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[OC] Monjuïc Castle (pixelfed.crimedad.work)

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[OC] Monjuïc Castle

Yesterday, we took a funicular (not pictured, unfortunately) and a cable car up to the Monjuïc Castle fortress. It's an impressive structure with excellent views of the city and there's an active park on the surrounding grounds, but it has a dark history. On multiple occasions, its cannon have been turned on the city below to administer collective punishment for resistance to the crown in Madrid. The fortress has also been the site of numerous atrocities. Look up the Bombardment of Barcelona (1842) for example.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't help but notice the rather ugly antennas on the roof. Are they really antennas, if not what is that?

Now I have this silly image of 16th century knights in full plate armour, sitting in a half circle and watching telenovelas on a small crt TV..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Not antennae! It's a mast for hanging signals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are probably from the Spanish civil war. The fort was still used as a military facility during the war: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/castelldemontjuic/en/castle/history/castle-during-second-republic-and-civil-war

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nice picture!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I loved the funicular to get up there when i visited. What a great view. It was also neat seeing the evolution of the fortress