page_title: Ciutat Vella
hierarchical_section_title: Ciutat Vella
caption_attribution_description: Plànol del Ciutat Vella (Barcelona). 1891
context_page_description: Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample. It is considered the centre of the city; the Plaça Catalunya is one of the most popular meeting points in all of Catalonia.
  There are four administrative neighborhoods:
  La Barceloneta
  El Gòtic
  El Raval
  Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera:
  Sant Pere
  Santa Caterina
  La Ribera
context_section_description: Ciutat Vella ([siwˈtad ˈbeʎə], meaning in English "Old City")  is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample ("the Extension"). It is considered the centre of the city; the Plaça Catalunya is one of the most popular meeting points in all of Catalonia.
  There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods):
  La Barceloneta
  El Gòtic
  El Raval
  Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera:
  Sant Pere
  Santa Caterina
  La Ribera
caption: 1860 map.
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