The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc () is a sports venue situated in the Olympic Ring in

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. The venue consists of two swimming pools: a pool for diving and a 25m outdoor pool. It hosted the

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events and the

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preliminaries for the

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. The location of the venue on a slope of the

Montjuïc Montjuïc () is a hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Montjuïc or Montjuich, meaning "Jewish Mountain" in medieval Latin and Catalan, is a broad, shallow hill in Barcelona with a rich history. It was the birthplace of the city, and its st ...

hill gives a panoramic view of the city of Barcelona. The swimming pools are open to the public during the summer.

History

The venue, that used to consist of a single 50m pool, was opened in 1929 and refurbished to host the swimming events for the

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. In 1990, refurbishment works began for the 1992 Olympics: the two current pools were built and temporary grandstands were installed, boosting the capacity to 6,500 spectators. In 2003, the venue hosted the diving events of the

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. It played the same role for the

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's 2003 single, " Slow", taken from the album ''

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'', was filmed at Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in August of that year, directed by

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. In 2016,

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used Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc for their 'Dive' commercial for the

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. In 2018,

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shot the adult video 'Speedo cleptomaniac' at Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc for XConfessions. In 2024,

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shot a music video at the venue for her single, "

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", taken from the album ''

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''.

References

1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 185–8. Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Montjuic Sports venues in Barcelona Olympic diving venues Olympic water polo venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub

History

See also

References