The Fountain of Beauty
The Fountain of Beauty is a work of art in Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia. The Fountain of Beauty is situated nearby to the square Plaça de Dante, as well as near the sports venue Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc.Photo: Kippelboy, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
Photo: Ritabarrachina, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Also known as: “Font la Bellesa” and “La bellesa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc and Parc de Montjuïc.
Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Sports venue
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc is a sports venue situated in the Olympic Ring in Barcelona. The venue consists of two swimming pools: a pool for diving and a 25m outdoor pool.
Parc de Montjuïc
Railway station
Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parc de Montjuïc is the upper station of the Funicular de Montjuïc, which is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona as part of the Barcelona Metro. Parc de Montjuïc is situated 170 metres west of The Fountain of Beauty.
Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys
Stadium
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia. Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys is situated 1 km southwest of The Fountain of Beauty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Poble-sec and Sant Antoni.
El Poble-sec
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sant Antoni
Quarter
Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sant Antoni is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia. Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest and most popular in the city, especially with the secondhand book stalls that surround the building Sunday mornings.
The Fountain of Beauty
- Categories: fountain, sculpture, body of water, tourism, historic site, memorial, and pond
- Location: Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.36874° or 41° 22′ 7″ northLongitude
2.16502° or 2° 9′ 54″ eastInception
1925Open location code
8FH49598+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 157682618OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q26884243
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“The Fountain of Beauty” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “font de la Bellesa”
- Catalan: “Font de la Bellesa”
- Catalan: “La bellesa (Josep Llimona)”
- Catalan: “La bellesa”
- Italian: “Fonte della Bellezza”
- Spanish: “Fuente de la Belleza”
- Turkish: “Font la Bellesa”
- Turkish: “La Bellesa Çeşmesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaça de Dante and Montjuïc.
Nearby Places
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