Parc de Montjuïc
Montjuïc—today the Parc de Montjuïc—gets its name from “Jewish Mountain,” a meaning carried in medieval Latin and Catalan, and still reflected in the remains of a medieval Jewish cemetery on the hill. This is not just a landscape detail: the hill’s strategic position between the Mediterranean Sea and the Llobregat River made it central from the earliest formation of Barcelona, described here as the city’s birthplace. Over time, Montjuïc accumulated power and punishment. Fortifications took hold there, including the Castle of Montjuïc, with roots in the 17th century, and the area later became associated with political imprisonments and executions, with added weight during the Spanish Civil War. In the 20th century, the hill shifted again in purpose. …
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