Barceloneta. Carrer de Sant Carles

The short street of Sant Carles (Carrer de Sant Carles), which runs from Boulevard Juan of Barcelona towards the square of the Poet Boscan, deserves special attention. Here, there are literally remarkable buildings on every corner.

Under the number we see one of the most famous restaurants in Barcelona, Can Solé, which dates back to 1903 as the Cal Soler tavern. The restaurant specializes in traditional Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine, as well as seafood. The restaurant is quite expensive and does not differ in any frills, nevertheless it is popular not only with tourists, but also with residents of the city.

To the left of the restaurant is Casa del Porró, a 1753 building. Similar buildings were built en masse in Barceloneta, they were built up all over the peninsula, but now they are almost gone. The development of this type of houses is due to the proximity of the citadel of the fortress of Barcelona, and the restriction in number of storeys was necessary so that the area was shot in the direction of the sea.

Next to it, on the left side, is an original eclectic residential building, You can find out more about it in the section of this site Modernism in Spanish Architecture.

Then, again on the left side, the building of the cooperative La Fraternitat, now the district library. You can also find out its history in the Modernism section.

Opposite the library, in the corner of the junction of two high-rise buildings, a fragment of a two-story house from the time of the Marquis of Werbom, decorated in the Art Nouveau era, has miraculously survived.

The rest of the houses in this part of Barceloneta are gloomy gray boxes.

St.Carles Street is divided exactly in half by the small boulevard Admiral Churruca (Carrer de l'almirall Churruca), leading towards the embankment, and opposite it is the square of the Poet Boscan, the heart of the district.