{"id":9811,"date":"2026-09-24T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/?p=9811"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:47:18","slug":"la-merce-2026-barcelona-celebrates-its-patron-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/es\/la-merce-2026-barcelona-celebrates-its-patron-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"La Merc\u00e8 2026: Barcelona celebra a su patrona"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Castells, gigantes, drones y ocho siglos de historia en torno a una bas\u00edlica del G\u00f2tic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoy, 24 de septiembre, Barcelona se despierta de fiesta y con sus calles llenas de gente: barceloneses y visitantes. Es el d\u00eda de la Merc\u00e8, la patrona de nuestra ciudad, y desde nuestros hoteles queremos desearle un muy feliz d\u00eda, hoy empieza la Fiesta Mayor de Barcelona. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcelona.cat\/lamerce\/es\/programa\">Aqu\u00ed el programa completo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Una fiesta que llega a toda la ciudad<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/andrea-huls-pareja-X4tqSP8qqtI-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/andrea-huls-pareja-X4tqSP8qqtI-unsplash-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/andrea-huls-pareja-X4tqSP8qqtI-unsplash-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Foto de <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/@andreahuls?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Andrea Huls Pareja<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/fotos\/una-estatua-de-un-hombre-y-una-mujer-vestidos-con-ropa-medieval-X4tqSP8qqtI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Del 23 al 27 de septiembre, Barcelona celebra la Merc\u00e8 con 109 conciertos, 55 actuaciones de cultura popular y 180 funciones de artes de calle, repartidas en 32 espacios de los 10 distritos de la ciudad. Este a\u00f1o Shangh\u00e1i es la ciudad invitada y trae al F\u00f2rum su cultura popular, con sus tradicionales dragones articulados. Entre las novedades, un espect\u00e1culo en el Parc G\u00fcell en homenaje al centenario de la muerte de Antoni Gaud\u00ed y un nuevo escenario en la plaza de las Gl\u00f2ries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Las citas m\u00e1s emblem\u00e1ticas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9.png 886w, https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9-480x320.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 886px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fuente: Pinterest <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Para los pr\u00f3ximos d\u00edas, le recomendamos reservar en su agenda estos momentos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jornada castellera: el domingo 27 a las 12 h. Todas las \u201ccolles castelleres\u201d de la ciudad se re\u00fanen en la plaza de Sant Jaume. Los Castells, torres humanas espectaculares, son Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCavalcada\u201d de la Merc\u00e8: hoy a las 18 h en plaza de Catalunya y a las 19 h en plaza de Sant Jaume.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00abEl fil vermell. De Barcelona a Shanghai\u00bb, un espect\u00e1culo con 750 drones en el Espig\u00f3 del Gas, hoy a las 21 h y a las 22 h.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Puertas abiertas: coincidiendo con el d\u00eda de la Merc\u00e8, diversos museos y espacios culturales abren gratuitamente, incluida la Sagrada Fam\u00edlia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fuegos artificiales en las playas el viernes 25 y el s\u00e1bado 26 a las 22 h, Correfoc infantil el s\u00e1bado a las 18 h y Correfoc de la Merc\u00e8 a las 20.30 h.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El gran final: el Piromusical se traslada este a\u00f1o a la playa de la Nova Ic\u00e0ria por las obras de la Fira de Montju\u00efc, el domingo 27 a las 22 h, con la selecci\u00f3n musical de Josep Montero, de Oques Grasses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Para los amantes de la gastronom\u00eda, el mercado Terra i Gust vuelve al parque de la Ciutadella los d\u00edas 25, 26 y 27. Y para quienes disfrutan del arte gr\u00e1fico, la exposici\u00f3n gratuita \u00abMoltes Merc\u00e8s\u00bb re\u00fane por primera vez en el Museo Frederic Mar\u00e8s los 48 carteles de la fiesta, desde 1979 hasta hoy. El transporte p\u00fablico estar\u00e1 reforzado y el metro funcionar\u00e1 toda la noche el viernes y el s\u00e1bado. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcelona.cat\/lamerce\/es\/programa\">Programa completo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Por qu\u00e9 la Merc\u00e8 es la patrona de Barcelona<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>La historia empieza con una leyenda. La noche del 24 de septiembre de 1218, la Virgen se apareci\u00f3 a la vez al rey Jaume I, a Pere Nolasc y a Ramon de Penyafort, y les pidi\u00f3 crear una orden dedicada a liberar a los cristianos cautivos. As\u00ed nacieron los mercedarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siglos despu\u00e9s lleg\u00f3 el episodio que la convirti\u00f3 en patrona. Hasta entonces, Santa Eul\u00e0lia era la \u00fanica patrona de la ciudad, pero en 1687 Barcelona sufri\u00f3 una plaga de langostas imposible de frenar; la ciudad se encomend\u00f3 a la Virgen de la Merc\u00e8 y el Consell de Cent la nombr\u00f3 patrona. El Papa ratific\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n en 1868, y desde 1871 la celebraci\u00f3n adopt\u00f3 un car\u00e1cter c\u00edvico y popular, abierto a toda la ciudadan\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La propia palabra guarda un significado precioso: \u00abmerc\u00e8\u00bb procede del lat\u00edn \u00abmercede\u00bb, precio o recompensa, agradecimiento y el diccionario la asocia tambi\u00e9n a la benevolencia y a la ayuda o el consuelo ofrecidos a alguien. Una buena definici\u00f3n del esp\u00edritu de esta fiesta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>La bas\u00edlica de la Merc\u00e8 y sus alrededores<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10-980x420.png 980w, https:\/\/blog.hotelcontinental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10-480x206.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">https:\/\/www.basilicadelamerce.com\/es\/01-bienvenida.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>En el Barrio G\u00f3tico, entre la calle Ample y la calle de la Merc\u00e8, se alza la bas\u00edlica, de estilo barroco, construida por Josep Mas i Dordal entre 1765 y 1775 sobre una iglesia medieval cuyos or\u00edgenes se remontan a 1249. Su historia se lee en capas: en 1870 se instal\u00f3 en el lateral de la calle Ample una fachada g\u00f3tica del siglo XV procedente de la antigua iglesia de Sant Miquel, y en 1888 se a\u00f1adi\u00f3 la gran c\u00fapula, obra de Joan Martorell. En su camar\u00edn se conserva una imagen g\u00f3tica de la Virgen, y en 1918, con motivo del VII centenario, recibi\u00f3 el t\u00edtulo de bas\u00edlica menor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merece la pena recorrer su entorno con calma. El antiguo convento mercedario es hoy la sede de Capitan\u00eda General, en el paseo de Colom, a un paso del Port Vell. Las calles Ample y de la Merc\u00e8 conservan el encanto de las tabernas de toda la vida, ideales para una parada despu\u00e9s de la visita. Se llega f\u00e1cilmente a pie o en metro, por Drassanes (L3) o Barceloneta (L4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>La Merc\u00e8, a pocos pasos de nuestros hoteles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoy la \u201cCavalcada\u201d arranca en plaza de Catalunya, a escasos minutos del Hotel Continental Barcelona y del Hotel Continental Palacete. Desde all\u00ed, bajar paseando por La Rambla hasta la plaza de Sant Jaume o la bas\u00edlica es una de las mejores maneras de sentir la ciudad en su d\u00eda grande. Para nuestra familia, la Merc\u00e8 es tambi\u00e9n una celebraci\u00f3n propia: la de una ciudad que abre sus calles a quien llega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a1Feliz Merc\u00e8!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castells, gigantes, drones y ocho siglos de historia en torno a una bas\u00edlica del G\u00f2tic Hoy, 24 de septiembre, Barcelona se despierta de fiesta y con sus calles llenas de gente: barceloneses y visitantes. Es el d\u00eda de la Merc\u00e8, la patrona de nuestra ciudad, y desde nuestros hoteles queremos desearle un muy feliz d\u00eda, 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