Subject of report: Barcelona : Monjuik hilltop is the witness of history of the

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Subject of report: Barcelona : Monjuik hilltop is the witness of

history of the sity

Spain , the capital of Katalonia , located on the

Mediterranean coast of Spain (Costa Brava). This is a city with rich cultural live , tradition narrow Spanish streets and wide boulevards . Barcelona is a magical and fabulous Gaudis city...

Barcelona is the passionate capital of Catalonia, an unforgettable city of art, culture and beauty. Gaudi's works, museums, concerts and FC Barcelona’s football team homeland.

saw the arrival of settlers and conquerors in more than

2000 years of its existence - Romans Visigoths, Franks and later - Catalans. The history of Barcelona experienced ups and downs, from the golden era under the royal rule in the XIV century. Up to the black days of the Civil War and the Franco era.

important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned

are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

settlers eberyiski tribers chose one of sides of the hill

as a place of their new village . From those days layetantsy, Romans and Moors visited this places .

The thirst Settlers

A particularly important period for Barcelona was a series of events exactly on Montjuic: the erection of a fortress for defense in the XVII century, theWorld exhibition 1929 and Summer Olympics 1992.

its name. At the time of the Roman settlement there

was a temple, "Mons Jovis," Mountain of Jupiter, in the Middle Ages was on the south side of the Jewish cemetery, "Montjueu" which means "Mountain of the Jews".
The Montjuïc is a very special part of Barcelona. With a very eventful history, it has now parks, Olympic sports facilities, a great prospect and several world-famous.

city becomes a venue for an international event, the owners

not only create the buildings necessary for exhibitions and forums, put in order the infrastructure, but also necessarily come up with something unique that should cause admiration of the guests and leave a long memory about themselves.
Barcelona in 1929 hosted a worldwide exhibition, held under the slogan: "Fire and the universe." The singing fountain of Montjuïc was to become the main "miracle" for the participants.

the International Exhibition, offers a spectacular display of music, water

acrobatics and lights which generate over 50 kinds of shades and hues. The Montjuïc Magic Fountain has become one of Barcelona's most popular attractions and is where the "Piromusical" is held, a true balletic spectacle of water and light.

Font Magica and Plaça d'Espanya

Buigas, was one of the great successes of the 1929

International Exhibition. The fountain was painstakingly restored for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games so that it could continue to offer a unique display to delight all age groups.

with its construction purposed for a military fortress for the city. Over the

past 350 years, it has held a significant role in the history of Barcelona particularly around the Catalan defeat to Spain in the early 1700s. In the 20thcentury, Montjuïc Castle held a role in the civil war with its walls used to incarcerate political prisoners. It was then converted into a military museum, with it inaugurated for this purpose by Franco in 1963. Finally, in 2007, the castle was placed in the hands of the Barcelona City Council who turned it into a municipal property ­for the people of the city.

Castell de Montjuïc

replicas of characteristic houses from all regions of Spain, such

as from Castile, Andalusion, Aragon, the Basque Country, Extremadura and of course from Catalonia. In some buildings craftsmen show their skills, such as in the Andalusian quarter in the glass blowers.
The Poble Espanyol with the 117 buildings was established to the world exhibition, which took place in 1929 in Barcelona. 

Poble Espanyol - Spanish village

the Palau National, a neo-baroque palace. The museum building is

located at the foot of the mountain of Barcelona, the Montjuïc.
 It is one of the largest museums in Spain.
The MNAC has the most important collection of Catalan art from the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century. Several phases of art history changed in this time: neoclassicism, realism, modernism (Catalan Art Nouveau).

Museu National d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)

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