Venetian Towers
The Venetian Towers is the popular name for a pair of towers on Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina at its junction with Plaça d'Espanya in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barcelona Pavilion and National Art Museum of Catalonia.
Barcelona Pavilion
Photo: Ashley Pomeroy, CC BY 3.0.
The Barcelona Pavilion is a structure designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich. It was originally built as the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona Pavilion is situated 390 metres south of Venetian Towers.
National Art Museum of Catalonia
Museum
Photo: MARIA ROSA FERRE ✿, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, near Pl Espanya, the museum is especially… National Art Museum of Catalonia is situated 700 metres southeast of Venetian Towers.
CaixaForum Barcelona
Museum
Photo: amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
CaixaForum Barcelona is a cultural center in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Located in the Montjuïc area in a former Modernist textile factory designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, it is owned by the not-for-profit banking foundation "la Caixa". CaixaForum Barcelona is situated 300 metres south of Venetian Towers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Font de la Guatlla and Hostafrancs.
La Font de la Guatlla
Neighborhood
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La Font de la Guatlla is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia.
Hostafrancs
Neighborhood
Photo: Joan Gil, Public domain.
Hostafrancs is a neighbourhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally the land of the neighbourhood belonged to the former municipality of Santa Maria de Sants, the current district.
El Poble-sec
Quarter
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El Poble-sec is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia. The neighborhood is located between Montjuïc mountain and the Avinguda del Paral·lel.
Venetian Towers
- Type: Building
- Description: two towers in Barcelona, Spain
- Categories: tower and historic site
- Location: Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.3741° or 41° 22′ 27″ northLongitude
2.14997° or 2° 8′ 60″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Height
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
8FH494FX+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 305825435OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Venetian Towers” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبراج البندقية”
- Basque: “Veneziar dorreak”
- Catalan: “Torres Venecianes”
- Dutch: “Venetiaanse torens”
- French: “tours Vénitiennes”
- French: “Tours Vénitiennes”
- Hebrew: “המגדלים הוונציאניים”
- Italian: “Torri Veneziane”
- Portuguese: “Torres venecianas”
- Russian: “Венецианские башни”
- Spanish: “Torres venecianas”
- Spanish: “Torres Venecianas”
- Swedish: “Torres Venecianes”
- Swedish: “Venetianska tornen”
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