Parc de la Creueta del Coll
- Parc de la Creueta del Coll
Parc de la Creueta del Coll [cite web
title=A visit to the Parc de la Creueta del Coll
url=http://www.bcn.es/en/aparcat_creueta.htm
date=2006-07-03
accessdate=2007-05-11] is a park in the Gràcia and Horta districts of Barcelona, Spain. The park was created from an abandoned quarry as part of the "nou urbanisme" developments during the Olympics by architects Martorell and Mackay. [cite book
title=The Rough Guide to Barcelona
publisher=Rough Guides
edition=7th
date=2006
isbn=1-84353-681-1] Today it's distinctly run-down and scruffy.
The park contains the scultpture 'Elogio del Agua', by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, a massive concrete claw suspended by steel cables above a flooded quarry.
Another steel sculpture, 'Escultura' by Ellsworth Kelly is near the entrance gate.
References
* cite web
url=http://www.spaindev.pomona.edu/barcelona/chillida.html
title=Eduardo Chillida's "Elogio de Agua"
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