Barcelona

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Barcelona generally

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid.

It is the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan.

Barcelona is today one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair/exhibitions and cultural-sports centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities

It is the fourth economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union and 35th in the world with an output amounting to €177 billion.

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe, as the second longest in the world.

Park Güell: is a garden complex , designed by Antony Gaudi

World Heritage Sites of Barcelona

Palau Güell: is a mansion designed by the architect Antony Gaudi

Casa Milà: is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during

the years 1905–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.

Casa Vicens : is a family residence in, designed by Antoni Gaudí and built for industrialist Manuel

Vicens.

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, commonly known as the Sagrada Família , is a large Roman Catholic church and symbol of Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni

Gaudí (1852–1926).

Casa Batlló : is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and

remodelled in the years 1904–1906

Palau de la Música Catalana: is a concert hall in Barcelona, designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner,

it was built between 1905 and 1908

The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau , English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, , is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, it is currently undergoing restoration for use

as a museum and cultural center.

The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is the national museum of Catalan visual art. It is especially notable for its outstanding collection of romanesque church paintings.Picasso MuseumFundació Joan Miró,Cosmocaixa, a science museum that received the European Museum of the Year Award in 2006.Erotic Museum: set up with the clear purpose of providing an educational and recreational centre focusing on eroticism.

Museums

Barcelona contains sixty-eight municipal parks, of which twelve are historic parks, five are thematic (botanical) parks, forty-five are urban parks and six are forest parks.

The urban parks alone cover 10% of the city.

Parks in Barcelona

The Liceu opera house

Other things to visit

The Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe.

Palau Sant Jordi (St. George's sporting arena) and Montjuïc Communications Tower

Torre Agbar: is a 38-story skyscraper / tower, which measures a total of 50,693 square metres,

of which 30,000 are offices, 3,210 technical facilities, 8,132 services, including an auditorium,

and 9,132 square metres for parking.

The Arc de Triomf, is a triumphal arch, which was built for the Exposición Universal de

Barcelona (1888), as its main access gate by architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas.

Aqcuarium of Barcelona

La Rambla : a street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists and locals alike.

Barcelona beaches