Santiago Calatrava

Barcelona has plenty of featured architectural building must have seen anyway. The city of Barcelona is famous for your impressive architecture with your many buildings designed by well-known architects. There are many highlights you should see during a Barcelona vacation be sure, including the following. The Barcelona Pavilion was Ludwig Mies van de Rohe for the international exhibition in 1929 designed. The real reason was the official opening of the German part of which was exhibition but it is a permanent establishment to stay never intended, and was therefore removed in 1930.

A group of Spanish architects have decided in 1980 to rebuild the Pavilion, with the help of old photographs and plans. Today is the building as a fine example of modern architecture that you missed when you vacation in Barcelona. The Montjuic Tower, also known as Torre Telefonica \”, is a telecommunications tower and is located in the Montjuic neighborhood. He was in 1992 for the Olympic Games constructed to the televising of events to forward. The tower was built by Santiago Calatrava and has an altitude of 136 metres. The tower is located in the Olympic Park and represents an athlete carrying the Olympic flag. Also the tower is considered a giant Sundial, the shadow falling on the Europaplatz, indicates the time.

The Barcelona Museum of contemporary art (MacBa short) is also absolutely worth seeing; not only thanks to its exhibitions but also due to its striking building with architectural significance. The building was designed by Richard Meier and partners, in 1995 it was flooded finished created each floor the natural light in a way. The Museum you should miss in any case, if you stay in a hotel in Barcelona right around the corner from the MacBa Museum. The Barcelona \”MacBa Museum Ramblas\” apartment is located in the immediate vicinity of the Museum and is considered as a perfect starting point to explore the city on foot.