Parc de l'Espanya Industrial
Sunken lakeside park on a former textile mill, guarded by a giant iron dragon slide.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Parc de l'Espanya Industrial in Barcelona traces the neighborhood fight that shaped it, from the 1969 closure of the old cotton mill on this site through a decade of protest by the people of Sants against plans for high-rise towers. You'll hear how architects Francesc Rius and Luis Pena Ganchegui answered with a sunken lake and terraced concrete, and how sculptor Andres Nagel added the iron dragon that arches across the water. Look for the small statue of Neptune rising from the lake at its edge.
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