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A guitar player settles into a small placa hidden between buildings in the Barri Gotic.

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This artwork, known in English as The World Begins With Every Kiss, was installed in 2014 in Barcelona by the artist Joan Fontcuberta.

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This sculpture, in the Plaça de Sant Miquel in Barcelona, pays homage to castellers. These Catalonians build human towers 9 or 10 people high, and they still gather to build at festivals or cultural celebrations today.

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At the tip of La Rambla in the center of the Plaça de Catalunya, this monument celebrates Francesc Macià i Llussà, a Catalonian politician who spoke out for an independent Catalonia.

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Joan Miró installed this mosaic in the La Rambla, the famous street in the city center of Barcelona, in the 1970s.

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Just beyond the canal system, the Rijksmuseum is home to a spectacular art collection, particularly of the Dutch masters.

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The gardens of the museum are just as beautiful as the art inside.

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This is the largest art history research library in the country.

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The Reguliersbreestraat leads away from Rembrandtplein towards Muntplein Square.
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