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Pictures of Parc de la Ciutadella |
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Pictures of Parc de la Ciutadella - Barcelona
The Ciutadella Park in Barcelona, which was opened to the public in 1877, is Barcelona's oldest, biggest and most popular public park in the city.
In the summer months of June to August there are free evening jazz concerts at 22.00 on Wednesdays and Fridays nights.
Ciutadella Park is home to the Barcelona Zoo. it has a small lake with rowing boats for rent, a wonderful fountain with waterfall, a number of museums and is home to the seat of the Catalan Parliament. The Ciutadella Park was previously the site of a military garrison fort and later the main site of the Barcelona 1888 World Exhibition, so it has a rich and interesting history, which you can read more about further down this page and by clicking on the link below.
 Address and location of Ciutadella Park Barcelona
An oasis of green in Barcelona.
Circus in the park.
The rowing lake Parc de la Ciutadella
No better place to take your loved one..!
The Cascada of Parc Ciutadella - the waterfall. This is a magnificent triumphal arch with a waterfall and fountains. It was built for the
Barcelona 1888 Universal exhibition and took 6 years to finish. Inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome, it was designed by Josep
Fontsère, who was the chief architect of the park's conversion from military citadel site into a
public park. His assistent was none other than a young Antoni Gaudí, who would later become Barcelona's most famous architect. Gaudi was a young architect student in 1888.
Don't swim too close to the lion kids! Remember what happened to Papa!
Must have been something I ate? El pato?
The "Umbraculum" - the Umbracle. This
is a large conservatory structure with tropical plants. Lilke many
other structures in the park, the Umbracle was built in 1988 for the
Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888. It is in a rather sad state at the moment now and due for renovation.
The General Joan Prim equestrian statue is nicely situated at the end of an avenue of lime trees. Prim is commorated for demolishing the Ciutadella garrison, where the park is located. The current Prim tsatue is the second version. The original statue made by Lluís Puiggener from 1887 was melted down during the Spanish Civil war of 1936 to 1939. After the war ended a new statue was made by the
sculptor Frederic Marès in 1940.
The Seagulls don't really respect General Prim!
There are many cute but noisy green Monk parakeets in the park
The Stone Mammoth near the fountain. Norbert Font i Sagué was a Catalan geologist, speleologist and writer, who had the idea to exhibit great extinct animals with full size sculptures. This mammoth sculpture itself was made by sculptor Miquel Dalmau.
Much admired modernist sculpture called El Desconsol "Grief," which is in a small oval pond in front of the Catalan Parliament on the old "Pati d'Armes" parade ground. The sculpture is from 1903 by Catalan artist Josep Llimona.
Main entrance to Barcelona Zoo adjacent to the Catalan Parliament.
beside the Umbracle there is a large structure called the "Hivernacle," which means greenhouse in
Catalan. It was built by Josep Amargós in 1884 for the 1888 Universal Exhibition. Today it has a coffee shop and
is used for concerts and exhibitions.
El Castell dels Tres Dragons is a
wonderful disney castle sort of building called The Three Dragons Castle . This is a
Barcelona modernist structure by Catalan modernist architect Domènech i
Montaner in 1887 for the Universal Exhibition.. The name is derived
from the title of a comedy play by Serafí Pitarra. Since 1920 this has
been home to the Barcelona Zoology Museum, which has now merged with the geology museum to become the Barcelona Natural Science Museum
At the opposite end of the lime tree
avenue and General Prim, go through the park gates and you can walk down to the
Barcelona Arc de Triomf, which was the original gateway to the 1888 Universal Exhibition. It features sculptures by sculptors Josep Llimona, Josep Reynés, Torquat Tasso and
Antoni Vilanova.
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