Palais des sports de Barcelone

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Le palais des sports de Barcelone (espagnol : Palacio de los Deportes de Barcelona ; catalan : Palau dels Esports) est une salle couverte polyvalente appartenant à la municipalité de Barcelone, en Espagne. Elle est située dans la rue Lleida, au pied du Montjuïc.

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Palau dels Esports de Barcelona

The Palau dels Esports de Barcelona is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on Lleida Street on the slopes of Montjuïc, a hill to the south east of the city centre. The arena is able to host competitions of any indoor sport. In 2000 it was adapted to better accommodate theatre and musical shows and given a new name: Barcelona Teatre Musical. The seating capacity was reduced from 8,000 to 3,500, but comfort and the acoustic quality were enhanced.

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Institut del Teatre

The Theatre Institute of Barcelona is a public institution dedicated to training in the performing arts, classical dance, contemporary and Spanish as well as in theater, film, choreography, etc. It was created in 1913 in Barcelona by Adrià Gual. It belongs to the Province of Barcelona and aims to teaching the performing arts, the organization of congresses, conferences, exhibitions, and research of any form of performing arts. It is currently led by Jordi Font.

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Teatre Lliure

The Teatre Lliure is a theatre in Barcelona, Spain, considered one of the most prestigious in Catalonia.

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The Four Columns

The Four Columns are four Ionic columns originally created by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. They were erected in 1919, where the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc now stands. They symbolized the four stripes of the Catalan senyera, and they were intended to become one of the main icons of Catalanism. Because of this, they were demolished in 1928 during Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, when all public Catalanist symbols were systematically removed in order to avoid their being noticed during the 1929 Universal Exposition, which was to take place on Montjuïc. The 4 columns were restored in December 2010, eighty-two years after their destruction, after a long campaign promoted by the Network of Civic and Cultural Entities of the Catalan Countries. Moreover, for similar political reasons, Poble Espanyol on the same hill is the name given to the open-air museum formerly proposed to be named Iberona – in homage to the Iberians, the first inhabitants of what is now Catalonia, Spain. Analogously the nearby Plaça d'Espanya is also similarly named. In 1999, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona commissioned the renowned Valencian sculptor Andreu Alfaro to create four similar columns for its Bellaterra Campus. In contrast to the original columns which were 20m high, these spiral up, 25 to 40 metres in height, in red granite.

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Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a fountain located at the head of Avinguda Maria Cristina in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fountain is situated below the Palau Nacional on the Montjuïc mountain and near the Plaça d'Espanya and Poble Espanyol de Barcelona. The fountain, like most of the surrounding developments, was constructed for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. The fountain sprays 700 gallons of water a second through 3620 jets to create its effect. The highest water spout is 170 feet.

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Le site accueille les épreuves de gymnastique rythmique et la phase préliminaire du tournoi de volley-ball des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1992. Cependant, cela s'avère être son chant du cygne sportif et, à partir du milieu des années 1990, il se concentre sur l'accueil de spectacles dramatiques, musicaux et comiques. La candidature préliminaire de Barcelone-Pirineos pour les Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2022, finalement rejetée, prévoyait d'organiser les épreuves de curling au palais des sports de Barcelone.

Événements notables

Le palais des sports de Barcelone a accueilli plusieurs événements sportifs notables :

1955 : Jeux méditerranéens ; Coupe d'Europe des clubs champions de basket-ball 1968-1969 ; 1960 : Coupe d'Espagne masculine de rink hockey ; 1973 : Championnat d'Europe masculin de basket-ball ; 2000 : Combat de boxe entre José María Guerrero Torvisco et Rafael Arias ; 2000 : Combat de boxe entre Manuel Calvo Villahoz y Juan Polo, pour le titre transcontinental des poids-plume (TWBA).