Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

as the capital of

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, the second biggest city in

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and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union, is a city with one of the largest number of skyscrapers in Europe. The recent trend in architecture in recent years has been promoting the construction of high-rise buildings as part of a wider modernisation plan that has been taking place since 1992, the year the

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were held in Barcelona. Most of the skyscrapers in Barcelona were built in the 70s, 90s, and after 2002. Barcelona has a few clusters of skyscrapers (outside the historic city center): Diagonal Mar (nearly twenty skyscrapers), Gran Via (about fifteen skyscrapers), around Plaça d'Espanya (a few skyscrapers) and Eix Macià (a few skyscrapers). The other skyscrapers are scattered about the city. Barcelona and its metropolitan area has about 15 skyscrapers above and more than 40 skyscrapers between and , a total of about 60 skyscrapers above . As for the number of skyscrapers above , Barcelona has a 7th place in the European Union. When it comes to use, most skyscrapers is the office buildings and hotels.

Tallest buildings

The list includes buildings (above ) in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area. *list not full

Tallest under construction - approved and proposed

Gallery

Tallest structures

Tall structures of unknown height: * Onde Cero Radio Mast. Guyed mast used by "Onde Cero" for broadcasting on 540 kHz ()

Sources and external links

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SkyscraperPage SkyscraperPage is a website for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts that tracks existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world. The site is owned by Skyscraper Source Media, a supplier of skyscraper diagrams for the publication, marketing, a ...

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Fira Towers in progress. Photos and architectural review by a+t architecture publishers

References

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