Stride Stories

Running tour · Barcelona

Up Montjuïc

2.8 mi run

2.9miles
27min run
7stories

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The stories on this route

  1. Plaça d'Espanya

    Look at the two tall red-brick towers at the start of the avenue, with pyramid roofs on top. These are the Venetian Towers, 47 metres high, modelled on the bell tower of St Mark's in Venice. The architect Ramon Reventós designed them for the 1929 International Exposition, to mark the entrance to the exhibition grounds.

  2. Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

    Look at the big oval basin at the top of the avenue. This is the Magic Fountain, built for the 1929 International Exposition. In June 1928 its designer, Carles Buïgas, handed in 460 plans and 70 large drawings. Some of the commissioners called the project madness.

  3. Barcelona Pavilion

    Look for the low, flat-roofed building above a long, shallow pool. The roof seems to hover. Small roof plates sit on chrome-clad columns, shaped like crosses.

  4. Poble Espanyol

    Look at the gate: twin stone towers and battlemented walls. It copies the San Vicente Gate in Ávila's medieval walls, and it's the only way in to the Poble Espanyol, the Spanish Village.

  5. Palau Nacional (MNAC)

    Look up from the stairs: a long palace, a big central dome, two smaller domes and four corner towers. This is the Palau Nacional, the main building of the 1929 International Exhibition. Eugenio Cendoya and Enric Catà designed it, under the supervision of Pere Domènech i Roura. It went up between 1926 and 1929.

  6. Olympic Stadium

    Look at the old façade wrapped round the stadium. It was built for the 1929 Expo. In 1936 it was meant to be the main stadium of the People's Olympiad, an anti-fascist protest against that year's Olympics in Nazi-run Berlin. Six thousand athletes from forty-nine nations registered.

  7. Olympic Ring and Calatrava Tower

    Look up at the white tower leaning over the esplanade. Santiago Calatrava designed it, and it was built between 1989 and 1992, for Telefónica, to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Olympic Games.

Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source

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