Painted signs and mosaics

When Josep Xifré i Cases, a Catalan businessman who had made his fortune in Cuba, built the Casa Xifré opposite Barcelona's Chamber of C...

In June 1910, the magazine Nuevo Mundo published an advert for Barcelona's high-end shops, disguised as the results of "the Barcel...

In the late 19th or early 20th century, travellers looking for a bit of modernity in the narrow streets of the Barri Gòtic, the medieval hea...

This painted sign crowned by the cheerful face of a cook promises customers tasty tapas , good serrano (dry-cured) ham, and, obviously, sin...