67. La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou (Sant Martí) (Barcelona) | olympic venue, neighbourhood

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A tour of the Olympic Village enables us to discover this new neighbourhood of Barcelona, an extremely important part of the works of the Olympic programme. We begin our walk at the Plaça dels Voluntaris, in front of which there stand the two towers which, with their original architecture, give the neighbourhood its own character. One of the towers is the Hotel Arts, the work of the architects Bruce Graham and Frank O. Gehry, with 44 floors and 456 bedrooms; the other is the Mapfre Tower, designed by Iñigo Ortiz and Enrique de León, an office building with a commercial centre on the ground floor...
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Coordinates:   41°23'24"N   2°11'49"E
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