35/50.- Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi

We are on Montjuïc hill, near the Olympic Stadium. At the left you can see the "Palau Sant Jordi" (12,000 seats). It was built for the 1992 Olympic Games. Here the gymnastic events took place. Now it's used in many sporting events, like basketball, indoor trial, motocross, etc. I can still remember the Summer of '92, when the first Dream Team (with Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, etc.) played ...

The Antenna is a Work of Santiago Calatrava for the Spanish Telecom. I am a Calatrava fan, but I was a bit disappointed when I found out that the Antenna is useless since it's not suitable for the purpose it was built: radio-telecommunications.

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