List Of Tallest Buildings In Barcelona
Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second biggest city in Spain and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union, still remains a city without many tall structures, partly due to the protected status of most of its central area — Eixample.
Even so, 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 Olympic games were held in Barcelona.
Generally, Barcelona area are a few clusters of skyscrapers (outside the historic city center): Diagonal Mar (nearly twenty skyscrapers), Gran Via (Barcelona) (about fifteen skyscrapers), around Plaça d'Espanya (a few skyscrapers) and Eix Macià (a few skyscrapers). The rest of skyscrapers is scattered on the whole city.
Barcelona and its metropolitan area has about 15 skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft) and more than 40 skyscrapers between 70 m (230 ft) and 100 m (328 ft), a total of about 60 skyscrapers above 70 m (230 ft). As for the number of skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft), Barcelona has a 4th place in the European Union. When it comes to use it most skyscrapers is the office buildings and hotels.
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