Parc de Diagonal Mar

Carrer de Llull, 356 - 360

Diagonal Mar is Barcelona's second largest park.

Diagonal Mar Park is spread out according to a design that helps it to blend in with the city through a large, open space that finally links to the sea.
It is built round a series of paths which, like a tree, branch out in every direction. All around there are very long concrete benches, separating and organising spaces, which are intended to conjure up the feeling of sea waves as they progressively adopt the shape of these paths and the contours of several squares.

History

The industrial past of the land now making up Diagonal Mar – the old Macosa smelting plant – had left a no-man’s land. By the end of the last century, Barcelona needed to extend its coastline to enable the city to link up with all the new beaches created during that period. So, with that goal in mind, the then mayor, Joan Clos, laid the first stone for the future on 25 May, 1999, along with a box containing the day’s newspapers, a calendar sheet, deposits and a statement of sustainability signed by the City Council and the building companies that took part in the area’s big urban development project.
It occupies an area of over 340,000 m2, bounded by C/ Llull, C/ Josep Pla and C/ Selva de Mar, Parc Lineal Garcia Fària and the final section of Av Diagonal. It has various uses, offering residential buildings, offices, a shopping centre, hotels and a park.

Art and Architecture

These large metallic structures run down sloping stairs with small jets that spurt out the water which feeds the lake.
Other notable features include the large flowerpots found on the “patios”.
They are inspired by the old neighbourhood patios. These immense flowerpots either hang from high metal pergolas or stand on paving reminiscent of the old tiled floors in these parts.
Another notable feature are the very windy, concrete benches that have been christened “lungomare”, which is what Italians call walking by the sea.

  • Phone number
    Tel.: 010
  • Accessibility
    Accessible for people with physical disabilities
  • Titularity
    Public center
Address:
Carrer de Llull, 356 - 360
Districte:
Sant Martí
Neighborhood:
Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou
City:
Barcelona