Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Buigas for the International
Exhibition of 1929. As darkness
descends, countless jets of water
are choreographed in a mesmer-
izing sound and light show.
When the water meets in a
single jet it can soar to 15m (50ft).
The extravagant finale is often
accompanied by a recording of
Freddie Mercury and Montserrat
Caballé singing the anthem
Barcelona
as the fountain fades
from pink to green and back to
white before silently and grace-
fully disappearing.
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Av de la Reina
Maria Cristina
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Map B4
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May-Sep:
every 30 minutes 9:30-11:30pm Thu-Sun;
Oct-Apr: every 30 minutes 7-8:30pm Fri
& Sat
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Free
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Fountains, Palau Nacional
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Palau Nacional &
Museu Nacional
d'Art de Catalunya
The Palau Nacional is home
to the Museu Nacional d'Art
de Catalunya which exhibits
Catalonia's historic art collec-
tions. Boasting one of Europe's
finest displays of Romanesque
art, the museum includes a se-
ries of breathtaking, 12th-century
frescoes, rescued from Catalan
Pyrenean churches and pains-
takingly reassembled in a series
of galleries here.
See pp18-19.
Castell de Montjuïc
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Castell de Montjuïc
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Fundació Joan Miró
One of Catalonia's most rep-
resentative painters, Joan Miró
(1893-1983), donated many of the
11,000 works held by the museum.
Housed in a stark, white building
designed by his friend, architect
Josep Lluís Sert, the collection -
the world's most complete array
of Miro's work - was recently
extended to include 25 new
pieces by him.
See pp22-3.
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Font Màgica
Dominating Montjuïc's hill,
this gloomy castle was once a
prison and torture centre for
political prisoners. At the end of
the Spanish Civil War, 4,000
Catalan nationalists and repub-
licans were shot in the nearby
Fossar de la Pedrera, now a
grassy field overlooked by thick
stone walls. After such a tragic
history, the castle is entering a
happier phase: it is being develop-
ed into an international peace
centre, but visitors can still climb
the sturdy bastions for superb
views of the port below.
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C/Castell
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Map B6
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Open Tue-Sun •
Free
Below the cascades and foun-
tains that splash down from the
regal Palau Nacional is the Magic
Fountain, designed by Carles
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The funicular connects Metro Paral·lel with the Fundació Joan Miró
and the cable cars that continue up to the Castell de Montjuïc.
