Zona Franca
District of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Catalonia - Spain

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same year since 1924, and place them in alternating even-numbered years, beginning in 1994. The 1992 Summer Games were the last to be staged in the same year as the Winter Games.

Located at 41.3642, 2.15222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games in Spain, Sports festivals in Spain, Sport in Barcelona, Sports festivals in Catalonia, 1992 in Spanish sport

Joan Gamper

Joan Gamper (22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930) previously known as Hans Kamper was a Swiss football pioneer, player and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Catalonia, most notably FC Basel, FC Zürich and FC Barcelona.

Located at 41.3553, 2.15506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1877 births, 1930 deaths, Association football players who committed suicide, Burials at Montjuïc Cemetery, FC Barcelona footballers, FC Barcelona presidents, FC Basel players, FC Zürich players, Founders of association football institutions, People from Winterthur, Suicides by firearm in Switzerland, Swiss expatriates in Spain, Swiss footballers

Montjuïc Communications Tower

The Montjuïc Communications Tower, popularly known as Torre Calatrava and Torre Telefónica, is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona.

Located at 41.3642, 2.15056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Towers in Catalonia, Buildings and structures in Barcelona, 1992 Summer Olympics, Santiago Calatrava structures, Sants-Montjuïc, Communication towers

Port of Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona has a 2000-year history and great contemporary commercial importance. It is Catalonia's largest port, vying with Tarragona, and Europe's ninth largest container port, with a trade volume of 2.57 million TEU's in 2008. It is also one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean. The port is managed by the Port Authority of Barcelona.

Located at 41.3375, 2.15222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Ports and harbours of Spain, Ports and harbours of Catalonia, Economy of Catalonia, Buildings and structures in Barcelona, Transport in Barcelona, Visitor attractions in Barcelona

Palau Sant Jordi

Palau Sant Jordi (English: St. George's Palace) is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 16,500 for handball, 17,000 for basketball, and 24,000 for musical events. It was opened in 1990 and designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.

Located at 41.3634, 2.15256 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Indoor arenas in Catalonia, Indoor arenas in Spain, Basketball venues in Spain, Volleyball venues, Handball venues, 1992 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic gymnastics venues, Olympic handball venues, Olympic volleyball venues, Buildings and structures completed in 1990, Event venues established in 1990, Indoor athletics (track and field) venues, 1990 establishments in Spain, Sports venues in Barcelona, Arata Isozaki buildings

Poble Espanyol

The Poble Espanyol is an open-air architectural museum, located on the mountain of Montjuïc, in the city of Barcelona, Spain. It was constructed in 1929, for the Barcelona International Exhibition, that was held in Barcelona that year. Josep Puig i Cadafalch had the idea for the museum: a town in which the architecture, style, and culture of various locations from around Spain were preserved in a single place.

Located at 41.369, 2.147 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Museums in Barcelona, Sants-Montjuïc, Open air museums in Spain, Historic house museums in Spain, Shopping districts and streets in Catalonia, World's fair architecture in Spain, 1929 Barcelona International Exposition

Bellvitge/Gornal (Barcelona Metro & Rodalies)

Gornal is the name of a station in the Barcelona Metro network located in Gornal, a neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, served by FGC metro line L8, as well by some other FGC lines collectively known as Metro del Baix Llobregat and two RENFE lines, in which the station is known as Bellvitge, due to the proximity of this neighbourhood to Bellvitge.

Located at 41.3508, 2.11167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Barcelona Metro line 8 stations, Llobregat–Anoia Line, Railway stations in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Railway stations opened in 1987

Ildefons Cerdà (Barcelona Metro)

Ildefons Cerdà is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, served by FGC-operated L8, among other Rodalies Barcelona and FGC suburban lines. It's not properly in Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà (a square in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona proper, but just next to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) but in the L'Hospitalet part of Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes. It was built in 1987. It's also due to become part of future L10.

Located at 41.3608, 2.13028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport in Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona Metro line 8 stations, Llobregat–Anoia Line, Railway stations opened in 1987

Mercat Nou (Barcelona Metro)

Mercat Nou is a station of the Barcelona Metro. It's served by L1 (red line). Built in 1926, it was one of the system's few open-air stations before being demolished and rebuilt due to the revamping of the metro and Renfe railway lines in the area. Two AVE lines cross the area right underneath the station on their way to Sants Estació. The station reopened in June 2009, after nearly two years of closure. According to Barcelona City Council the work cost €15.6 million.

Located at 41.3733, 2.13389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport in Sants-Montjuïc, Railway stations opened in 1926

Santa Eulàlia (Barcelona Metro)

Santa Eulàlia is a station on line 1 of the Barcelona Metro, in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Built in 1983, it is partially aboveground and the platforms are supplied with natural light. It has two accesses, one above and one below the station (Pont de La Torrassa and Riera Blanca, respectively).

Located at 41.3686, 2.1275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Europa-Fira (Barcelona Metro)

Europa | Fira is the name of a station in the Barcelona Metro and FGC commuter train networks, on fare zone 1. It's located underneath Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes by Plaça Europa and Carrer d'Amadeu Torner in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. One of the newest additions to the Llobregat-Anoia FGC service, also known as Metro del Baix Llobregat, it opened on May 13, 2007, and is expected to be part of future TMB metro line L9.

Located at 41.357, 2.12491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Llobregat–Anoia Line, Barcelona Metro line 8 stations, Transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Railway stations opened in 2007

Anella Olímpica

The Anella Olímpica ("Olympic Ring") is an Olympic Park located in the hill of Montjuïc, Barcelona, that was the main site for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The major facilities consist of the Olympic Stadium, or Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower designed by Santiago Calatrava, the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) and the Picornell swimming pools.

Located at 41.3633, 2.15183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1992 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic Parks, Olympic International Broadcast Centres, Sports venues in Barcelona

Bellvitge (Barcelona Metro)

Bellvitge is a Barcelona Metro station in the Bellvitge neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. The station opened in 1989 with the completion of the Avinguda Carrilet-Hospital de Bellvitge section of L1. Passengers can change here for the Renfe railway station of the same name. It is located under Rambla de la Marina and can be accessed from both sides of the road. The platforms in this station are 96 m. long.

Located at 41.3514, 2.11194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Barcelona Metro line 1 stations, Railway stations opened in 1989, Railway stations in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà, Barcelona

Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà (often known simply as Plaça Cerdà) is a square in Barcelona, part of La Bordeta, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, very close to the boundary of the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It's named after the city's renowned urban planner Ildefons Cerdà. It is essentially a large roundabout which connects different parts of the city.

Located at 41.3646, 2.13561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Plazas in Barcelona, Sants-Montjuïc, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes

Bellvitge

Bellvitge is a mostly working-class neighborhood in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, belonging to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It is part of L'Hospitalet's District VI, along with Gornal. Bellvitge is situated at a height of 4 to 8 meters above sea level. It borders the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat and Barcelona on the west and south; El Gornal neighborhood in the east, with El Centre to the north.

Located at 41.3508, 2.11111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Magòria-La Campana (Barcelona Metro)

Magòria | La Campana is a railway station operated by FGC in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona which accounts as a Barcelona Metro and Metro del Baix Llobregat station as well. It opened in 1997 near the old Magòria station, now disused. It's served by Barcelona Metro L8 and FGC lines numbered S33, S4, S8, R5 and R6. The station is located underneath Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes.

Located at 41.3675, 2.13944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Barcelona Metro line 8 stations, Llobregat–Anoia Line, Railway stations opened in 1997, Transport in Sants-Montjuïc

La Font de la Guatlla

La Font de la Guatlla is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia.

Located at 41.3697, 2.14481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Barcelona, Sants-Montjuïc

La Marina de Port

La Marina de Port is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia, and is one of the two parts of la Marina de Sants. It lies between the districts of la Bordeta, la Marina del Prat Vermell (also in la Marina de Sants).

Located at 41.3596, 2.14097 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Barcelona, Sants-Montjuïc

Zona Franca (Barcelona)

Zona Franca (also called in Catalan: Polígon Industrial de la Zona Franca) is a logistics and industrial area located in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is near the C-31 road and la Marina de Sants (Barcelona), el Prat de Llobregat and l'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It is in a very strategic position to be between Barcelona Free Port and Barcelona Airport.

Located at 41.3333, 2.13861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Sants-Montjuïc

Piscines Bernat Picornell

Piscines Bernat Picornell (English: Bernat Picornell Pools) is a swimming venue situated in the Olympic Ring in Montjuïc, Barcelona. The venue consists of three swimming pools: a 50m indoor pool, a 50m outdoor pool, and a pool for diving. It hosted the swimming events, synchronized swimming events, the water polo final, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon event for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The swimming pools are of public use and are open all year long.

Located at 41.3656, 2.1502 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1992 Summer Olympic venues, Swimming venues in Catalonia, Sports venues in Barcelona, Olympic modern pentathlon venues, Olympic swimming venues, Olympic synchronized swimming venues, Water polo venues

Ciutat de la Justícia de Barcelona i l'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Ciutat de la Justícia de Barcelona i l'Hospitalet de Llobregat or just Ciutat de la Justícia is a recent architectural development in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona and its immediately adjacent suburb l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, on Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 642 near Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà and Plaça d'Europa. It hosts most of the legal departments of the metropolitan area, which were previously located in 17 separate buildings scattered around both cities.

Located at 41.3642, 2.1325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Courts in Spain, Catalan law, Sants-Montjuïc, Judicial system of Spain

Plaza de Europa

Plaza de Europa is a square in the District VII of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Located on the Granvia de l'Hospitalet avenue at the intersection with Carrer d'Amadeu Torner. It's part of L'Hospitalet's recent urban development, and one of its biggest squares at 33 ha, with a distinguishable skyline made up of high-rises, among the tallest structures in the city, some of which are designed by the renowned architect Toyo Ito.

Located at 41.357, 2.12481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes

Institut National d'Educació Física de Catalunya

The Institut National d'Educació Física de Catalunya (English: National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, INEFC) is an indoor venue located in Barcelona. Renovated in 1991, it hosted the wrestling events for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Located at 41.3649, 2.1471 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1992 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic wrestling venues, Sports venues in Barcelona

Hotel Porta Fira

Hotel Porta Fira (also Torres de Toyo Ito with Torre Realia BCN) is a 28-storey, 113 m skyscraper hotel designed by Toyo Ito near Plaza de Europa in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was the 2010 first place winner of the Emporis Skyscraper Award.

Located at 41.3549, 2.12554 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hotel buildings completed in 2010, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters, Skyscrapers in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Hotels in Barcelona, Skyscraper hotels in Spain

Granvia L'H

Granvia L'H (also known as Distrito VII, Districte VII) is a district of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, suburb of the Barcelona. Part of Granvia L'H is part of Gran Via business center of Barcelona and directly Fira de Barcelona, second largest trade fair and exhibition centres in Europe.

Located at 41.3581, 2.13028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat