The Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter takes you back straight to the Roman city of Barcino, a medieval town with its palazzos, mansions and Gothic churches. That is the style that defines “the heart of Barcelona”: a neighbourhood where the splendour of the historic past coexists with the vibrancy of the present. The centre of the Gothic Quarter, the old Roman city, was marked by the point where the two main streets, the Cardo and Decumanus, converged. Today the Carrer del Bisbe and Carrer Llibreteria stand on this site. Nearby, we can still see the remains of the Roman temple of Augustus. Some of the most importants places to see in the Gothic Quarter are the City Hall and the seat of the Catalan Government, the Palau de la Generalitat, the Cathedral and other Gothic churches, including Santa Maria del Pi and Sants Just i Pastor. Very near the Plaça de Sant Jaume, right in the middle of the neighbourhood, is the old Jewish Quarter, the Call Jueu, with its endless narrow stree