Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

This guide to the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc in Barcelona follows engineer Carles Buigas, who pitched a colossal, untested spectacle of water, light and music with barely a year before the 1929 International Exposition. Over three thousand workers swarmed this slope laying pipes and wiring lamps to make it possible in time. Stand back from the basin for the widest view of the jets as they rise.