Building Portal de la Peace

The Portal de la Pau building was inaugurated in June 1907, with the ground floor operating as a maritime station for passengers of the ships that regularly connected Barcelona with the Balearic Islands. It is a rectangular building, 50 meters long by 20 meters wide, perpendicular to the dock line, between the Drassanes and Bosch i Alsina docks (Fusta dock). On the first floor, there was a restaurant, the Mundial Palace, which became very popular among the bourgeoisie of the time and was a pioneer in offering entirely vegan menus.

With the renovation, the building will recover its original structure with the vault that crowned the central hall of the first floor of the building, which was removed in 1940 to add a second floor. With the Port's dissemination center on the ground floor, the Portal de la Pau building will also regain its public open character, as originally conceived in the early 20th century.

The building was constructed by Juio Valdés between 1903 and 1907. 

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