Real Academia de Medicina de Cataluña — Local services in Barcelona

What a shame! Definitely not worth the 80 euros, not even half of that.I got tickets to see the building and enjoy a dinner with my partner. The welcome with a complementary glass of cava was nice, although I didn't see the point in standing in the hall by the lift for more than 10 min waiting for the people that were late and listening to some magician playing some tricks. I think the location for that could have been in a more welcoming place. The visit to the facilities was nice and very well explained by the staff with interesting anecdotes that keep your attention going. However, the mentalist and illusionist show before the dinner lasted too long. It was a drag. Then the dinner, what a disappointment, the food was terrible, and in some cases very poorly presented, regardless of the attempt to be original and creative, Ferran Adrià style. But that was not the case. The desert, presented on a plastic dust pan bought in a Chinese hiperstore made it very unappetising. And the cake and all the sauces were industrially produced, seemed to be bought in a cheap supermarket. The same goes for the log of meat. Having to wait for a member of staff to introduce each plate after everyone had been served stops the flow of what could have been a very nice meal and evening. The dinner in general was very poor, service were running around very stressed, not enough of them, the food and the wine were cheap and pretty poor in taste. The introduction and the dinner gave the impression of a really badly put together experience. The visit was good, but that would be the only thing I would recommend, and definitely not for 80 euros per person. Extremely disappointing. Not...

La visita es guiada, muy didáctica y amena. El Rey Carlos III creó oficialmente en 1764 el REAL COLEGIO DE CIRUGÍA DE BARCELONA, que ya actuaba desde 1761 y cuya función principal era formar cirujanos anatomistas especialistas en Traumatología ósea para el Ejército y la Armada. Años más tarde se funda la REAL ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA DE BARCELONA.

En el Siglo XVII se realizaron grandes descubrimientos anatómicos, a través de los Científicos como Antonio Gimbernat, Pere Virgili, Diego Velasco.. Desapareciendo la tradición de separar la Medicina de la Cirugía.

D. Don Ramon y Carvajal fué catedrático. Tiene una fotografía con un escrito muy interesante de leer. Actualmente hay 13 mujeres Catedráticas. Se elige el próximo Catedrático o Catedrática, mediante votación, cuando hay una baja por fallecimiento, pues es un Título Vitalicio. El Anfiteatro anatómico es del Siglo XVIII donde se hacían las disecciones. Los cuerpos eran de personas muertas del Hospital de la Santa Creu y los depositaban en el "corralet" muy cerca de la Real Academia. Es el Anfiteatro es uno de los mejores conservados, junto con el de Bolonia (Italia) y el de Uppsala (Suecia). Hay varias Salas. La de las Juntas y donde se hacen las votaciones, otras y el Anfiteatro que es la principal. Tiene la misma mesa de mármol de entonces. Con unos vitrales preciosos con el símbolo de la Farmacia y otro de la Medicina. Así como una gran lámpara de cristal de Murano que es de una belleza impresionante. Los sillones que hay en el Anfiteatro son los originales. Hay un pasillo en lo alto con unas celosías para las personas que no querían ser vistas durante las disecciones. En 1991 se cambió el nombre a REAL ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA DE CATALUÑA. Y más tarde a REIAL ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA DE CATALUNYA. También se celebran cenas para personas de Congresos, o particulares. Es muy...

I was invited by my husband to this dinner, so I didn’t have any specific expectations. However, I can’t say that I was happy with the experience or the food. It was extremely hot inside, and people were just trying to survive. The presentation was cute, but definitely not worth €80 per person. The wine and cava were cheap, and the quality of the food was just average. Sadly, it’s not something I...