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Botanic Garden of Barcelona (C/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2. Parc de Montjuïc) Tel. 93 426 49 35

Nov to Jan: from Mon to Sun 10am to 5pm
Feb, Mar & Oct: from Mon to Sun 10am to 6pm
Apr, May & Sep: from Mon to Sun 10am to 7pm
Jun, Jul & Aug: from Mon to Sun 10am to 8pm
Jan 1 & Dec 25: Closed
Admission: Normal: € 3,50

More info about special activities

The Botanical Garden of Barcelona collections contain representative samples of the plants that grow in the Mediterranean climate, a climate characterized by important seasonal variations, with hot, dry summers and mild winters, whilst rainfall is concentrated mainly in spring and summer.

The Mediterranean basin is not the only region in the world with a Mediterranean climate; indeed, there are several others, situated between latitude of 30º and 40º in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. These regions are: California, central Chile, southern South Africa and south and southwest Australia.

Itinerary

For more information see the Agenda

(Taken from www.jardibotanic.bcn.es)

Always

May -Sep: Thu to Sunday from 9pm - 11pm
Oct- Apr: Fri & Sat from 7pm - 8:30pm.

at Font Màgica - Fonts de Montjuïc (Pl Carles Buïgas, 1-Sants-Montjuïc) Free admission

The Magic Fountain is one of the city’s most important landmarks. Carles Buigas was asked to design it for the International Exhibition of 1929. He had the innovative idea of giving the water movement and adding light, colour and sound.

He created the fountain as if it was a river at the foot of the Palau Nacional with raging waters racing down the mountain to reach the Magic Fountain before “dying” in the sea on Avinguda Maria Cristina.

Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain has a new show based on cinema music. The light and water of the fountain will “dance” to the rhythm of film soundtracks like ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Jungle Book’

(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es & www.youtube.com).

Until Sat 13 Sep

Mon to Fri, from 10am - 9pm; Sat from 10am - 2pm at Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (Pl Nova, 5 - Ciutat Vella)   Free admission

The theme of the exhibition “Mirage City: Baghdad, from Wright to Venturi”, that is presented at the College of Architects of Catalonia, is the major architectural projects of King Faisal II’s 1950s Iraq.

The initiative to recover these projects came from Pedro Araza, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and Spain’s ambassador in Baghdad, Ignacio Rupérez.

Architects of the standing of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Josep Lluís Sert and Ricard Bofill were commissioned to produce the designs. (Taken from http://w3.bcn.es)

Dance.
From The Arts Series. 1898. Color lithograph. 60 x 38 cm

Mucha’s art aspires to beauty. His elaborate compositions bring theatrical and allegorical elements into play in order to create a mystical atmosphere closely linked to Symbolist poetry. (Taken from http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es & vr.theatre.ntu.edu.tw)