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1 month agoBarcelona to get new Carmen Thyssen museum-with around a quarter of space devoted to retail
The museum will occupy the former Comèdia cinema, an ornate building in the Eixample district facing onto the Passeig de Gràcia, one of Barcelona's busiest thoroughfares. Originally constructed as a residence, it was transformed into a theatre in the 1930s and became home to the Comèdia in 1960. Long a well-known landmark, the cinema shut last year after years of declining ticket sales.