Barcelona skyline
Barcelona's skyline
is more impressive than I expected. Actually, the city doesn't have one skyline,
but several smaller ones spread out all over the city. The one at Avinguda Diagonal,
called Diagonal Mar, didn't even exist before 2002, but is the largest and fastest
growing. Not so far from Diagonal Mar, at Place de les Glories Catalanes, stands
Torre Agbar, Barcelona's 3rd tallest, alone. The 2 tallest ones are the Villa
Olímpica Towers (Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre), but they will soon have
company by a 3rd lower tower (Mare Nostrum). Just north of Placa d'Espana, at Carrer
de Tarragona, 4 modern skyscrapers around 80 meters creates a cluster together
with some smaller highrises. The old churches, especially Sagrada Familia and
the Gothic Cathedral also contributes to Barcelona's skyline. At the Tibidabo
mountain, Torre de Collserola stands as Barcelona's tallest structure high above
everything else on the left side of Temple Sagrat Cor. In the harbour, the observation
tower Torre Jaumei stands close to the much lower WTC and just were La Rambla
ends stands Torre Colon (Columbus Tower), Barcelona's first skyscraper, close to
the Columbus monument. There are also other taller highrises at 70-80m spread
out all over the city. The suburbs of Hospitalet (a large city between Barcelona
and the airport) and Sabadell also have an increasing number of tall highrises.
VILLA OLIMPIC
Views from Port
Olímpic.The 2 tallest buildings in Barcelona, Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre.
Seen from Sagrada Familia. The sea with Torre Mapfre, Hotel Arts and Torre
Mare Nostrum.
Diagonal
Mar(right) and Villa Olímpic(left) seen from Port Olímpic.
DIAGONAL
MAR
Seen from Sagrada Familia: The brand new Diagonal Mar cluster to the left
and Torre Agbar at Placa de les Glories Catalanes to the right.
Seen
from Montjüic with Villa Olímpica Towers to the right..
Seen
from Port Olímpic.
Some towers are
recently completed, but many towers are also still under contruction. The district
is also called Zona Franca.
From
Tibidabo.
Torre Agbar, Barcelona's 3rd tallest building, u/c, as seen from Avinguda
Diagonal.
Torre
Agbar and Diagonal Mar seen from La Pedrera.
L'EIXAMPLE
Seen
from La Pedrera.Passeig de Gracia.
Seen from La Pedrera. Passeig de Gracia with Tibidabo in the background.
Seen from La Pedrera.
Seen
from Montjüic.
Seen
from Sagrada Familia
SAGRADA
FAMILIA
Seen
from La Pedrera.
Seen
from Montjüic.
Seen
from Park Güell together with Villa Olímpica.
MONTJÜIC
Seen
from Sagrada Familia. The mountain is to the right and the gothic quarters and
the harbour to the left.
Seen from Tibidabo. Montjüic looks very small from here.
BARRI
GÒTIC
Seen from Sagrada Familia.
Seen from Sagrada Familia. Barri Gotic at a lower level.
PLACA
D'ESPANA
Seen from
Palau Nacional at Montjüic. The mountain with the observation tower in the
background is Tibidabo.
Seen
from Palau Nacional at Montjüic at dusk when Font Magica is flushing.
Seen from Sagrada Familia.
SKYLINE VIEWS OVER THE WHOLE CITY:
LA
RAMBLA/COLUMBUS MONUMENT, BARRI GÒTIC, EIXAMPLE AND THE HARBOUR
Seen
from Montjüic.
TIBIDABO
Tibidabo seen not so far from it's foot. Tibidabo is situated outside the city
borders of Barcelona.
NORTHWEST OUTSKIRTS(LES CORTS)
Seen from Tibidabo. Here you can see Camp Nou, Europe's largest football stadium.
Seen
from Montjüic.
L'
HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT
Seen from Montjüic.
Hospitalet is an independent city, one of the largest in Spain.
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