Universitat de Barcelona

Although a university was first set up on what is now La Rambla in the 16th century, the present glorious mix of (neo) Romanesque, Gothic, Islamic and Mudéjar architecture is a caprice of the 19th century (by Ildefons Cerdà's friend Elies Rogent). Wander the main hall, the cloisters and the water-laced Jardins Ferran Soldevilla.