Barcelona, Spain
 Barcelona is a beautiful, cosmopolitan city thanks to elements as heterogeneous as the 1992 Olympic Games, art nouveau, immigration, a very active port, disseny (graphic and industrial design), tourism, industrial development, and a wild urban layout, which penetrates the mountain and the sea. The imaginative and peculiar art nouveau designs created by Antonio Gaud’ have become emblems of the city, like the houses of Mil‡, Batll—, and Vicens, the GŸell Park, and the church of Sagrada Familia, a huge religious project which was abandoned in 1926, and recently taken up again, becoming one of the most visited spots in town. The splendour of medieval Barcelona can still be seen at the Gothic Quarter, and the Historic Quarter (Ciutat Vella). The city's administrative and historic centre is Sant Jaume square, located in the same spot where the Roman forum used to be. This square presently houses the City Hall, and the Catalan Generalitat. However, the greatest expansion of the city is contained in the area where the Olympic facilities were built. This expansion modernised the urban beaches, created a new marina that is now a very popular night spot, and gave a second chance to the industrial area of Poble Nou, which is now the site of the Olympic Village.
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