Anella Olímpica is an Olympic Park located in the hill of Montjuïc,

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, that was the main site for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Facilities

The major facilities consist of the

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, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower designed by

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, the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) and the Picornell swimming pools. The Joan Antoni Samarach Olympic and Sports Museum is also located in the Olympic Ring. The main promenade is located uphill, midway to the Montjuïc Castle. The complex includes the main baseball field opposite the swimming pools. Surrounding areas were grass covered, and green plastic obscured the view of the near

Montjuïc Cemetery Montjuïc Cemetery, known in Catalan as Cementiri del Sud-oest or Cementiri de Montjuïc, is located on one of the rocky slopes of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona. History It was opened on 17 March 1883 by the city of Barcelona as its main cemeter ...

. This last move showed some opposition, as can be viewed as unnatural. The original plan was designed around the main square, Plaça d'Europa and the

. Rational and minimal, it is linked to water through pools and a transversal canal. The communications tower echoed at first the tubular lamps dispersed in the "Anella" and (again) an ensemble of concrete and steel tubes, the elegant sculpture near

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's Palau Sant Jordi. But then, the architect

lost a project in the city in the last minute and was commissioned weeks later to re-design the tower, now more futuristic, but maybe damaging the purity of the design.

References

1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 153–208. Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Parks Olympic International Broadcast Centres Sports venues in Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub