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Vallcarca i els Penitents

administrative quarter in Gràcia, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Spain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2057331 ↗
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Vallcarca i els Penitents (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbaʎˈkarkə j əls pəniˈtens]) is a neighbourhood in the northernmost part of Gràcia, a district of Barcelona. Locked between two hills, Putget and El Coll, it grew out of a few scattered settlements, namely L'Hostal de la Farigola, Can Falcó, Can Mas and Can Gomis.

The Parish Church, Virgen de Gracia y San José, popularly known as the “Josepets,” is the location of a Traditional Latin Mass, authorised by bishop Reig Casanova in 2021.

Transportation

Barcelona Metro stations Vallcarca and Penitents, both on L3.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vallcarca i els Penitents” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.