One of the many statues within MontjuïcFrom Wikipedia...
Barcelona's Montjuïc is a broad shallow hill with a relatively flat top overlooking the harbour to the southeast of the city center. The eastern side of the hill is almost a sheer cliff, giving it a commanding view over the city's harbour immediately below...
Naturally wooded, the slopes of the Montjuïc were traditionally used to grow food and graze animals by the people of the neighboring Ciutat Vella. In the 1890s the forests were partially cleared, opening space for parklands. The site was selected to host the 1929 International Exposition (a World's Fair), for which the first large-scale construction on the hill was begun. The surviving buildings from this effort include the grand Palau Nacional, the Estadi Olímpic (the Olympic stadium), the ornate Font Màgica fountains, and a grand staircase leading up from the foot of the Montjuïc at the south end of the Avenida de la Reina Maria Cristina, past the Font Màgica and through the Plaça del Marquès de Foronda and the Plaça de les Cascades to the Palau Nacional.
Inside the Olympic Stadium
Fortress wall
The fortress atop Montjuïc
View from the top
Overlooking the harbor
Palau Nacional from a distance
View up the staircase...
...and down the staircase
Hidden passages
Casablanca
A nice looking building
View from afar
From the shadows
Shrubbery
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Some really great and clear photo's DD and I like that you continue to provide information on the places you visit.
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