Passing The Baton
A sculpture commemorating the passing of the Olympic Games from Soeul in 1998 to Barcelona in 1992, which sits across the road from the main Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.
The Barcelona Olympic area was originally meant for the 1936 ‘People’s Games’, which were due to held as an alternative to the Berlin Games held by the Nazis that year.
Those games were cancelled when Civil War kicked off, but the games were eventually returned to the city in 1992.
The Olympic are – or Olympic Ring – is made up of the main athletics stadium as well as the swimming pool and the Palau Sant Jordi arena and a huge open plaza in the middle.
Passing The Baton
A sculpture commemorating the passing of the Olympic Games from Soeul in 1998 to Barcelona in 1992, which sits across the road from the main Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.
The Barcelona Olympic area was originally meant for the 1936 ‘People’s Games’, which were due to held as an alternative to the Berlin Games held by the Nazis that year.
Those games were cancelled when Civil War kicked off, but the games were eventually returned to the city in 1992.
The Olympic are – or Olympic Ring – is made up of the main athletics stadium as well as the swimming pool and the Palau Sant Jordi arena and a huge open plaza in the middle.