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Poble Sec (Dry Village), suburb of Barcelona situated in the Sants-Montjuïc district, between Montjuïc Park and the Avenida del Parel•lel, is an area of steep streets with the sensation that you have the city at your feet.
It is a humble suburb but privileged for its location, between the mountains, the port and the oldest suburb of the city, El Raval.
Between the areas of interest that one may visit in
Poble Sec, highlights are the Miró Foundation building (with its Garden of Sculptures),
Institut del Teatre (Theatre Institute), the
Museu d'Història de la Ciutat (The City History Museum) and the Agriculture Palace.
The district started to populate in the mid XIX Century with the construction of simple housing for workers, after the approval for the demolition of the walls of the city and as precedent of the known
Plan Cerdà, that some years after extended to Barcelona´s Eixample.
In mid XX Century, the
Poble Sec was converted in to Little Paris, where you found cabarets, theatres and cafés (especially in Paral.lel). Between those the highlights are Teatro
el Molino, the
Teatro Apolo and the
Teatro Victoria, which are still opened.
It was also the cradle for known Catalan artists like
Joan Manuel Serrat (known as the "Noi del Poble Sec" – Boy of
Poble Sec),
Jaume Sisa or
Mayte Martín.