Barcelona Trip Overview
Discover the deepest secrets of Barcelona! The history of the city is closely related to the freemasonry and the city is full of symbols invisible to the untrained eye. We will help you to find them and to understand their meaning!
At the end of the tour you will have a chance to visit a Lodge where you can get first-hand perspective of the subject.
We adapt this tour to the background of our guests in order to make it interesting for both just curious travelers and the masons themselves.
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 hours
* Starts: Barcelona, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Discover the deepest secrets of Barcelona! The history of the city is closely related to the freemasonry and the city is full of symbols invisible to the untrained eye. We will help you to find them and to understand their meaning!
At the end of the tour you will have a chance to visit a Lodge where you can get first-hand perspective of the subject.
We adapt this tour to the background of our guests in order to make it interesting for both just curious travelers and the masons themselves.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Placa Catalunya, Placa Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia
This place can be considered “strategic” since it unites the two historical parts of the city, the Old Town and the 19th century Extention, designed with references to masonic values. The Catalonia square itself is also full of veiled symbols.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Gothic Quarter (Barri Gotic), Mediterranean Seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona Spain
Here we will stroll through the picturesque narrow streets of medieval Barcelona and explore the rests of the Roman wall, the place of foundation of the city, the Cathedral and the romanesque Saint Lucia chapel among other historical sites. There we will find plenty of symbols of the medieval Operative masons (Stonemasons) as well as the additions of the more recent Speculative Masons. We will discover the meaning of those misterios signs on the buildings and learn about the acient wisdom of our ancestors, that has always been closely studied and used by the masons. On the way we will find some traces of Knights Templar, who are also considered one of possible predecessors of the modern Freemasonry.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: El Born / La Ribera, El Born / La Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia
Discover the most loved church of the city – Santa Maria del Mar, the stories of the guilds, a masonic restaurant and varios masonic symbols in the area.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Gran Lago del Parque de la Ciudadela, Paseo Pujades In the Ciutadella Park, 08018 Barcelona Spain
Find out what is the connection of famous Antoni Gaudi with the freemasonry and learn about a number of important Catalan and Spanish masons: politicians, architects, writers and even governors. All that while enjoying a pleasant stroll through the most beautiful park of the city!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Biblioteca Publica Arus, Passeig de Sant Joan 26, 08010 Barcelona Spain
This public library was founded by a mason and contains the most important collection of books on freemasonry in Europe. Find out how this explicitly masonic establishment got through the persecutions and remains untouched to the present day.
This visit is NOT avaliable on the weekends.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Eixample, Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia
Eixample was a grand project of extention of the city. It was designed by Ildefons Cerda, a person who was most probably a freemason. We will uncover the proofs of that and let you in on his plan!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona Spain
At the end of our tour with the permission of the masons themselves you will be invited to a real funcioning Lodge, where you can recieve first-hand information about the subject, straigth from a member of the Lodge.
Please mind you that depending on the activities of the Lodge this visit can be excluded. In such case you will be informed in advance after booking the tour and will be able to cancel it or change the date, if this visit is essential for you. It is also NOT avaliable on Sundays.
Duration: 30 minutes
