{"id":24666,"date":"2022-10-02T01:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T23:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/?p=24666"},"modified":"2022-10-02T01:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T23:54:09","slug":"barcelona-a-walk-through-its-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/barcelona-a-walk-through-its-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"BARCELONA, a walk through its literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>               As you walk through the neighbourhood El Raval, once you reach Carrer dels Tallers 45, you must pay attention in order to see the commemorative sign dedicated to the famous writer Roberto Bola\u00f1o. You will be standing outside his own residence in Barcelona. As you go on your way, once you reach Ramblas 115, you\u2019ll find the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona. It was there that in 1937 a soldier called Eric Arthur Blar, also known as George Orwell, spent three days on the rooftop reading and imagining his most famous novel, <em>1984<\/em>. Once you\u2019ve walked through the Gothic neighbourhood you will reach Santa Maria del Mar church, the main setting of Carlos Ruiz Zafon\u2019s novel, <em>The Shadow of the Wind<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/yiPNbn7995dMz2_058vTgpHxGF60FRyIXgCl05sPHn082fqv1ER5whqnS6b3pOjkTEoiCVFS12O2ucHCzHgDF-T6Yh4w1WapFr_TUqimf8wB1u33WIXIDRsRxvG0oq-SFmgkB2dS_6f49NEiSUniEVTrxtjo0sI-NNBgA856aHbfbd_NKQUForuC\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"279\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>               In fact, during the whole tour through downtown Barcelona, you will walk the streets that housed and inspired great authors, from Jean Genet and Sagarra, to Rodoreda and V\u00e1zquez Montalb\u00e1n. Not to mention beloved latinamerican authors Gabriel Garcia M\u00e1rquez and of course Roberto Bola\u00f1o. Nowadays, there is a Literary Map of Barcelona which puts together over 300 literary facts, such as the ones previously mentioned. It is possible to obtain a physical copy of the map at any of Barcelona\u2019s public libraries. A digital copy is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/ciutatdelaliteratura\/es\/mapa-literario.\">https:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/ciutatdelaliteratura\/es\/mapa-literario.<\/a><br>               Walk through Barcelona in search of the corners, squares and streets where these authors spent their days and found their inspiration. Try <em>The Shadow of the Wind<\/em> tour to expersience the settings of the novel in person (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalunya.com\/ruta-la-sombra-del-viento-24-1-22?language=es\">https:\/\/www.catalunya.com\/ruta-la-sombra-del-viento-24-1-22?language=es<\/a>). Barcelona\u2019s literary tour includes over 100 books set in this wonderful city. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estudio34.com\/ruta-literaria-barcelona\/\">https:\/\/www.estudio34.com\/ruta-literaria-barcelona\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24667\" width=\"839\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png 630w, https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you walk through the neighbourhood El Raval, once you reach Carrer dels Tallers 45, you must pay attention in order to see the commemorative sign dedicated to the famous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":24674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[306],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24680,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24666\/revisions\/24680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumsuitehotels.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}