Palau del Lloctinent

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  • Address
    Carrer dels Comtes de Barcelona, La Ribera
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  • Phone
    93 485 4285
  • Transport
    underground rail: Jaume I
  • Closed to public

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Built in the 1550s, this palace was the residence of the lloctinent (Spanish viceroy) of Catalonia. It boasts a fine wooden ceiling and pleasing courtyard. Until 1993 it housed the Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, a unique archive documenting the history of the kingdom prior to unification under Fernando and Isabel, and may again do so from 2007.

When you walk outside, have a look at the walls of La Catedral. See all the grooves cut into the stone? It appears the viceroy's soldiers who were housed here used the church walls to sharpen their weapons.