Places in Barcelona found in La sombra del viento

Images above linked from The Dreamers and The Age.

On this site I have tried to mark out some of the important places in Barcelona that are found in the great book La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) by Carlos Ruíz Zafón. For this I use the online Barcelona City Map. I have also made placemarks for Google Earth. Note that what I have marked out on the map by no means claims to be correct or anything else but fun for me and my friends. Some places have a description and some do not; the latter since that could reveal the plot for people that have not yet read the book and thus spoil the fun. I would not like to do that.

Download my placemarks file for Google Earth here

• Avenida del Tibidabo (32), where the Aldayas live.
• Balmes
• Barceloneta, the beach.
• Calle Arco del Teatro
• Calle Diputación
• Calle Ganduxer
• Calle Floridablanca
• Calle Joaquín Costa, where Fermín Romero de Torres lives.
• Calle Moncada
• Calle Montsió, where the café Els Quatre Gats is.
• Calle Pelayo, where Mr. Aguilar has his office.
• Calle Riera Alta
• Calle Santa Ana, where the Semperes live.
• Calle Tallers
• Estación de Francia
• La Rambla
• Montjuïc, the mountain/hill where the cemetary and the fortress is.
• Parc de la Ciutadella
• Paseo de Gracia
• Plaza Cataluña
• Plaza de Goya
• Plaza de San Felipe Neri, outside Nuria Montfort's flat.
• Plaza Molina
• Plaza Real, where Gustavo Barceló lives.
• Plaza Universidad
• Puerta del Ángel
• Rambla de Santa Mónica, where the book starts.
• Ronda de Sant Antonio, where Mr. Fortuny lives.
• Santa María del Mar, the church.
• The Cathedral
• The University
• Vía Augusta
• Vía Layetana, where the main post office is.

Please feel free to e-mail me if you have positive comments or concrete suggestions of updates with additional streets and places.

jokke@df.lth.se
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