The CCCB was inaugurated the year 1994 inside the old Casa de la Caritat which was a charity home that clothed and fed the poor from 1802 to 1957. This old charity house was reformed in a spectacular way by the architects Helio Piñon and Albert Viaplana, in which they tried to conserve as much of the exterior design of the house whilst at the same time giving it state of the art installations inside.

A  guide to the different districts of Barcelona
The first thing I noticed when I moved to Barcelona, was how every district or barrio of the city was  so different. You could get on the metro and go from the Born, to Sants, or from the Raval to Pedralbes and it would feel like you were visiting different cities. The feel and look of every district is so distinct and unique and this is because of how the city was built and how it transformed into what it is today.

The origin of Barcelona
Barcelona exists thanks to the Romans. It is they who decided to build a small city in the first century before Christ on the bank of the Mediterranean and name it Barcino. The city of Barcino had a population of 2000 people and was built in order to send veteran soldiers who had fought for the emperor Augustus to a peaceful land after their retirement. Evidence of this ancient city is still visible today, and it is the most characteristic aspect of the district of Ciutat Vella.

Any Catalan, Spanish, French or Italian would reply that there are many famous buildings in Barcelona that can be recognized by everyone. To name a few: La Sagrada Família, La Torre Agbar, La Pedrera and much more. Until a few months ago I would agree with them.

However, when I was living in New York surrounded by people from America and many other countries, I did a little poll to see if the people knew my hometown. The result was surprising: the only truly iconic thing is the soccer team (Barça). The people that were able to locate Spain in Europe (not in Mexico) immediately link it with naps, bulls and Sevillanas (Nobody knew Catalonia or other Spanish architectural constructions).

Poor comercial comic, a kind of tourist illustrated report (prefaced by the illustrious mayor of the city, Jordi Hereu) in which an unlikely adventure of Batman, an allegory of the legend of Sant Jordi, passes through the emblematic places of the Official Barcelona: La Pedrera, La Sagrada Familia, Les Rambles, the Sant Pau´s Hospital... A very simple writing, forced to the core, in which Batman fights versus one of his usual suspects (Killer Croc) as a mere pretext to show the friendly and Modernist face of the city. The only good idea is to locate a ' Batcave' in the bowels of the MNAC. The drawing is also disappointing, because the powerful cover of Jim Lee does not match the art of the inside pages, little inspired in general. In conclusion: better if we go back to Gotham, eh?