Barcelona - architecture

	Montjuic Castle	Montjuic Castle was a military fortress built in the city of Barcelona to defend it from attacks by sea and to have the control to the city. It is located on the mountain of Montjuic. In the beginning was a medieval watchtower whose function was to inform by light signals as a lighthouse. In 1640, ...
	Casa Milà	Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera (quarry), is a modernist building located on one of the longest streets in Barcelona, Passaige de Gracia, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in collaboration with Sugranyes Domènec i Gras. The house, built in the years 1906-1910, was initially home t...
	Güell Palace	Güell Palace (Palau Güell in Catalan) is located on Carrer Nou de la Rambla, close to Las Ramblas and the port of Barcelona. It is a nineteenth-century Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi. The building was designed on the request of Count Eusebi Güell y Bacigalupi. The nobleman was a textil...
	Palau Sant Jordi	The Palau Sant Jordi is a covered stadium belonging to the Olympic Ring located on the Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona. Together with other sports venues, such as Stadium Lluis Companys and Bernat Pools Picornell, it was built for the 1992 Summer Olympics.The stadium, designed by the Japanese archite...
	Agbar Tower	The Agbar Tower (Torre Agbar), situated on the Diagonal Street near the Glorias Square, is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona. Being approximately 145 meters tall, it is the third tallest building in Barcelona, smaller only than Torre Mapfre and Hotel Arts. The tower was built as part of th...
	Els Quatre Gats	'Els Quatre Gats' (Four Cats en english) is a restaurant located near the Portal de l'Angel in Barcelona. The building is located in 'Casa Martí' a Josep Puig i Cadafalch's Building. The bar was opened on 12 June 1897 and it was active until 1903. it was a meeting place for painters, writers and cu...
	Magic Fountain of Montjuic	The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a fountain located on the Montjuïc mountain, on the Avenida Reina Maria Cristina street, right by the National Art Museum of Catalonia, close to the Plaza Espana. It was built by the engineer Carles Buigas to celebrate the 1929 Universal Exhibition. Throughout a yea...
	Spanish Village	The Spanish Village, also known as Poble Espanyol in Catalan, is an open-air museum located on the mountain of Montjuïc in Barcelona. Occupying an area of 49,000 square meters, it is known for its diverse architecture and is modelled on an "ideal Spanish village". It was costructed for the 1929 Univ...
	Santa Creu Hospital - Library of Catalonia	The Santa Creu Hospital is a Gothic building located in the Raval district of Barcelona. For many centuries it had been the main hospital in Catalonia but in the beginning of the twentieth century it was necessary to move it to a bigger , and more modern building. Thus, The Santa Creu Hospital bec...
	Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art	The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, popularly known as MACBA, is located in the Raval district of Barcelona. It was inaugurated in 1995 in the building of the House of Charity. Its origins date back to 1959, when the art critic Alexandre Cirici Pellicer together with Cesareo Rodriguez Aguilera...

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