Military museum of Montjuic - Museu Militar de Montjuic
Address Ctra. de Montjuïc 66, Barcelona, Spain, 08038 City District Sants-Montjuic: Montjuïc 
The museum was opened by 24 June 1963, by Francisco Franco himself. His equestrian statue is now in storage and not in the courtyard where it stood on the inaugueration day.
The Castell de Montjuïc itself is perched on the highest point of the Montjuic mountain at a altitude of 170 metre which naturally delivers superb views of Barcelona city and the port area.
The castle was built in 1640 during the war between Catalonia and Spain's Felipe IV, known as the "War of the Reapers".
At the beginning of the 18th century Bourbon troops ransacked the castle and it was rebuilt between 1751 and 1779. The new fortress, built by the Bourbons, was constructed in the form of a starred pentagon with enormous moats, bastions, and buttresses.
The castle is infamous in Catalan history books because of its role in Franco’s regime as a place where political prisoners were imprisoned, tortured and executed, among them Lluís Companys, who was president of the Generalitat de Catalunya at the beginning of Spain’s civil and later executed here in 1940.
The castle is now also home to the Museu Del Comic I La Illustracio, the Comic Book and Illustrations Museum.
Click here for opening times (in Catalan) of Military museum
The Montjuic Castle visits
The Castle is open to the public and admission is free.
Opening times:
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10a.m. to 8 p.m.
How to get to the Castle of Montjuic:
By car: Click on the map below
By tour bus: Montjuic tour bus (daytime)
By public transport:
Montjuic funicular train from Parallel Metro station, then take the Montjuic cable car up to the castle or walk from the top of the funicular to the castle. That takes about 10 minutes.
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