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Parc de la Ciutadella

  • Address: Bounded by Passeig Picasso, Passeig Pujades, Carrer de Wellington, and, Born-Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia | Map It

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Once a fortress designed to consolidate Madrid's military occupation of Barcelona, the Ciutadella is now the city's main downtown park. The clearing dates from shortly after the War of the Spanish Succession, when Felipe V demolished some 2,000 houses in what was then the Barri de la Ribera (Waterfront Neighborhood) to build a fortress and barracks for his soldiers, and fields of fire for his artillery. The fortress walls were pulled down in 1868 and replaced by gardens laid out by Josep Fontserè. Within the park are a cluster of museums, the Catalan parliament, and the city zoo.

  • Metro: Barceloneta
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