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Barcelona packs 1,686,208 people into 101.4 km², and that density is legible in the street plan. The Barri Gòtic still follows the Roman grid; everything above it is the Eixample, Ildefons Cerdà's nineteenth-century extension of octagonal blocks with their corners cut away for visibility, which is why so many junctions here open out into small squares. The Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner buildings scattered through that grid carry UNESCO listings. The beach is newer than any of it: three kilometres of it were made when the industrial sea-front was cleared for the 1992 Olympics. The urban area beyond the municipality holds around 4,840,000 people.
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The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya occupies the Palau Nacional, the domed building that stands at the head of Montjuïc above Plaça Espanya. The palace was not built as a museum.
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Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.
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