The (; "Joan Miró Park") is a
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
located in the
Eixample
The Eixample (, ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at ...
of
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 ...
, near the
Plaça d'Espanya, from which it is separated by the Les Arenes bullring (which is now a shopping center). The name of the park is in recognition of the surrealist painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , ; ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and Ceramic art, ceramist. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona ...
.
History
It was formerly known as ''Parc de l'Escorxador'' ("Slaughterhouse Park"), because the old municipal slaughterhouse was located on its land. The project was the work of architects Antoni Solanas, Màrius Quintana, Beth Galí and Andreu Arriola, and was inaugurated on May 12, 1983. In 2006, a remodeling was carried out by Beth Galí, Jaume Benavent, Andrés Rodríguez and Rüdiger Würth, in which an underground parking lot and water tank were built, and the roof was adapted as a green area.
[ Sánchez Vidiella, Àlex; Zamora Mola, Francesc (2011). Paisatgisme urbà. Barcelona (en catalán). Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-9850-355-5, p. 46] The most prominent element of the park is the sculpture by Joan Miró, titled ''
Dona i Ocell
(, "Woman and Bird") is a 22-metre high sculpture by Joan Miró located in the '' Parc de Joan Miró'' park, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. The sculpture is p ...
'' (Woman and Bird).
Further reading
* Viladevall-Palaus, Ignasi (2004). «Cincuenta parques, más dos». Cuadernos Cívicos La Vanguardia (Barcelona: La Vanguardia Ediciones) (3).
References
External links
Parc de Joan Miró (official website of Barcelona)Parc de Joan Miró: From Slaughterhouse to Green Space
Parks in Barcelona
Eixample
Tourist attractions in Barcelona
Buildings and structures completed in 1983
Joan Miró
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