Parc de Montjuïc

Pg Migdia, 147

Montjuïc, as a whole, is Barcelona's big urban park.

Montjuïc, where nature ranging from woodland to theme gardens sits cheek by jowl with leisure, sports, cultural and service areas, concentrates a wide variety of activities. Yet, despite the enormous pressure it bears, the mountain acts as a gigantic urban park which, viewed as a green space and as a whole, rather than its separate parts, can be described as a garden of gardens.
Together with Collserola it is one of the city’s great urban lungs, which is why it is in the middle of a process to regulate it and maintain the necessary balance between protecting its wealth and biodiversity and all these public uses.

History

Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier was commissioned with designing the landscaping for the exposition venues and he worked under the guidance of Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí. This team left the city with a number of exceptional green spaces that represent a particular concept and a model known as the “Jardí Meridional” (Southern Garden), which finds its highest expression in some of them. It is a type of landscaping that is derived from the Catalan tradition that blends with Arab landscaping, combined with notable influences from other types including French and Italian. Seen as a whole, the gardens closest to the urban area are the ones with a more complex layout, while the higher up you go, this complexity gives way to more naturalised spaces and woody areas.

Landscaping and Design

While the arrangement of landscaped spaces for the International Exposition of 1929 led to a “rediscovery” of the mountain, the focus in the 21st century is no longer on the uniqueness of its parts but rather on Montjuïc as a whole.
It consists of four, large, clearly differentiated planes. The south-western slope is the steepest, with a large cliff that offers a panoramic view of the port and the sea. The western slope descends until it joins the Llobregat delta, the eastern slope looks out over Ciutat Vella and the sea, while the northern slope merges with the urban area.

  • Phone number
    Tel.: 010
  • Titularity
    Public center
Address:
Pg Migdia, 147
Districte:
Sants-Montjuïc
Neighborhood:
el Poble-sec
City:
Barcelona