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The Gothic Quarter (Spanish: Barrio Gotico) is the central and oldest part of Barcelona's Old Town, its womb, where this fascinating city was born. It starts from Plaza Catalunya and stretches from La Rambla to Via Laetana. It all began more than 2000 years ago with a modest Roman settlement called Barcino, surrounded on all sides by an impregnable wall 2 metres wide. The streets of today's Gothic Quarter formed an oval with a defensive position. Today, little remains of the walls behind which retired Roman soldiers once lived. The oldest house in the Gothic Quarter, which witnessed many historical events and survived an earthquake in the XIV century, dates back to the XII century. The Gothic Quarter became known as the Gothic Quarter at the beginning of the X X century - the largest architectural ensemble of buildings in Europe from the XIV-XV centuries appears here in perfect harmony and deserves great attention. The area is a model of medieval town planning and consists of many windi
