard 284 142 - - Casemate 130 62-40 La Coromina mirador 140 70 - - Santa Maria bastion 200 150 - - Sant Vicenç bastion 200 150 - -
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 584 500-350 Cloister 283 250-180 Multipurpose room 51 50-35 www.mac.cat/seus
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 107 100-70 Refectory 94 80 50 - Cloister 236+174 210 120 - Chapterhouse 142 120 60 100 Courtyard of the fort 914 800 400 500 Prior s garden 1.900 1.400 600 760 www.mhcat.cat/monuments_i_territori
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 2,000. www.mac.cat/seus Exhibition room 60 30 50 35 Library 50 20 40 25 Terrace 400 150 200 150 Agora 80 30 50 - Æsculapiu50 90 150 80 Wall garden 400 200 300 - Æsculapium garden 400 200 300 - Domus 60-30 - Foru.300 1.000 1.500 1.000
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. www.mhcat.cat/monuments_i_territori Sant Pere church 450 230-180 Upper cloister 400 50-30+ - Eastern room 180 140 80 120 Square 600 200 - - Mirador room 60 40 20 30 Eastern terrace 200 150 - - Santa Helena church 230 100-80
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. www.mhcat.cat/monuments_i_territori Gothic cloister 616 500 400 - Rear cloister 350 280 - - Dormitory 506 500 300 400 Royal Palace courtyard 90 70-30 Refectory 138 120-100 Church 390 350-300
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. www.mhcat.cat/monuments_i_territori Audiovisual room 148 130-90 Ave Maria Square 1042 1000-700 Church Square 250 250-190 Lay brothers chapter 42 40-25 Small cloister 165 150-100 Chapterhouse room 103 90-50 Refectory 244 230 180 200
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) 08002 Barcelona Tel.: 933 162 740 acdpc@gencat.cat http://patrimoni.gencat.cat Information and bookings OuiSellyou Sant Màrius, 13 08022 Barcelona Tel.: 932 499 901 M: 673 729 828 / 647 530 007 espais@ouisellyou.com www.ouisellyou.com Cover: Santes Creus Royal Monastery