Montjuïc

Montjuïc is a 173-metre hill in the southwest of Barcelona, rising above the harbour and the Mediterranean.

Montjuïc holds the MNAC national museum, the Joan Miró Foundation, the Magic Fountain, the Olympic stadium and extensive parkland. A cable car climbs to the castle, from where there are sweeping views over the city and the sea.

The hill has long held strategic importance and is crowned by a castle dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It was extensively redeveloped for the 1929 International Exhibition and the 1992 Summer Olympics, gaining sports venues, museums and gardens.