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Jaume Fuster Library

Download date: 21/10/2026

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Due to the strike called on Saturdays, it will not be possible to guarantee the opening of libraries nor that the usual services can be carried out.

Overlooking Plaça de Lesseps in the form of an impressive building with a geometric structure, the Jaume Fuster Library is regarded as one of the best public libraries in Barcelona.

  • Study and research centres

  • Accessibility
    Accessible for people with physical disabilities

A symbol of design  

The famous Jaume Fuster Library in Gràcia’s Plaça de Lesseps stands out with its luminous geometric structure. It was built on the former site of a metro garage and workshop, which was abandoned for many years.

This building, of enormous architectural value, was built by the architect Josep Llinàs and earned him the 2006 FAD prize for architecture, one of the most important awards in this field that is granted in Spain.

A reading space

The building, the inside of which is equally impressive as the outside, has one of the best library collections in the city, with more than 104,000 items available for public use. In addition it has a local collection with historical documents that include references to the district of Gràcia and to local literary writers who lived or have lived in Gràcia.

With almost 2,000 daily users and following its transformation into one of the most active cultural spaces in the neighbourhood, the library organises activities for children and adults, workshops, reading clubs, exhibitions and many other proposals in which participation is free. It is a real pleasure to visit Plaça de Lesseps and enter one of the cultural thermometers of the neighbourhood.

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Location and contact

Location and contact

Jaume Fuster Library

Address:
Plaça de Lesseps, 20*22
Districte:
Gràcia
Neighborhood:
Vallcarca i els Penitents
City:
Barcelona
Getting there

Timetable and prices

Timetable

Dies Hores
Dilluns de 09.30 h a 13.30 h i
de 15.30 h a 20.30 h
Dimarts, dimecres, dijous i divendres de 09.30 h a 20.30 h
Dissabte from 10.00 h to 14.00 h and
from 16.00 h to 20.00 h
Diumenge de 10.00 h a 14.00 h

Events

Observacions

Premi FAD Arquitectura 2006;

Premi Nacional d'Arquitectura i Espai Públic 2006 de la Generalitat de Catalunya a Josep Antoni Llinàs i Carmona per la Biblioteca Jaume Fuster

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