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sandals. There are also bars, 8 Castell de
restaurants, nightclubs and Montjuïc
a flamenco tablao (see pp196–7).
Parc de Montjuïc. Map 1 B5. Tel 93 329
86 53.  Paral·lel, then funicular & cable
6 CaixaForum car. @ 150 from Plaça Espanya. Open
10am–8pm daily (to 6pm Oct–Mar).
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia & (free Sun from 3pm & for under 16s).
6–8. Map 1 B2. Tel 93 476 86 00.
 Espanya. @ 13, 50. Open 10am– The summit of Montjuïc is
8pm daily (Jul & Aug: to 11pm Wed). occupied by an 18th-century
Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Dec. & 7 castle built for the Bourbon
∑ obrasocial.lacaixa.es family. During the War of
Independence the castle was
The Antiga Fàbrica Casaramona, captured by the French, and
a restored Modernista textile mill after the Civil War it became a
(1911), houses a glossy cultural prison, where the Catalan leader
centre hosting talks, screenings, Lluís Companys was executed in
Morning by Georg Kolbe (1877–1945), performances, workshops and 1940. It is now a peace museum.
Pavelló Mies van der Rohe high-profile temporary art
exhibitions. There is also a
4 Pavelló Mies van permanent art collection. 9 Estadi Olímpic
der Rohe de Montjuïc
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 7. 7 Plaça d’Espanya Passeig Olímpic 17–19. Map 1 A4.
Map 1 A2. Tel 93 423 40 16.  Tel 93 426 20 89.  Espanya, Poble
Es panya. @ 13, 150. Open 10am– Avinguda de la Gran Via de les Corts Sec. @ 50, 61, 125. Open for events.
8pm daily (to 6pm in winter). Catalanes. Map 1 B1.  Espanya. Open Camp: Open times vary; see
Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & under 16s Fountain Show: Apr, May & Oct: website for details. & - =
free. 8 noon Sat. ∑ miesbcn.com from 9pm Fri & Sat; Jun–Sep: from ∑ open camp.com Museum:
9:30pm Thu–Sat; Nov–Mar: from Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat, 10am–
The modern, simple lines of the 7pm Fri & Sat. No show 6 Jan–16 Feb. 2:30pm Sun (Apr–Sep: to 8pm Tue–
glass and polished stone German Sat). & 8 7
Pavilion must have shocked The fountain in the middle of
visitors to the International this road junction is by Josep The Neo-Classical façade has
Exhibition in 1929. Designed Maria Jujol, one of Gaudí’s been preserved from the stadium,
by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe followers. The 1899 bullring is built by Pere Domènech i Roura
(1886–1969), director of the by Font i Carreras. Catalans have for the 1936 Olympics, cancelled
avant-garde Bauhaus school, never taken to bullfighting, and at the onset of the Civil War. It was
it includes his Barcelona Chair, the arena was converted into refitted for the 1992 Olympics.
now an icon of Modernism. The Las Arenas shopping centre by The stadium houses Open
building was demolished after British architect Richard Rogers. Camp, a sports-themed park that
the exhi bition, but a replica was On the Montjuïc side of the offers football simulators, the
built on the centenary of his birth. roundabout is the Avinguda de chance to hurdle around the
la Reina Maria Cristina, flanked main track and other activities.
by two brick campaniles, Nearby are the Palau Sant
5 Poble Espanyol modelled on the bell towers of Jordi indoor stadium, by Arata
St Mark’s in Venice. The avenue Isozaki, swimming pools by
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 13. leads up to Carles Buigas’s Font Ricardo Bofill and the Museu
Map 1 A2. Tel 93 508 63 00.  Espanya.
@ 50, 150. Open 9am–midnight Tue– Màgica (Magic Fountain) in Olímpic i de l’Esport, which
Thu & Sun (to 8pm Mon, 3am Fri, 4am front of the Palau Nacional. covers all aspects of sport.
Sat). & 7 ∑ poble-espanyol.com
The popular Poble Espanyol
(Spanish Village) was built
for the 1929 Interna tional
Exhibition to display Spanish
archi tectural styles and crafts.
Building styles from all over
Spain are illustrated by 116
houses arranged on streets
radiating from a main square.
Resident artisans produce crafts
including hand-blown glass,
ceramics, Toledo damascene
(see p394) and Catalan canvas View from Palau Nacional downhill towards the Plaça d’Espanya

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