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Sants-Montjuic

Sants-Montjuic is an administrative district of Barcelona combining the former industrial town of Sants with the Montjuic hill, the site of the 1929 International Exposition and of several national museums.

Type
district
Status
An official administrative unit with a defined boundary.

The district joins two very different things: the dense former town of Sants and the largely open hill of Montjuic, which carries the 1929 exposition buildings, the port's western flank and most of the city's museums of national scope.

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What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Museums & galleries4
  • Parks & gardens3
  • Markets1
  • Nightlife1
  • Architecture & design1

Places in Sants-Montjuic

Museums & galleries

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Sants-Montjuic

The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya occupies the Palau Nacional on Montjuic, built for the 1929 International Exposition, and holds the national collection of Catalan art including a major group of Romanesque church paintings.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Museums & galleries

Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya

Sants-Montjuic

The Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya on Montjuic holds archaeological collections from Catalonia, from prehistory to the Visigothic period, in a pavilion built for the 1929 International Exposition.

Museums & galleries

Museu Etnologic i de Cultures del Mon

Sants-Montjuic

The Museu Etnologic i de Cultures del Mon on Montjuic holds Barcelona's ethnological collections, presenting material culture from Catalonia and from communities across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Parks & gardens

Jardi Botanic de Barcelona

Sants-Montjuic

The Jardi Botanic de Barcelona occupies a terraced slope on Montjuic and is planted by Mediterranean-climate region, grouping species from Catalonia, California, Chile, South Africa and Australia.

Parks & gardens

Parc de l'Espanya Industrial

Sants-Montjuic

Parc de l'Espanya Industrial is a public park beside Sants station in Barcelona, built in the 1980s on the site of a former textile factory and laid out around a boating lake and a row of watchtower-like structures.

Parks & gardens

Jardins del Teatre Grec

Sants-Montjuic

The Jardins del Teatre Grec are terraced gardens on Montjuic surrounding the open-air Greek theatre built into a former quarry for the 1929 International Exposition.

Markets

Mercat de Sants

Sants-Montjuic

Mercat de Sants is a municipal market in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona, trading since 1913 and refurbished in 2013 within its original iron structure.

Nightlife

Quimet & Quimet

Sants-Montjuic

Quimet & Quimet is a small standing bar on Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes in Barcelona's Poble-sec, run by the same family since 1914 and lined floor to ceiling with bottles.

Architecture & design

Graner

Sants-Montjuic

Graner is a creation factory in la Marina de Port, Barcelona, listed on the register of cultural facilities maintained by Barcelona's Institute of Culture.

Museums & galleries

CaixaForum

Sants-Montjuic

CaixaForum is an exhibition centre in la Font de la Guatlla, Barcelona, listed on the register of cultural facilities maintained by Barcelona's Institute of Culture.

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