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Royal Palace of Pedralbes

The Royal Palace of Pedralbes is surrounded by a large area of gardens in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. In the gardens you can see the Hercules Fountain, with a bust of the hero on a basin bearing the coat of arms of Catalonia and a spout shaped like a Chinese dragon. The building, in the Noucentista style, has a façade with Tuscan-order columns forming two porticoes with semicircular arches, and inside the royal rooms, such as Alfonso XIII's bedchamber and Victoria Eugenia's waiting room and chamber, remain almost in their original state.

Things to do at Royal Palace of Pedralbes: 14 missions

• Explore the Large RotundaExplore the Great Rotunda, one of the largest rooms in the palace, a great two-storey rotunda clad in marble and lit by a skylight.
• See the Royal ChapelLook at the Royal Chapel, built on a Greek-cross plan, articulated by large Corinthian pilasters and covered by a hemispherical dome.
• Visit the LibraryVisit the Library, a particularly bright room thanks to its double south/east exposure, decorated with oak-doored bookcases and several types of seating.
• Visit the Carriage MuseumVisit the Carriage Museum, opened in 1970 in the former stables, with various pieces from the Royal Carriage Museum.
• Discover the Small RotundaDiscover the Small Rotunda, the room that opened to the left of the Tapestry Gallery and was the first room of the south wing.
• Explore the BallroomSee the Ballroom, which besides dancing was used for concerts and small theatrical performances.
• Take in the Gala Dining RoomSee the State Dining Room, next to the Rotunda, a long dining room ending in an exedra that opened onto the garden through French windows.
• Walk the lower or tapestry GalleryWalk through the lower, or tapestry, gallery, a wide U-shaped gallery around the staircase that served as a temporary exhibition space in the 1960s and 70s.
• Enjoy the everyday dining roomEnjoy the Everyday Dining Room during your visit to Pedralbes Royal Palace.
• See the Council of Ministers RoomVisit the Council of Ministers Hall, formerly called the Armoury Room or the Throne Antechamber.
• See the chamber of Alfonso XIIISee Alfonso XIII's chamber and Victoria Eugenia's waiting rooms and chamber, added to the museum's route after the fall of the monarchy.
• Visit the Throne RoomDiscover the Throne Room, the palace's most important space symbolically and architecturally.
• Take in the Fountain of HerculesAdmire the Hercules Fountain, restored in 1983, with a bust of the Greek mythological hero above a basin bearing the coat of arms of Catalonia and a spout shaped like a Chinese dragon.
• Take in the Font d'HérculesLook at the Font d'Hércules, restored in 1983, with a bust of Hercules on a column and a spout shaped like a Chinese dragon.

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