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The venue chosen for the
11th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic
Chemistry – ISABC 2011 is:
Casa de
Convalescència
Sant Antoni Maria Claret
171
Barcelona
Nearest metro stations:
L4 (yellow color) –Station:
Guinardó - Hospital de Sant Pau.
L5 (blue color) –
Station: Sant Pau – Dos de Maig
Map and
location: (click on the map to
enlarge)

How to reach the venue from the
airport:
· By public transport: Take the "Aerobus" in front of your terminal at the airport
and stop in “Plaza de Catalunya” (City center). The journey takes
approximately 30 minutes and runs every 15 minutes between 06.00 am
and 00.30 am. The cost of a trip is 5.05 € and the cost of the
round trip is 8.75 €. Tickets can be purchased on the bus. Once in
“Plaza Catalunya”, the easiest connection is taking the metro
(L3-green) to "Diagonal" stop. In “Diagonal” you have to change
lines and take L5 (blue) to "Sant Pau/Dos de Maig" stop. This
journey takes approximately 25 minutes and the cost of the ticket is
1.45 €.
·
By taxi: Taxis
in Barcelona are easily recognizable by their yellow and black
colours. You can order one by phone to pick it up at the
authorized stops or stop them on the street. Always check that they
start the taximeter. Usually taxis must be paid in cash but some of
them accept credit cards. The cost of a taxi from the airport to the
Venue is about 20.00 to 25.00 €.
Casa
Convalescència is one of the buildings
located within the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
grounds and constitutes one of the later works of Catalonian
Modernism. Its construction was directed by Pere Domènech i Roura,
son of Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Pere Domènech collaborated with
his father and substituted for him in overseeing the completion the
unfinished pavilions (or uninitiated ones, as is the case with Casa
Convalescència). Although at the outset of the project, Lluís
Domènech i Montaner planned to construct a building for general
hospital services, maintenance shops and laundry, in the end, the
Casa Convalescència pavilion was used to host patients with terminal
illnesses as well as a church.

In 1969, the Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona was granted the rights to use the building to carry out
various academic activities, an occasion which consolidated the
presence of this university in the city of Barcelona.
For more information about Casa
de Convalescència, please visit the web page: http://www.fundaciouab.com/casa/ENG/casa.html
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