BARCELONA’S URBAN RENEWAL

Barcelona is the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid

Barcelona is recognized as a Global City due to its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism

In 1992 the Olympic Games were celebrated in this city. This happening made in the city a lot of changes. The main change in the city was the construction of many sport facilities like stadiums and fields. This thing happened because the city had to create the conditions to adapt itself to the event.

Constructions that were modified because of the games

The Royal Palace Olympic Stadium of Montjuic

Velodrom D’Horta

Benefits to Barcelona from this Games

We could say that this transformation resulted in a significant change in the city of Barcelona as it appeared new infrastructure and also built new. The most important of all, this event is that citizens can enjoy all this transformation