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Guell park contains amazing stone structures, stunning tiling and fascinating buildings-everything in the park is wonderful. It was designed by the catalan architect Antonio Gaudi. It contains the home of the architect Gaudi which is now a small museum.It was declared a universal monument by UNESCO in 1984. Gaudi avoided leveling the grounds so that the park has a network of twisting roads which follow the contours of the land. He divided the land into 60 plots between 1000 and 2000 square meters in size. Park Guell was originally commissioned as a private housing estate of sixty dwelling for Gaudi’s patron, Don Eusebio Guell. In the end, however, only two houses were ever built and the area was subsequently opened as a public park in 1922.

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La Sagrada Familia is a large Roman Catholic basilica under construction in Barcelona, Spain. La Sagrada Familia is one of Gaudi’s most famous works in Barcelona and one of Barcelona’s most characteristic buildings. Antoni Gaudí worked on the project for over 40 years. The first stone was placed on 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph. After Gaudi’s death in 1926, work continued under the direction of Dominick Sugranyes until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1935.

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The Museu Picasso (Picasso Museum) in Barcelona, Spain, has one of the most extensive collections of artworks by the 20th century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. So if you are in Barcelona for tourist or whatever purposes, this is for sure one of the most significant, popular and visited museums in Barcelona.

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The stadium, built between 1954 and 1957, was designed by architects Francesc Mitjans-Miro, Lorenzo García Barbon and Josep Soteras Mauri, and financed to a large
extent by Francisco Franco’s dictatorial regime. It was inaugurated on September 24,
1957. After the hymn, Hallelujah was sung, FC Barcelona played the Polish team, Legia
Warsaw. FC Barcelona won their first game at Camp Nou in impressive fashion, a 4-2
victory with Eulogio Martínez scoring the first goal at the new stadium. Over 90,000
fans were present at this momentous occasion.

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Magnolia Hotel, a centrally-located building 50 metres from the seafront promenade and the beach, 250 metres from the town centre, 5 minutes from PortAventura theme park and Reus Airport and 1 hour from Barcelona Airport.Its 72 rooms for a maximum of two persons have been specially designed for the business traveller and couples travelling without children, thus guaranteeing all guests the tranquillity and relaxation they are seeking.
All rooms have a spacious lounge with a king-size double bed, “a la carte” pillow service, a sofa and table for relaxation or drinks, a writing desk with Internet connection, a spacious bathroom with hair dryer, bathtub or hydro-massage shower, special toiletries, a large terrace, satellite TV, air conditioning and heating.
Other hotel facilities include a heated swimming pool and solarium, a gym, and a spa area with sauna, jacuzzi and a Turkish bath.
The hotel offers the following services: a small cafeteria, a restaurant with buffet breakfast and a la carte dinners, and a poolside towel and sun-bed service.
For special events and meetings, the hotel has a 150-square-metre, soundproofed conference room with plenty of natural daylight. It is fully equipped with the most modern technical and computer services: audiovisual facilities (sound, projectors, video, DVD), videoconferencing, Internet and PC connections, sound systems, lighting, simultaneous translation, etc.

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While the pride of Malmoe city currently is the high-rise named Turning Tower designed by Santiago Calatrava Barcelona has got its Torre Agbar possessing even more artistic values for an architectural landmark. As the name indicates torre meaning tower and agbar being composed of agua for water and bar for Bar(celona) Torre Agbar is the new headquarter of Aguas de Barcelona, the water supply of this proud Catalan metropolis.

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