Anella Olímpica (; ) is an Olympic Park located on the hill of Montjuïc,

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, that was the main site for the

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Facilities

The major facilities consist of the

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, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower designed by

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, the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) and the Picornell swimming pools. The Joan Antoni Samarach Olympic and Sports Museum is also located in the Olympic Ring. The main promenade is located uphill, midway to the Montjuïc Castle. The complex includes the main baseball field opposite the swimming pools. Surrounding areas were grass covered, and green plastic obscured the view of the near Montjuïc Cemetery. This last move showed some opposition, as can be viewed as unnatural. The original plan was designed around the main square, Plaça d'Europa and the

. Rational and minimal, it is linked to water through pools and a transversal canal. The communications tower echoed at first the tubular lamps dispersed in the "Anella" and (again) an ensemble of concrete and steel tubes, the elegant sculpture near Isozaki Arata's Palau Sant Jordi. But then, the architect

lost a project in the city in the last minute and was commissioned weeks later to re-design the tower, now more futuristic, but maybe damaging the purity of the design.

References

1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 153–208. Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Parks Olympic International Broadcast Centres Sports venues in Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc {{catalonia-sports-venue-stub