The Catalonian
National Art Museum is regarded as the best Art Museum in Barcelona.
It houses an enormous collection of Medieval Art stemming from the
Romanesque and
Gothic periods. Many of the frescos were collected from
the
Roman churches of the surrounding villages.
Frescos and paintings are complemented with sculptures, wood carvings and other pieces collected from the churches at the time.
It is housed in the Palau
Nacional, built for the 1929 World's Fair.
The nearby reconstructed
German Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe, was also built for the 1929 Barcelona Exposition.
