When objections were raised as to the extended completion date of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudí said:
"Don´t worry, my client isn´t in a hurry"
Sagrada Familia
Parc el font del Racó is situated on the slope of Collserola mountain range, between the
turns of Avinguda del Tibidabo. It has an area of 1.29 hectares and a completely
natural environment.
Parc del Turó de la Peira is one of the bigger parks in Barcelona containing a total area 7.71 hectares.
The land where the park is located became Spanish municipal property during the Second
Republic of Spain and was opened as a public park in the year 1936.
The Parc del Port Olímpic was part of the renovation that took place for the Olympic
Games of 1992. The area was rebuilt and together with four other parks in the area, they
were constructed on the old industrial land of Poblenou.
The Parc del Centre del Poblenou is located in the Poblenou neighburhood of Barcelona. It
is designed by Jean Nouvel, a French designer and architect. Except from this park, he
also has designed the Torre Agbar in Barcelona also, located in Plaza Glories.
The park has an incredible area of 5,5 hectares and is a gigantic garden said to be a
sustainable area. It has been designed as a "meeting point" and "acoustic microclimate"
where these expressions are found in the lighting and shadowing of the park. It includes
three gardens. The main garden contains a forest where the end of it has a ramp of
volcanic soil. The second garden includes woodland that surrounds the building of an old
Oliva-Artés factory. Finally, the third garden includes the most prominent feature of the
three parks, a crater in the form of a spiral.
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