Pictures Fira Modernista Barcelona

Pictures Fira Modernista de Barcelona

Fira Modernista de Barcelona. The Barcelona Modernista Fair and Street Trade Festival is a 3 day street fair in June in the right part of the Eixample district of Barcelona and part of the neighbourhood festival Festa Mayor de la Dreta. Dates Fira Modernista de Barcelona. The Mercat Modernista market has almost 100 stalls and stallholders dress up in festive modernist period costumes

Fira Modernista Barcelona market

The Modernist fair seeks to recapture the spirit of Eixample over 100 years ago when Modernism was at its peak and features a broad range of activities to highlighting the Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) movement.

Fira Modernista Barcelona

The fair has almost 100 market stalls and many activities including concerts, children's games, dances, shows, workshops, a large tent full of vintage cars, exhibitions, silent movies, puppet shows and a miniature train, and a vintage bike race called "Bicicletada modernista"

Fira Modernista Barcelona

Main activities are on Carrer de Girona between Av Diagonal and Carrer de Arago where you can find many shops in the original modernist style like Ruiz Ortega opticos.

Fira Modernista Barcelona Ruiz Ortega opticos

Fira Modernista Barcelona Ruiz Ortega opticos

Cercavila de Gegants - giants parade by the group "la colla La Fal·lera Gegantera de la Sagrada Família." The giant is called "Pere - l'home dels ocells" - Pere the bird man. This giant is based on a real person, who was an artist from Zamora, who used to live in the Sagrada Familia neighbourhood - he trained pigeons, which would perch on his hanger.

Fira Modernista Barcelona

Giantess "Pepa - la peixatera" - Pepa the fishwoman. Both these giants were built in 1988 by Domenech Umbert.

Fira Modernista Barcelona

The Gran Carpa tent has some lovely vintage vehicles and a vintage taxi

Fira Modernista Barcelona

Vintage Citroen Rosalie Barcelona taxi from 1936. It has 4 cylinders, room for 7 passengers and a maximum speed of 100kph

Fira Modernista Barcelona

Visitors enjoy jazz, classical and rock concerts by local bands and orchestras

Fira Modernista Barcelona

Last Updated on Monday, 06 January 2020 14:14