List of libraries in Barcelona

This is a list of public and private libraries in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).

Public libraries owned by the Diputació de Barcelona[]

Name	Locality	District	Opened	Named after	Transport links
	Fort Pienc	Eixample	1895	Founder, freethinker and philanthropist .[1]	Arc de Triomf Tetuan
	Barceloneta	Ciutat Vella	2001	Former worker cooperative La Fraternitat[2]	Barceloneta
	Bon Pastor	Sant Andreu	2004	The neighbourhood's name	Bon Pastor
	Camp de l'Arpa	Sant Martí		Writer Caterina Albert, also known as Víctor Català[3]	Camp de l'Arpa
	Les Corts	Les Corts	1993	The 18th century masia where it's located	Les Corts
	Canyelles	Nou Barris	1994	The neighbourhood's name	Canyelles
	Sarrià	Sarrià-Sant Gervasi	2000	The sculptor Josep Clarà, who used it as his atelier.	Les Tres Torres
	Vallvidrera	Sarrià-Sant Gervasi	2002	The writer
	El Carmel	Horta-Guinardó	2003	The writer Juan Marsé	El Carmel
	Glòries-El Clot	Sant Martí	2014	Politician and historian	Glòries
	La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample	Eixample	2011	The photographer Agustí Centelles	Urgell
	Fort Pienc	Eixample	2003	A former military citadel called Fort Pienc.[4]	Marina
	La Marina del Prat Vermell	Sants-Montjuïc	2006	Writer and journalist	Magòria-La Campana
	Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera	Ciutat Vella	1909	Francesca Bonnemaison, founder of the first women's library in Europe.[5]	Urquinaona
	Barri Gòtic	Ciutat Vella	2011	Murdered Communist revolutionary Andreu Nin[6]	Drassanes
	Sant Andreu de Palomar	Sant Andreu	1935	Writer , and the former factory Can Fabra.[7]	Sant Andreu
	La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample	Eixample		Writer and illustrator Lola Anglada	Entença
	El Guinardó	Horta-Guinardó	1999	Writer Mercè Rodoreda	Alfons X
	Horta	Horta-Guinardó	2008	11th century masia Can Mariner.[8]	Horta
	Vallcarca	Gràcia	2005	Writer and politician .[9]	Lesseps
	La Sagrera	Sant Andreu	2009	Seamstress and popular culture figure	La Sagrera
	Les Corts	District of Les Corts	2000	Politician [10]	Collblanc
	Roquetes	Nou Barris	2008	The neighbourhood's name	Roquetes
	Montbau	Nou Barris	2001	, Spanish cooperative movement theorist.[11]	Via Júlia
	La Guineueta	Nou Barris	2001	The district's name	Llucmajor
	Poblenou	Sant Martí	1994	Historian and academician .[12]	Poblenou
	Poble-sec	Sants-Montjuïc	2000	Photographer and anti-fascist Francesc Boix.[13]	Paral·lel
	El Besòs i el Maresme	Sant Martí	1970	Cultural history scholar .	Besòs-Mar
	Sagrada Família	Eixample		Named after the neighbourhood and the temple of Sagrada Família	Sagrada Família
	Sant Antoni	Eixample	2007	The writer Joan Oliver	Sant Antoni
	Sant Martí de Provençals	Sant Martí	1983	The neighbourhood's name.	Sant Martí
	El Raval	Ciutat Vella	1975	The former Hospital de la Santa Creu de Barcelona, which hosts other cultural institutions.	Liceu
	Dreta de l'Eixample	Eixample	1971	Catholic saint Madeleine Sophie Barat	Girona
	Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta	Nou Barris	2011	The 15th century masia which hosts it.[14][15]	Maragall
	Sants	Sants-Montjuïc	2000	Former factory El Vapor Vell[16]	Plaça de Sants
	Vila de Gràcia	Gràcia	2002	The former municipality.	Joanic
	Vila Olímpica	Sant Martí	1995	The writer and translator	Marina
	Ciutat Meridiana	Nou Barris	2009	Geographic location within the city.

Public libraries belonging to other institutions[]

Privately owned libraries[]

Libraries in the metropolitan area[]

Cornellà de Llobregat[]

Name	Locality	District	Opened	Named after	Transport links
		IV	1996	The municipality's main library. Formerly known as Biblioteca Popular Joan Maragall.	Gavarra Ignasi Iglesias
		I	1999	Pedagogist and politician Marta Mata i Garriga. Former Titan cinema.	Cornellà-Riera Les Aigües
		V	2013	Name of the district in which it's located.	Sant Ildefons

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat[]

Name	Locality	District	Opened	Named after	Transport links
	Bellvitge		1972	The district in which it's located.	Bellvitge
			1983	A 16th century masia in the area.	Rambla Just Oliveras
	Collblanc		2002	A local poet and editor.[17]	Collblanc Santa Eulàlia
			1999	A cultural venue and a former factory.[18]	Santa Eulàlia
			2001	The district in which it's located.	Florida
	Granvia l'Hospitalet	2010	Plaça d'Europa	Europa-Fira
			1970	The district in which it's located.	Santa Eulàlia
			2000	Cultural centre of the same name,[19] and ultimately, industrialist .[20]	Torrassa

See also[]

• List of libraries in Spain
• Culture in Barcelona
• List of markets in Barcelona
• List of theatres and concert halls in Barcelona
• List of museums in Barcelona
• Books in Spain
• Open access in Spain to scholarly communication

References[]

External links[]

• Diputació de Barcelona. Servei de biblioteques.
• Libraries of Barcelona official website.