Castillo de Montjuic

Today: Castillo de Montjuic, Barcelona

Place: Barcelona
Kind: Fort
Built: 1751 to 1799
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The fortress on Montjuïc hill, which began in 1640 as an earth fort during the revolt against Philip IV and became a castle in 1694. In 1751 the engineer Juan Martín Cermeño had the old fort pulled down and gave the complex its shape, with cisterns and a moat, and the works of 1779 to 1799 gave it its present form. It was a military prison until 1960 and is now run by the city council; the Montjuïc cable car rises near its entrance.

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