Catalunya en Miniatura

41°21′32″N 1°59′9″E / 41.35889°N 1.98583°E / 41.35889; 1.98583

Model of the Sagrada Família temple at Catalunya en Miniatura

Catalunya en Miniatura (Catalan pronunciation: [kətəˈluɲə əm mini.əˈtuɾə], in English "Catalonia in miniature") is a miniature park inaugurated in 1983 in Torrelles de Llobregat, 17 km (11 mi) from Barcelona. The park is 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft), 35,000 m2 (380,000 sq ft) of them devoted to the scale models, it is one of the largest miniature parks in the world,[1] and the largest of the 14 miniature building exhibitions present in Europe.[2] It displays 147 models of palaces, churches, bridges and other buildings from Catalonia and Mallorca and it includes all the major works by the renowned architect Antoni Gaudí.

  1. ^ La Vanguardia, 19/05/1999, De la Cataluña real a otra más mágica y diminuta que da nombre a un bello cuento: "Catalunya en miniatura" (in Spanish)
  2. ^ eldiariomontanes.es, 06.10.2007, DE RUTA POR... CATALUÑA. Turismo diminuto (in Spanish)