Desolation

Desolation is a work of art in , , . Desolation is situated nearby to the square , as well as near the government office .
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Military Parish Church of Barcelona and Picasso Museum.

Church
Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Theater building
Photo: Doomuu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a concert hall in , , . Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença. is situated 1 km west of Desolation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Ribera and Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the areas of the quarter of of of .

Quarter
Photo: 1997, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in the district of , . It is formed by the former neighborhoods of , Santa Caterina and .

Quarter
Photo: Francesc 2000, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Desolation

Latitude
41.38765° or 41° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
2.18808° or 2° 11′ 17″ east
Inception
December 22nd, 1917
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
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Desolation” goes by many names.

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