Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #18 in Barcelona, Spain

In Praise of Water is a 1987 sculpture by Eduardo Chillida located in the Parc de la Creueta del Coll in Barcelona. It is a solid piece of reinforced concrete from which four arms come out that are screwed suspended by four steel cables over a pond. It weighs 54 tons and measures 12 meters high by 7.2 meters long and 6.5 meters wide. The work is located in an old quarry, in one of the areas urbanized on the occasion of the 1992 Summer Olympics, whose walls delimit and house the monument. This sculpture was installed the same year that the artist received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.

Wikipedia: Elogi de l'aigua (CA)

Parc de la Creueta del Coll is a park in the Gràcia and Horta districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was created from an abandoned quarry as part of the nou urbanisme developments during the 1992 Summer Olympics by architects Martorell, Bohigas and Mackay.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Creueta del Coll (EN)

The Virgin of the Coll, or of Font-rúbia, is a church in the Coll neighborhood —to which it gives its name—, in the district of Gràcia of Barcelona. It is a Romanesque church of the eleventh century, of which the central body and the bell tower are preserved, being the other current elements of the twentieth century church.

Wikipedia: Mare de Déu del Coll (Barcelona) (CA)

The Turó del Carmel or Turó d'en Móra is a mountain of 289 meters in the municipality of Barcelona, in the region of Barcelonès. It was formerly known as Turó d'en Móra, referring to Can Móra, which was located where the Coll neighbourhood is today. In 1875, the first turrets began to be built on the hill, and over time they gave rise to the Carmel district. Currently, only the highest area of the hill is not urbanized, and it is where Park Güell, Carmel Park and the Juan Ponce Gardens are located.

Wikipedia: Turó del Carmel (CA)

The Carmel Park is located in the Carmel district, in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona. Located around the Carmel hill, which is part of the foothills of the Collserola mountain range, right next to Park Güell, from which it is separated by the Camí de Can Móra, which divides the districts of Horta-Guinardó and Gràcia, to which Park Güell belongs.

Wikipedia: Parc del Carmel (CA), Website

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a religious building located on Turó d'en Mora, now Turó del Carmel, in the Carmel neighborhood of the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Santuari de la Mare de Déu del Mont Carmel (CA)

The misnamed Carmel Bunkers is a viewpoint located at the top of Turó de la Rovira, in the district of Horta-Guinardó, from which you can see all of Barcelona. The origin of this space is in the Spanish Civil War when the Republican forces installed an anti-aircraft battery to protect Barcelona from the bombings of the Italian fascist air force. Subsequently, in the 40s and 50s, a neighborhood of shacks was established around this place, which initially took advantage of the abandoned buildings occupied by the anti-aircraft battery and the rest of the facilities. Currently, it is a place that is very visited by tourists, as it provides one of the best views of the entire city of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Búnquers del Carmel (CA), Website, Heritage Website

Turó de la Rovira is a hill overlooking Barcelona with an altitude of 262m. It has been continually occupied, in one form or another, from the Iberian era to present. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) the Republican anti-air defence authority (DECA) found that the hill was the most suitable place to build its anti-aircraft battery, which was instrumental in republican efforts to defend Barcelona. Post Spanish Civil-War the then abandoned military structures were used as shelters and the shanty town of Els Canons, which survived into the ‘90s, sprung up around them. Also during this time, water tanks and communication towers were installed, some of which can still be seen to this day.

Wikipedia: Turó de la Rovira (EN)

The Parc del Guinardó is a green area that is part of the Parc dels Tres Turons, located in the upper part of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Parc del Guinardó (CA)

The Church of Sant Antoni de Padua is a church in the Font d'en Fargues neighborhood of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Església de Sant Antoni de Pàdua (Horta-Guinardó) (CA)