Barcelona Cultura

Barcelona and its postal service

Barcelona’s urban layout, its streets and its buildings all help to explain many different aspects of the social, economic and cultural life of the city in past times.

We present below a route that has been organised around 12 different locations that are closely linked with the city’s postal and philatelic history. These include the Post House of Barcelona, the Central Post and Telegraphs Office building, Plaça Reial, Palau de la Virreina, the Marcus Chapel, Carrer del Correu Vell, and several others.

This is a journey that is particularly interesting in today’s world, in which new technologies have radically changed our ways of communication and the tools we use for that purpose.

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CREDITS I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
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Organization:
Direcció d'Infraestructures Culturals, Patrimoni i Coordinació
Institut de Cultura de Barcelona
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Original idea and concept: Laia Aleixendri
Contents: Núria Rivero and Laia Aleixendri
Translation management: Ona Gil
Copy editing: Lidia Bayona
Translation: Lidia Bayona, Michael Bunn
Photographs: Jordi Puig (Col·lecció Filatèlica Ramon Marull collection), Andrea Manenti (street photographs), Pep Parer (MUHBA collection)
Archival and graphic material: Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona (AFB), Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona (AHCB), Col·lecció Filatèlica Ramon Marull
Walk with me team:
   Directed by: Pablo Baqué
   Project Manager: Isa Roldan
   Graphic illustrator: Chamo San
   Development and Programming: Phil Wilson
Web implementation: David Solà, Edittio SL
Acknowledgments (in alphabetical order):
Quico Álvarez (ICUB), Santi Barjau (AHCB), Josep Bracons (MUHBA), Jordi Campderrós (Cercle Filatèlic i Numismàtic de Barcelona), Jordi Duran (ICUB), Isabel López (ICUB), Sònia Martínez (MUHBA), Maria Mena (AFB), Núria Miró (MUHBA), Joan Francesc Molina (Cercle Filatèlic i Numismàtic de Barcelona), Patrícia Puig (ICUB), Núria Peiris, Xavier Tarraubella (AHCB)