Barcelona 1700. De les pedres a les persones

The archaeological interventions carried out within the enclosure of the former Born market have made it possible to learn in detail about a fragment of Barcelona's urban fabric, as well as to find traces of the life that unfolded there. Among the large quantity of documentation preserved, the wills of the neighbours of the area and the inventories corresponding to many of the households that appeared have allowed us to discover, first-hand, how people lived in Barcelona at the time. In Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, a little over 38,000 people lived. It was a very diverse population, with a good number of citizens coming from different towns and cultures. It was a society connected with the world thanks to strong commercial activity, well fed and passionate about sweets, strongly marked by religiosity and superstition, with a taste for striking colours and ornaments in clothing, which devoted itself to festivity, dance, music, theatre and games. Between 1691 and 1714, this Barcelona suffered the horror of war. After the defeat, nothing was ever the same again.The exhibition shows some 1,800 objects that were found during the archaeological intervention at the site and that have provided new and valuable knowledge to shape a portrait of everyday life and how the inhabitants of Barcelona three centuries ago lived. The vast majority of the objects are displayed in the large showcase of the Sala Villarroel and constitute, at the same time, a great tribute to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood who were expelled after 1714. Those objects that they could not take with them in 1716 and 1717, when they were driven out of their homes, the Barcelona of the 21st century has recovered in order to show them to the world.Linked to the permanent exhibition, three exhibition spaces with objects can also be viewed at the site.The exhibition Barcelona 1700. De les pedres a les persones, is structured in five major areas:La Gran CasaLa Ciutat pròsperaLa vida quotidianaLa Ciutat atacada i mutiladaLa Ciutat refeta