Barcelona

The gardens occupy part of the site of an old power plant owned by Barcelona Traction, Light and Power, and popularly known as La Canadenca due to the role Canadian capital played in the company. It was one of the pioneers of electricity production in Catalonia at the start of the 20th century and is remembered for the strike that took place there from February to March 1919, which represented an enormous landmark in the Catalan workers’ movement. The landscape on one side of the gardens, which connects Avinguda del Paral·lel to Carrer de Vila i Vilà, recalls and pays tribute to that historical event. The Three Chimneys are now part of a twin office-building complex belonging to the Spanish Electricity Grid.

The three chimneys in these gardens, built with hollow bricks, allow visitors to admire an excellent example of industrial architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You will find other things from that period throughout the park: fragments of the machinery used in the old La Canadenca power plant which have now been turned into sculptural works.