Catalonia
Barcelona
Ciutat Vella

Desolation

Desolation is a sculpture that was crafted by Josep Llimona in 1907, which now resides in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in .
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Wikipedia
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, Public domain.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Josep Llimona i Bruguera
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Military Parish Church of Barcelona and Barcelona Estació de França.

Church
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Railway station
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Estació de França is a major railway station in the city of in , Spain. Estació de França is the second busiest railway station of the city after Barcelona-Sants in terms of regional and long-distance ridership. is situated 430 metres southwest of Desolation.

Museum
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The Museu Picasso is an art museum in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, with a total of 4251 of his works. is situated 640 metres southwest of Desolation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Ribera and La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou.

Neighborhood
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is one of the areas of the quarter of of of .

Quarter
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or La Villa Olímpica is a neighborhood in the district of , . It was constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games which took place in Barcelona.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the district of , , . The neighborhood was built in the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the .

Desolation

Latitude
41.38765° or 41° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
2.18808° or 2° 11′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FH495QQ+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 574349837
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3815359
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Desolation” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Desconsol”
  • Catalan: “El Desconsol (còpia)”
  • Catalan: “El Desconsol”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال الخراب”
  • French: “Desconsol”
  • French: “Désolation”
  • Italian: “Desolazione”
  • Spanish: “Desconsuelo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Desolation”. Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, Public domain.