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Montjuïc
Montjuïc, the hill overlooking the city centre from the southwest, is dotted with mu-
seums, soothing gardens and the main group of 1992 Olympic sites, along with a
handful of theatres and clubs.

MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART DE CATALUNYA
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Museum

( www.mnac.cat ; Mirador del Palau Nacional; adult/student €8.50/6, free on 1st Sun
of month; 10am-7pm Tue-Sat, 10am-2.30pm Sun & holidays; Espanya) The
pompous-looking Palau Nacional , built in the 1920s for World Exhibition displays
and designed to be a temporary structure, houses one of the city's most important
museums, a veritable compendium of art in Catalonia down the centuries.
The star collection is the Romanesque art, but the extensive Gothic art section
also contains interesting material, such as works by Catalan painters Bernat
Martorell and Jaume Huguet. Works by the Venetian Renaissance masters Ver-
onese (1528-88), Titian (1490-1557) and Canaletto (1697-1768), along with
Rubens (1577-1640) and even England's Gainsborough (1727-88), feature.