

Sant Jordi 2023 in Barcelona
Sunday, 23 April has seen Barcelona vibrantly celebrating Sant Jordi / St George’s Day once again. This year’s festival (2023) has revived the literary superblock between Av Diagonal, Gran Via, C/ Balmes and C/ Pau Claris and has presented two new features: a reclaimed La Rambla and an incorporated Gran de Gràcia, from Jardins de Salvador Espriu to Travessera de Gràcia. This This has been the big central hub, though there have also been book and rose spaces throughout the city’s districts, with shops have been able to put up their own stalls as of 21 April.
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See you next Sant Jordi / St George’s Day
This website will be updated again for Sant Jordi / St George’s Day 2024. In the meantime, we leave you a collection of the main images for this Sant Jordi 2023 in Barcelona.
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The legend of Sant Jordi
The dragon, the princess, the knight and the rose are at the centre of the legend of Sant Jordi, which dates back to the Middle Ages and is set in the town of Montblanc. The story was strongly revived during the Renaissance.
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The tradition
Sant Jordi / St George’s Day is culture, flowers and love. And by the same token Barcelona is Sant Jordi. Few popular celebrations unite so many Barcelonians with their city as this day does. Discover its tradition!
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St George’s Day poster
Download the Sant Jordi / St George’s Day poster, a work created by hand on paper by the artist Maria Laura Benavente and composed by Arauna131, or collect it from the City Hall’s Sala Ciutat or from the Palau de la Virreina. One per person will be given out, until there are no more posters in stock.
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Literary Superblock
Barcelona has once again celebrates Sant Jordi with a literary superblock in the city centre. Booksellers and florists have also have their own spaces at different in different districts of Barcelona.
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Dialogues for Sant Jordi
As a prelude to Sant Jordi’s Day, the city’s library network has offered three days of dialogues between authors from around the world.
- Where: Esquerra de l'Eixample - Agustí Centelles, Francesca Bonnemaison and Jaume Fuster libraries
- When: 19 to 21 April
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2023 Reading Festival: Opening Speech
This year's Opening Speech for the Sant Jordi Reading Festival, which heralds the arrival of the Diada de Sant Jordi’s Day, has been given by journalist and writer Gemma Ruiz Palà.
- Where: Saló de Cent, Barcelona City Hall
- When: 22 April, at 6 pm
Deayed broadcast
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Open day at City Hall
To mark Sant Jordi's Day, Barcelona City Hall has opened to the public on Sunday 23 April from 10 am to 8 pm. Open to the public, free of charge.
Recommendations from Barcelona’s libraries
Més informacioGemma Ruiz Palà is a journalist and writer, born in Sabadell in 1975. She has been working at Televisió de Catalunya's news services since she was 21 years old, mainly as a culture reporter. Nowadays, she is editor in chief. She has published in Proa the novels Argelagues (Proa, 2016), Ca la Wenling (Proa, 2020) and Les nostres mares (Proa, 2022). Her work has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Italian. In 2022, she was awarded the 63rd Sant Jordi prize for novels.

Gemma Ruiz Palà
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