Montjuic Castle

Castell de Montjuïc | Montjuic Castle

This majestic castle sits on the highest point in Barcelona and therefor was one of the first things we could see when drove into Barcelona on September 1st. The Castle was the site of the 1992 Summer Olympics which revitalized the city, spurring the economy and national pride. Montjuic Castle was also one of the sites that was used to measure and calculate the distance between the North Pole and Equator. Which was then used the calculate the length of the Internationally used and accepted meter.