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Plaça d’Espanya and around
Gateway to the 1929 International Exhibition was the vast
Plaça d’Espanya
,
based on plans by noted architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Arranged around a
huge Neoclassical fountain, the square is unlike any other in Barcelona, a
radical departure from the
modernisme
so in vogue elsewhere in the contem-
porary city. Striking twin towers, 47m high, stand at the foot of the imposing
Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina
, which heads up towards Montjuïc,
the avenue lined by huge exhibition halls used for trade fairs. At the end of
the avenue is Plaça de Carles Buïgas, from where monumental steps (and
modern escalators) ascend the hill to the Palau Nacional, past water cascades
and under the flanking walls, busts and roofline “kiosks” of two grand
Viennese-style pavilions. It’s an overtly showy approach to Montjuïc, with
little whimsy in evidence, save for the
Font Màgica
(Magic Fountain) at the
foot of the steps. On selected evenings (May–Sept Thurs–Sun 8–11.30pm,
music starts 9.30pm; Oct–April Fri & Sat only at 7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm &
8.30pm; free) the fountain becomes the centrepiece of an impressive if slightly
kitsch sound-and-light show – the brightly coloured water appears to dance
to the strains of Holst and Abba.
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