Saturday 10th October - Parc de la Ciutadella

After the War of the Spanish Succession ended in 1714, a large fort was constructed on this site to keep the city in line.
The fortress was demolished in 1869 and redesigned as a park containing a zoo, a boating lake, gardens and a large fountain. We didn't go down to the far end where the zoo and boating lake are but the fountain is quite fantastic.
Gaudi who was just a young lad at the time had a hand in helping to design some of this fountain and the square lines that he wanted are also currently being built into the Sagrada Familia in his honour.
There were lots of people wandering around this park and the sun was very hot and