Barcelona is a generous city when it comes to the number of public spaces it has, inviting inhabitantsand visitors to contemplate a rich outdoor universal heritage. From the oldest part of'the city - with its scattered Roman remains and a fabric of mediaeval thoroughParesand unexpected squares - to the more modern districts of the Olympic Port and Diagonal Mar. Between the two chronological extremes lies an entire city that has grown at the speed marked by history: the Eixample on the outskirts of the city, the annexing of neighbouring towns, the districts that welcomed immigrants, the Olympic areas…

THE END OF A CENTURY, THE BEGINNING OF A CENTURY

The 1888 Exhibition

THE ERA OF THE 1929 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

The First Third of the 2oth Century

FROM IDEOLOGICAL SCULPTURE TO NEW FORMS

The period of Francoist "Desarrollismo"

A CITY RENOVATED BY ARCHITECTURE, ART AND DESIGN

The Return of Democratically Elected City Councils

OLYMPIC FERVOUR

The City of the Olympic Games

NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CLOSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Between Continuity and New Projects

PLACE MAP

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES

CATALOGUE OF WORKS

BIBLIOGRAPHY