Barcelona Photoblog: Marquee at El Corte Ingles, Portal del Angel, Barcelona

July 27, 2008

Marquee at El Corte Ingles, Portal del Angel, Barcelona

Marquee at El Corte Ingles, Portal del Angel, Barcelona [enlarge]

This is the entrance to one of El Corte Inglés buildings at Av. Portal del Angel, 19-21. The most famous chain of department stores in Spain bought Galerias Preciados in the 90s, one of its main competitors and previous owner of the store. But before all that the place was known as Jorba department store or Can Jorba. The Jorba family, originally from Manresa, built it in 1932. Adorned with doric columns and a remarkable markee, this classicist building was conceived in the most pure XIX century style.

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