Exhibitions
Laias, the giantesses
From 1 to 12 February. From 10 am to 8 pm
Palau de la Virreina (La Rambla, 99)
The giantesses of Ciutat Vella are displayed at the Palau de la Virreina days before they parade through the streets!
You’ll find the gegantona Laia; the little giantesses Gal·la of la Plaça Nova, Elisenda of El Pi, Quimeta of El Raval and Carmeta of Barceloneta; and the giantesses Laia of Plaça Nova, Elisenda and Laia of El Pi, Marieta of L’Ull Viu and Cati of the Old Quarter, Reina de Saba of Santa Maria del Mar, Lola of El Raval, Maria la Neta of Barceloneta, Constança and Isabel of Sant Pere de les Puel·les, Mercè of Sant Jaume, Laia Espir of Carrer del Vallespir, Rodanxona and Borda of the Casa de la Caritat and Violant d’Hongria of the City.
On Wednesday 12 February, Santa Eulàlia Day, you can see them all dance together under the darkness of night in the Parade of the Laias.
Exhibition of Children's Beasts Figures and Display of Children's Giants
From 1 to 13 February, 10 am to 7 pm. Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm. Closed Mondays
El Born CCM (plaça Comercial, 12)
This year, the children’s beasts and giants will be displayed in the same iconic venue: the Born CCM!
Following tradition, the children's and young people's beasts come out of their dens a few days before Santa Eulàlia to be displayed before they start spewing fire everywhere. These pieces of festival imagery represent real or fantastical animals and are brimming with symbolism representing the neighbourhoods and districts to which they belong.
For more than two decades, the children's giants of Barcelona's festival groups have been displayed on the days leading up to the Santa Eulàlia Festivities. A new development this year is their move from the traditional Pati Manning in the Casa de la Caritat to the Born CCM.
On the afternoon of Saturday 8 February, you’ll have a wonderful chance to see their best dances and beastly brilliance!
You can visit the children's giants at Born CCM until February 8 at noon. The beasts will be there until February 13.
La Casa dels Entremesos
From Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm. Closed Sunday and Monday
Permanent exhibition: “The festive images of Barcelona: giants, dwarfs, beasts and puppets”
Plaça de les Beates, 2
Do you know where the giants, beasts and capgrossos [big-heads] sleep? You can visit them at the Casa dels Entremesos as they slumber between festivals. For Santa Eulàlia, the giants will be at the Palau de la Virreina and the lesser giants and children's beasts at the Born CCM. But don’t worry: you’ll find lots of Barcelona’s festival imagery at the Casa dels Entremesos just waiting for their turn to take to the streets.