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• Pedralbes Palace gardens. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida Diagonal 686. 08034. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The park at the Pedralbes Royal Palace has its origins in an estate belonging to the Güell family, ceded in 1920 for the construction of a residence for the royal fa…

• La España Industrial Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo de Sant Antoni, Plaza Països Catalans s/n. 08014. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 93-413 24 24 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This new park was built in the middle of the last century on the former site of a major textiles company, covering an area of 50,000 m2…

• Joan Miró Park. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Aragó 1. 08015. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This park was the object of one of the first and hardest-fought competitions of its type held in Barcelona, won by four young Catalonian architects. Located at the western …

• Barcelona Botanical Garden. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Doctor Font i Quer 2. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934245053 | E-mail: jardibotanic@mail.bcn.es. www.jardibotanic.bcn.es. In 1995, construction of a new Botanical Garden on Montjuïc hill was completed, a second one for the city of Barcelona (in addition to the Botanical-Historical G…

• Jardines Costa i Llobera. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Carretera Miramar 1. 08038. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The Costa i Llobera is on the hill at Montjuïc and was built at the same time as the Mossen Cinto Verdaguer and Joan Maragall gardens, all of them dedicated to poets …

• Parque de Montjuic. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Montjuïc s/n. 08004. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. Throughout the 20th century, this harsh, craggy and wooded scrubland just outside Barcelona has been transformed into an enormous complex of 250 hectares containing numerous…

• Güell park. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Olot 7. 08024. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This is listed as UNESCO World Heritage, together with another six works by Antoni Gaudí. It was conceived as a residential town, inspired by English garden cities, although…

• La Creueta del Coll Park. Barcelona.

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  … Paseo Mare de Déu del Coll 89. 08023. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. The park is located in a built-up area, a large area pressed against the edge of the mountains. It is set on the site of an old stone quarry. It has a large…

• Ciudadela Park. Barcelona.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo Picasso s/n. 08003. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins/. Barcelona’s city park par excellence was initially designed around 1870 by Josep Fontseré. The idea was to make public gardens out of the land and facilities that had,…

• Horta Maze. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Germans Desvalls (Parc del Laberint ) s/n. 08035. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. It was created when a Catalan aristocrat decided to convert an old, extensive family property at the end of the 18th century. The garden’s…

• Parque del Clot. Barcelona.

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  … Calle Escultor Claperós s/n. 08018. Barcelona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 934132424 | E-mail: parcsijardins@mail.bcn.es. www.bcn.es/parcsijardins. This is a 4-hectare park created on industrial ruins in which the double archway of the old Renfe railway workshop has been converted into an aqueduct whose w…

• Santes Creus Royal Monastery Gardens. Aiguamúrcia.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza Jaume el Just s/n. 43815. Santes Creus. Aiguamúrcia. Tarragona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 977638329 | The most characteristic thing about the wonderful cloister at this monastery is the unusual washhouse, a small shelter set in the garden area with a large circular basin around a stone with a foun…