Sant Pere, Barcelona

Sant Pere (IPA|san perə, "El barri de Sant Pere" in Catalan) is a neighborhood in District 1 ("Ciutat Vella"), the old city of Barcelona, Spain. It is name after the monastery Sant Pere de les Puelles. Its officially part of the neighborhood Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera.

Points of interest

*The neighbor hood received its name from the 10th century monastery of Sant Pere de les Puelles, (Saint Peter of the Innocents) [http://www.homeandabroad.com/c/74/Site/103339_Barri_de_Sant_Pere_visit.html] , at Lluís El Piadós 1. The monastery is named after girls the disfigured themselves to avoid rape and murder by the invading Moors ["Terra": Review of Sant Pere de les Puells" [http://php.terra.com/travel/templates/print.php?s=121&pk=5&destination=23] ] .

*The concert hall Palau de la Música Catalana of Lluís Domènech i Montaner (Palace of Catalan Music) is located at Sant Francesc de Paula 2 ["Time Out Online" [http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/guidevenue/191/Palau_de_la_Musica_Catalana.html] ] .

External links

http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/europe/sant-pere.shtmlTravel Adventures page for Sant Pere, with photographs