Jardins de Joan Brossa

Address
Plaça de Dante, 08038, Barcelona
City District
Sants-Montjuic: Montjuïc
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Jardins de Joan Brossa
Jardins de Joan Brossa Barcelona Montjuic hill. Joan Brossa Gardens. Named after Spanish/Catalan poet Joan Brossa. (all the parks on Montjuic hill are named after Catalan poets.) Lovely park on Montjuic hill on an area which used to be a funfair. The main entrance is on Plaça de Dante.

This park has many interesting species of trees and four lovely statues of famous entertainers which were erected for the former funfair and are now dotted around the gardens which are the statues of Spanish/Catalan clown Charlie Rivel (Josep Andreu i Lasserre) born in Cubelles near Barcelona, the world famous comedian Charlie Chaplin, Barcelona born Spanish flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya and Barcelona most famous gymnast Joaquim Blume. There are playgrounds and play areas with fun musical installations for children.