'Building a Horizon. Barcelona and Gaza, a Bridge across the Mediterranean' Exhibition
5 November 2026 – 31 December 2026 · 10:00
Oliva Artés. Museu d'Història de Barcelona, Provençals del Poblenou, Sant Martí
A horizon is a place that only exists for those who look at it. Barcelona and Gaza share a sea from the two ends of the Mediterranean, and for almost thirty years they have imagined cities open to the sea together. This exhibition tells the story of that bond of solidarity, the harshness of the present and the life that persists in the street. With voices who talk about it, who live it and who have lived it, it is an invitation to draw a future from both shores. A horizon is a place that only exists for those who look at it. Barcelona and Gaza look at the same sea. The whole Mediterranean separates them and a single line unites them: the horizon. Barcelona has ten districts. Since 2025 it has had an eleventh, symbolic one on the other shore: District 11. Cities of Palestine, heir to the 1990s, when the city made war-besieged Sarajevo its District 11. With Gaza, however, the bond goes further back. The relationship spans almost thirty years, during which experts from both cities have designed squares, parks and seafronts together, with a shared idea of the city: open to the street and the sea. Few of those plans have left the drawing board. The Barcelona Peace Park, in the Tal…
Part of the programme: Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026. See the 43 activities in this programme in Barcelona, from September 5 to November 23.
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026