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This park is situated in the Barri Gotic, and you can find many huge, important museums of art and culture, and even a great lake where you can rent boats.
This was originally a fortress made in the shape of a star, built for King Felipe V in 1715. But after an 18 month seige the fortress fell, and after a while it was a hated symbol of oppression for the locals. Under the Napoleonic regime it was used as a prison.
General Prim destroyed the Citadel in 1878, and a statue was erected to him on the spot. Now this is a public garden and exhibition space. You can find palaces of typical Spanish architecture filled with art here.
In 1888 the park was used for the Universal Exhibition and many of the beautiful buildings were constructed for that. The gardens and fountains were also designed in that time, partly by a very young Gaudí. Leave a Comment Directions: On the edge of Ribera district. Near Barri Gothic, Cathedral Seu and Port Vell.Website: www.barcelonaturisme.com
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The Cascada is one of Barcelona's most remarkable sites. The monumental fountain and artificial lake, located in the grounds of the Parc de la Ciutadella, were designed by Fontseré in 1875. Both the cascade and the lake were intended to camouflage a huge water deposit in teh central section of the waterfall, which can be reached by two flanking symmetrical stairways. From the top the view of the park is very nice.
Curiously, Gaudí worked on this project as a young architectural student. Something of a landmark and meeting place, its plaza in front of it, is often used for concerts, shows or fairs. At least according to the street vendor we bought some water from.
Also special are all the water fowl that hang out about the cascade and the lake. They're always fun to see. Leave a Comment Directions: On the edge of Ribera district. Near Barri Gothic, Cathedral Seu and Port Vell.
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Most impressive and most well known of Ciutadella are of course the cascades.
A work of art mostly by Manel Fuxá and Venanci Vallmitjana I Barbany with help from apprentice Antoni Gaudi! (1880's).
You can take the grand stairs up to the main sculpture and have a good view over the park.
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You get to see this if you visit Barcelona in the winter. For Europeans and North Americans, this leafless avenue of trees in Parc de la Ciutadella may not seem so unusual.
But for someone coming from Israel, where most of the trees keep their leaves all year round, or shed them for a very short period and grow new leaves practically overnight, I just had to get a picture of this skeletal-looking line-up. To me, the gnarled knobs and strange angles of the tree branches reminded me of something Gaudi might have cooked up.
Maybe it's just me, but I even saw something Gaudiesque in the displays of speckled, tenacled octopuses sitting on the counters in the open bars and restaurants we passed as we walked the streets of Barcelona... Leave a Comment
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This is another nice place to take a break if you're tired of walk too much!.Is the beautiful park of La Ciutadella,is located just outside of the center of Old Town not far from Olympic Harbour.This is also a nice place to take good photos and inside the park there are some nice places to see aswell,as Natural History Museum,Zoology Museum, Trioumf Arch or Catalonia's Parlament.
There is also a nice monument inside the park called The Cascade.
Around the park you will find also many shops and some restaurants,this is another very tourist site in Barcelona. Leave a Comment
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I spent a good hour in this park, wandering around, enjoying nature, art and architecture. I guess you could spend a full day here if you'd also visit the museums and the zoo.
It's all so gorgeous, so tranquil. No traffic, but birdsong instead!
Some wonderful art as well as some amazing trees (yes, TREES!), some heavy with oranges.
This park is definitely a 'must' when visiting Barcelona!
The sculptures near the entrance are
The Commers and The Industry
by Agapit Vallmitjana I Barbany (1883-1905).
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Park Ciutadella is a great place to spend a sunny, warm afternoon. Just bring your picnic blanket and pack a lunch, then sit back and watch the people go by. There are always people playing guitar or dancing, and lots of children and pets going by. My favorite part of the park is the fountain, but make sure you keep checking back until you actually get to see it turned on! You can also grab a coffee from the kiosk near the fountain and relax for a while. If you bring your own balls and paddles, you can play ping-pong in the great outdoors at one of the parks' ping-pong tables!
The park is also home to the zoo, the zoological and geological museums, and an art museum / gallery, amongst other things. Leave a Comment
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This park is just behind the Arc de Triomf. It is a popular park with both tourists and locals. Sometimes in the evenings you can find skaters in there, selling various items like ripped off CDs and DVDs.
The Park itself is 75 acres and has lots of gardens, a boating lake and lots of citrus trees. There is also a big fountain that was co-designed by Antoni Gaudi (at this point he was an apprentice, so it does not bear many of his hallmarks). The fountain is apparently loosely based on the Trevi Fountain in Rome, although I have to admit that the Trevi fountain is vastly superior!
This picture shows the fountain, but with the fountain jets switched off. Leave a Comment
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There are two museums in the Citadel Park. Both Geology and Zoology Museums merged, forming the current Museum of Natural Science in 2000. The Zoology Museum is housed in the building popularly known as the Three Dragons Castle. It was designed by Domènech i Montaner, who built it as a café-restaurant for the Universal Exhibition 1888. It was constructed on Catalan Gothic and Mudejar architecture, with red bricks, adding decorative elements from Germanic and Almohade architecture. On the other hand, the Geology Museum is a neoclassical building, designed by the architect Rovira i Trias. It was the first building in Barcelona constructed specifically as a museum. It was inaugurated in 1882.
Hay dos museos en el Parque de la Ciudadela. Ambos museos, de Geología y Zoología, se unieron en 2000 parformar el actual Museo de Ciencias Naturales. El Museo de Zoología está alojado en el edificio conocido popularmente como Castillo de los Tres Dragones. Fue diseñado por Domènech i Montaner, que lo construyó como un restaurante para la Exposición Universal de 1888. Fue construido en gótico catalán y arquitectura mudejar, con ladrillos rojos, añadiendo elementos decorativos de la arquitectura germánica y almohade. Por otro lado, el Museo de Geología es un edificio neoclásico, diseñado por Rovira i Trias. Fue el primer edificio de Barcelona construido específicamente como un museo. Fue inaugurado en 1882.
Visiting hours / Horario de visita
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays / Martes, miércoles, viernes y domingos: 10:00 - 14:30
Thursdays and Saturdays / Jueves y sábados: 10:00 - 18:30 Leave a Comment
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When you are walking around in this great park, you suddenly stumble across this big and beautiful lake. It's really amazing to find something like this in the middle of the city, and it is one great surprises that Barcelona has in store for you. You can even rent rowboats and explore the lake. Leave a Comment Directions: On the edge of Ribera district. Near Barri Gothic, Cathedral Seu and Port Vell.Website: www.barcelonaturisme.com
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