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Above: a
few more skyline views.
Above: Banco Atlantico (83m/272f, 23 stories, 1969)
Above left: Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya (80m/262f, 25
stories, 1970),
Above right: Torre Allianz (no height available, 20 stories, 19??).
Above left: Edificio Tarragona
(78m/256f, 22 stories, 1998).
Above right: Torre Núñez y Navarro (no height available, 20 stories, 19??).
Above: Illa Del Lac I
and II (70m/230f, 22 stories, 2002).
Above left: Illa del Cel I (70m/231f, 23
stories, 2003).
Above middle left: Illa del Cel II (61m/199f, 20
stories, 2003).
Above middle right: Illa del Bosc I (no height avaible, 19 stories, 2003).
Above right: Illa del Bosc II (no height
available, 19 stories, 2004).
Above left: Illa de la Llum II (63m/f, 18
stories, 2005).
Above middle and right:
Hotel Diagonal (no height available, 12 stories, 2005).
Above left and middle:
Habitat Sky (115m/378f, 31 stories, 2007).
Above right: Torre Nova Diagonal (86m/282f, 22 stories, 2007).
Two skyscrapers currently under construction when the pictures were taken
(September 2006)
that will enter the top 10 of tallest buildings of Barcelona when completed.
Above: another under construction
complex at the time when the pictures were taken:
Illa del Mar 1 (90m/294f, 27 stories) and 2
(77m/252f, 23 stories).
Above: Torre de Collserola (288m/945f,
13 stories, 1992).
Barcelona's tallest structure; designed by Sir Norman Foster.
The tower has an observation deck, some 590m/1,935f
above sea level.
It is reached by an elevator, which starts inside the mountain.
Above: Montjuic Tower (136m/446f, 1992).
This telecommunication tower (not accessible to the public)
symbols a sportsman with the Olympic flame.
Above left: Torre Jaume I (107m/351f, 1931).
Above middle and right: Torre Sant Sebastia (78m/257f, 1931).
A cable car links both towers, which can be entered separately.
Above: Monumento a Cristóbal Colón (57m/188f, 1886).
The statue on top – 7 metres tall – shows Christopher Columbus
pointing with his index finger towards America.
This monument can be visited; a small elevator will bring the visitor to a
small viewing area,
some 45 metres above the ground.
Above: view of
Palau Nacional, which is home to the MNAC,
the Catalonian Art National Museum; the palace is from 1929,
and can be found on top of the mountain of Montjuïc
Above: view
towards the Plaça d’Espanya,
with the two Venetian-styled twin towers (47m/154f; 1929).
Above: the
neo-gothic styled expiatory church on top of Tibidabo.
Construction on the church began in 1902 and was completed in 1961;
a bronze statue of the Sacred Heart, designed by Enric
Sagnier, crowns it.
A lift takes the visitor to the upper part of the church.
At 575m/1,886f above sea level one can have great views of the city.
with a height of 512 metres above sea level Tibidabo is the highest summit
in the Sierra de Collserola. Next to the church there
is a funfair, which was built
hundred years ago and which is still in use to this day.
On the last picture Torre de Collserola
can be seen on the far left, and the church on the right.
Above: El Temple de
la Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s (1852-1926) masterpiece.
Construction on this cathedral began in 1882 and is
still continuing to this very day.
The approximate year of completion is 2026. Not yet constructed is the tall central
tower of the complex,
which will give the Sagrada Familia
a height of 172m/564f.
Both parts of the complex can be visited and some of the eight bell towers
that have already been completed can be climbed.
There are observation platforms at 65 and 90 meters levels.
Click the first four pictures to see enlargements of these individual pictures;
click the last picture to enter a special Sagrada Familia page
with over 70 pictures.
Above: some more
(low-rise) examples of Gaudi’s architecture
Click here
to go back to page 1 of Barcelona
or
click here
to go to a page dedicated to Torre Agbar
or
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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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