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Barcelona is Spain's 2nd largest city (after Madrid), and Capital of Barcelona
province
and of the Catalonia autonomous region of Spain. It has some 1,5 million
inhabitants (4,2 million in the metro area).
Above left: view
from Palau Nacional towards Hotel Arts Barcelona and Torre Mapfre (right),
Torre Mare Nostrum (left) and the skyscrapers of Diagonal Mar (middle).
Above middle: skyline
view of the city from El Tibidabo, with Hotels Arts Barcelona and Torre Mapfre
on the right,
Torre Agbar in the middle, and the skyscrapers of Diagonal Mar on the left in
the picture.
Above right: skyline
view from the Sagrada Familia, with Torre Agbar (right),
and the skyscrapers of the Diagonal Mar zone in the background.
Above: Barcelona's
tallest buildings: Hotel Arts Barcelona (154m/505f, 44 stories, 1992),
and Torre Mapfre (154m/505f, 40 stories, 1992). Both buildings were built for
the 1992 Olympic Games.
Hotel Arts Barcelona has 482 guestrooms.
Above: Barcelona's
3rd tallest: Torre Agbar (144m/474f, 33 stories, 2005).
For more pictures of this tower, go to the special Torre Agbar page;
click any of last four pictures above to enter it.
Above: Barcelona's
4rd tallest: Edificio Colón (110m/361f, 28 stories, 1970).
Barcelona's tallest skyscraper for 22 years (1970-1992).
Above: Hotel
Princess Barcelona (109m/358f, 26 stories, 2004).
The city's 2nd tallest all-hotel tower.
Above: Illa de la
Llum I (88m/290f, 26 stories, 2005).
The building is part of the Illa de la Llum complex, which also consists of a
smaller tower,
similar in design and colouring (Illa de la Llum II; 63m/207f, 18 stories,
2005).
For pictures of this particular tower, please see page 2 of Barcelona.
Above: Consorci de la Zone Franca
(88m/288f, 22 stories, 2005).
Above: Hotel AC
Barcelona (88m/288f, 22 stories, 2004). The hotel
has 368 guest rooms.
The building has an observation deck on the 13th floor with swimming pool for
the guests of the hotel.
Above: Torre Mare Nostrum
(86m/282f, 20 stories, 2005).
The tower was built around and next to a refurbished existing low-rise building
Above: La Caixa I
(85m/279f, 26 stories, 1974).
Above right: La
Caixa II (48m/157f, 14 stories, 1974),
a smaller version of tower I.
Above: Hilton Diagonal Mar
Barcelona (85m/279f, 25 stories, 2004).
The hotel has 450 guest rooms.
Above left: view
of the skyscrapers of Diagonal Mar from El Tibidabo.
Above middle: another view from the hills of El Tibidabo; this
time with Barcelona at dusk.
Above right: view
from Palau Nacional of Torre Agbar and surrounding areas.
Click here
to go to page 2 of Barcelona
or
click here
to go to a page dedicated to Torre Agbar
or
Click here to go a page dedicated to Gaudi's
Sagrada Familia
Barcelona's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. HOTEL ARTS BARCELONA 154m/505f, 44 stories, 1992
2. TORRE MAPFRE 154m/505f, 40 stories, 1992
3. TORRE AGBAR 144m/474f, 33 stories, 2004
4. HABITAT SKY 115m/378f, 31 stories, 2007
5. EDIFICIO COLÓN
110m/361f, 28 stories, 1970
6. HOTEL PRINCESS
BARCELONA 109m/358f, 26 stories, 2004
7. ILLA DE LA LLUM I 88m/290f, 26 stories, 2005
8. OFICINES DEL CONSORCI DE
LA ZONA FRANCA 88m/288f, 22 stories, 2005
9. AC HOTEL BARCELONA 88m/288f, 22
stories, 2004
10. TORRE
MARE NOSTRUM 86m/282fm, 20 stories, 2005
The building data and some of
the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall
buildings.
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