Barcelona
From the cars, this one seems to be from the 1950s.
Two excellent quality real photo postcards of the Plaza de Cataluna, dating from the 1960s.
The Ramblas - a postcard from around 1910.
The Plaza de Toros Monumental, where most tourists see a bullfight - I've been a couple of times many years ago.
The port.
The Cable cars at the port.
An undated postcard of the Rambla de Estudios.
An excellent view of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.
Two views of the Plaza de Catalunya - the card on the right was mailed in 1956.
The Spanish Village
The Poble Espanyol (Spanish Village) was built for the 1929 International Exhibition in Barcelona on  
Montjuich Hill.
For more information about
the Spanish Village, follow
this link.
The Arco de Triunfo which was built for the 1888 Universal Exposition at the Parc de la Ciutadella.
The City's Monument to Cristobal Colon (Columbus).
Another view of the Arco de Triunfo in an advertising postcard.
Barcelona from Tibidabo.
The Palacio Nacional in Montjuich.
On the left is the Cathedral, and on the right another view of the Plaza de Catalunya.
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Another view of the Monument to Columbus.
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postcards of Barcelona.
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