Field Trip to Gothic Quarter

One of our field trips was to the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, also known as Barri Gòtic in Spain. The Gothic Quarter in Barcelona city might have the most traces of Spanish history evident today. Walking around in the area one feels as if they are transported to the Barcelona in the Middle Ages. Its narrow cobblestone streets contain the most concentrated array of thirteenth to fifteenth century buildings in Europe. There are parish churches, town houses, government buildings, city halls, build headquarters, industrial structure, and the famous Cathedral, all dating to that time period. During our field trip one of the things we did was to go to the Santa Mart del Pi Church, which was completed in 1391. Xavi explained to us how the church was built and funded by local citizens something that really fascinated me. We went inside the church and I thought it was extremely beautiful. I really enjoy the Gothic Style and architecture used in building the church and thought the stained glass windows were really cool as well. Another thing that we did on our field trip was to see examples of apartments dating to the middle ages. An old woman even let us into one of these apartments where the tiny claustrophobic stairwell d[Photo]ated back to the middle ages. A bunch of students climbed up the stairs and stuck our head out the top window, a something that was a funny and enjoyable experience. This field trip really lead me to appreciate Barcelona's rich history in the Middle Ages.