Roman Barcino and the Museo d' Historia de la Ciutat

Our trip to Roman Barcino and the Museo d' Historia de la Ciutat was very informative and it was fascinating to see ancient roman ruins still standing today.  The fact that these structures have stayed preserved is remarkable and the idea to build a museum around the ruins, to me, is ingenious.

The city of Barcelona, with its architecture and layout, gives me an old city feeling to begin with, but to finally see the actual remnants of what the Roman city of "Barcino" truly looked like completed the puzzle and made everything more real.

The walk from IES to the Museo d' Historia de la Ciutat was neat in itself because it was like a preview to what the museum was going to show us.  Stopping to see gothic architecture, cathedrals, and small details of the city provided a perfect introduction to what we would eventually see in the museum.  When we got closer to the museum was when I found the field trip to become very interesting because we were able to see modern architecture transform into what it was hundreds of years ago right before ours eyes.  It was like watching history unfold in 30 minutes.

The museum itself was fascinating because it combined ancient roman remains and artifacts with the very modern architecture of the museum itself.  Because the museum was literally built around the remains, it was a special dichotomy to see.  One room would be red brick walls while the next contained the stone of the ancient romans.  The one room that was most interesting to me was the bottom floor where the roman remains of baths, storage spaces, and other unique roman structures could be seen.  The most fascinating part of this to me, however, were the glass walkways that had been built over the remains.  It showed how far we have come technology wise and architecturally and I found that an amazing sight.

The preserved roman columns were another of my favorite as i found myself wondering how hard it must have been to create such structures that long ago.  It is amazing to think that even without the technology we have today, what humans are capable of.

My pictures: One of the Roman Columns, one of a musician in front of classic Barcino architecture, one of the museum at night with an interesting lighting through the windows, one of the museum itself, and one of Xavi picking his nose.