Parc de Montjuïc

Pg Migdia, 147

Ubication
Events
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.

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