The Ciutadella park
The Ciutadella was modern Barcelona's first great work and remains its living room: the cascade the young Gaudí helped design, the rowing lake, the greenhouse and a science museum aging with dignity.
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- Year
- 1872
- Style
- Catalan modernism
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Nearby: Ciudadela (Passeig de Pujades) · Coffee · Dionisos (Avinguda del Marquès de l'Argentera) · La Paradeta (Carrer Comercial)
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Fountain and lake
The Verdaguer monument crowns the cascade, and the lake has rented rowboats for over a century. It's the classic plan with children and the classic rest between El Born and the beach.
Around the park
The zoo occupies one flank; the Three Dragons castle and the Hivernacle greenhouse complete the nineteenth-century set. The triumphal arch, five minutes away, is the natural entrance and the obligatory photo.
When to go
Weekday mornings it breathes; Sundays fill with families and drum circles. Any afternoon is good for lying on the grass with the Santa Caterina market as the previous stop.
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