Poble Espanyol of Montjuïc
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The Poble Espanyol is a district of Barcelona, whose diversity makes it different to any other district of the city. Poble Espanyol is an architectural synopsis of all Spanish communities, it is the possibility to visit, in a couple of hours, a water-colour version of the seventeen regions, which make up one of the most fascinating countries of the European Union. But it would be unfair to reduce this site to a series of dioramas of the reality of Spain, as the Poble Espanyol offers the possibility to get to know all seventeen autonomous communities through handicraft markets, cultural displays, samples of culinary and folk shows. The Poble Espanyol is a lively space for culture and leisure, which plans to extend these exchanges with the different towns of Spain, which are represented by streets and squares, monuments and buildings, to other European regions.

The Spanish Village of Barcelona, thanks to its cultural pattern, has become one of the most important centres of the Peninsula.

The statement of Walter Gropius, founder of Bauhaus school, which says: "There isn't an essential difference between the artist and the craftsman/craftswoman since the artist is a hot-headed craftsman/craftswoman", has turned into the naming which put into groups the over forty workshops that configure the Spanish Village.

The presence of three schools, the Arts and Crafts Massana School, ESCAC of cinema and the Theatre School, consolidate the grounds as an emerging centre of the artistic creation.

It is a space for leisure, and culture, with shops, artisan workshops, restaurants, bars, parties and nightclubs.