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464: 680: 398: 316: 384:. The building was too small to house the art museum, so two side wings were built with the same materials as the original building in 1915. The façades of the extensions are decorated with busts of notable Catalan artists and people associated with Catalan art. The area in front of the palace, originally the Ciutadella's parade ground, was converted into a garden in 1927. It includes a pond with a copy of the sculpture 36: 376:
was responsible for the alterations the building, which included opening three balconies at the first floor and the decoration of the entire façade. The central part of the façade was also increased in height, and was decorated with a stone escutcheon relocated from the Porta del Socors, one of the
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After the Ciutadella was demolished in the mid-19th century, the building was used for various purposes, including a barracks, a royal palace and an art museum. The palace was the meeting place of the Parliament of Catalonia from 1932 to 1939, when it was dissolved during the
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The palace is built in the form of a cross, with a dome at the centre and four courtyards. The building has two floors and an attic, having an area of 5,532 m (59,550 sq ft). It is built out of
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on 14 October 1932. The building was renovated by the decorator Santiago Marco, and the inaugural session was held on 6 December 1932. After Barcelona
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The present parliament chamber was originally designed by Falqués as the Saló del Tron, the palace's Throne Room.
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In 1889, Barcelona's city council agreed to convert the former arsenal into a Royal Palace. The architect
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continued to occupy part of the palace until September 2004, when its collections were moved to the
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The Barcelona city council ceded the palace to become the seat of the
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The fortifications of the Ciutadella were demolished following the
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was placed on the main façade over the coat of arms of the arms of
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After democracy returned to Spain following the death of dictator
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Arsenal
palace
Historicist
Neoclassical
Barcelona
Catalonia
Spain
Parc de la Ciutadella
Coordinates
41°23′17″N 2°11′20″E / 41.38806°N 2.18889°E / 41.38806; 2.18889
Parliament of Catalonia
Generalitat de Catalunya
Montjuïc
Jorge Próspero de Verboom
Spanish
Parliament of Catalonia
Barcelona
arsenal
Ciutadella
Jorge Próspero de Verboom
Spanish Civil War
re-establishment of Parliament in 1980
National Day of Catalonia
Generalitat de Catalunya
Philip V

arsenal
Ciutadella
star fort

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