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русскийIn this district, Barcelona's fast-paced pulse calms down in a particularly livable environment with significant participation from its residents, one of its driving forces. Few districts in Barcelona are surrounded by as much symbolism as Gràcia.
The old town of the neighborhood that gives it its name has never stopped proudly reclaiming its past as an independent municipality, and the new neighborhood map recognizes this by officially using the name Vila de Gràcia. Like other former independent municipalities, the upper part is filled with towers and houses that once had their small orchards.
Carrer Gran is the central axis around which most of the neighborhood's activity revolves, which, in addition to the old squares like Plaça Virreina or Plaça del Diamant, also features newer constructions like Plaça Gal·la Placídia.
Here you can also find one of Gaudí's masterpieces and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984: Parc Güell, which originated from a former summer estate, like many others that were built in this neighborhood.
In the north, Vallcarca stands out as the most anarchic neighborhood of all due to the terrain's orography and adds to its traditional name the toponym of the Penitents area, due to the historical connection between the two territories. In contrast, El Coll gains its own entity as a neighborhood. In the Baixada de la Glòria, with its ups, downs, and escalators, modern houses coexist with summer residences from the 19th century.
The other two neighborhoods in the district are Camp d'en Grassot-Gràcia Nova, a more recent sector and, for this reason, autonomous from the Vila, and La Salut. The boundaries of this last neighborhood have been expanded to both sides of the stretch of Travessera de Dalt.
This district has managed to maintain its own character that has always defined it, which is reflected in the high participation of its citizens in multiple social and cultural activities. In fact, since 1827, the Festa Major de Gràcia (in August) is the most important of all the festivals in all neighborhoods and districts of Barcelona. It could be said that Gràcia is the most festive district in the city, with over 100 popular celebrations.