{"id":128339,"date":"2017-08-29T12:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalunyacasas.imbookingsecure.com\/?p=128339"},"modified":"2023-03-20T19:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:16:49","slug":"celebrate-barcelonas-la-merce-festival-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catalunyacasas.com\/blog\/celebrate-barcelonas-la-merce-festival-this-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Barcelona&#8217;s La Merc\u00e8 Festival this September!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re staying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalunyacasas.com\/rentals\/rentals-barcelona-costa-maresme-z38\/list-view\/\">villa in Barcelona<\/a> during September, you may be wondering why there\u2019s an extra special atmosphere surrounding the city and why everyone appears to be in good spirits. It\u2019s because of La Merc\u00e8, a lively and exciting festival that is one of Barcelona\u2019s most important annual calendar events. The festival takes place on 24th September each year and is not to be missed!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128342\" src=\"https:\/\/catalunyacasas.kigobook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2018\/10\/La-Merce-festival-barcelona-spain3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>History of <\/strong><strong>La Merc\u00e8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catalans have celebrated La Merc\u00e8 since 1871, although the celebrations as we know them today were largely introduced during the early 20th century. The event is thrown in honour of the Mare de D\u00e9u de la Merc\u00e8, or Virgin of Grace, who is believed to have saved Barcelona from a plague of locusts. If you\u2019re staying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalunyacasas.com\/rentals\/holidays-rentals-rentals-z0\/?FRMNombre=barcelona\">Barcelona vacation rental<\/a> in or near to the Gothic Quarter, you can visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy, which displays a statue of the Virgin at the top of the church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festivities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Street performances, parades featuring giant statues (<em>gegants i capgrossos<\/em>), and human towers (<em>castellers<\/em>) are all standard events that take place throughout the festival. However, each year there\u2019s something new and different, including \u2018fire runs\u2019, fire-breathing dragons, and light projection shows. The festivities continue well into the night, but don\u2019t worry too much about how to get back to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalunyacasas.com\/rentals\/villa-torrelles-de-llobregat-villa-w-infinity-pool-amp-views-20-min-to-barcelona-407674.html\">vacation villa in Barcelona<\/a>; there are often late night train services in operation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128343\" src=\"https:\/\/catalunyacasas.kigobook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2018\/10\/f87a9-211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catalan Produce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Merc\u00e8 is one of the best times to sample some authentic Catalan food and drink, especially at the <a href=\"https:\/\/catavino.net\/festa-de-la-merce-2\/\">Catalan Wine &amp; Cava Festival<\/a> which takes place as part of the event. Beverages from local Catalan vineyards are available to taste and purchase, and they make great souvenirs or gifts to bring back to friends and family from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalunyacasas.com\/rentals\/holidays-rentals-rentals-d0\/\">holiday in Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re staying in a villa in Barcelona during September, you may be wondering why there\u2019s an extra special atmosphere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,59,191,184,14,15,16,18,122,180,169,150,63,64,19,67,393,394,20,69,70,71,395,21,38,160,77,151,80,22,23,24,157,153,25,162,26,154,149],"class_list":["post-128339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-accommodation","tag-barcelona-festival","tag-barcelona-festivals","tag-barcelona-holiday-rental","tag-barcelona-vacation-rental","tag-barcelona-villa","tag-catalunya-casas","tag-costa-brava-holiday-rental","tag-costa-brava-vacation-rental","tag-costa-brava-villa","tag-costa-dorada-holiday-rental","tag-costa-dorada-vacation-rental","tag-costa-dorada-villa","tag-family-villa-barcelona","tag-family-villa-spain","tag-festival","tag-festival-in-barcelona","tag-holiday-in-barcelona","tag-holiday-in-spain","tag-holiday-spain","tag-houses-in-spain","tag-la-merce","tag-rent-house-barcelona","tag-rent-house-spain","tag-rent-villa-spain","tag-spain-villa","tag-vacation-rental-barcelona","tag-vacation-rental-spain","tag-vacation-villa-barcelona","tag-villa-barcelona","tag-villa-in-barcelona","tag-villa-in-spain","tag-villa-spain","tag-villa-with-pool-barcelona","tag-villa-with-pool-spain","tag-villa-with-private-pool-barcelona","tag-villas-in-barcelona","tag-villas-in-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrate Barcelona&#039;s La Merc\u00e8 Festival this September! 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