Spain

Barcelona Port

The Port of Barcelona is covered in Large type, there's El Consorci, Honda, Frimercat and a couple more which I can't quite read. Perhaps Google Earth users will have more luck 😀 Thanks: Reven

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Friday, 11th November 2005

Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain is used for the the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix along with other motorsport events. Inaugurated in 1991, there are three different routes: the Grand Prix track (4,727m), the National track(3,067m) and the…

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Friday, 11th November 2005

Torre Agbar, Barcelona

Still under construction in the satellite photo, Torre Agbar was inaugurated by the king of Spain just a couple of months ago on the 16th September 2005. The 142m tall building houses the Barcelona Water Company and has more than…

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Thursday, 10th November 2005

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona's home stadium is called Camp Nou. It is apparently the largest capacity stadium in Europe with over 98,000 seats, although our many submitters couldn't seem to agree on the actual capacity (I could look it up myself, but…

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Wednesday, 9th November 2005

Alstom Factory, Barcelona

ALSTOM is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (including the Eurostar). I've never heard of them before but their Barcelona factory has a large example of the logo. The name is not an acronym,…

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Tuesday, 8th November 2005

Barcelona Olympic Stadium

The Barcelona Olympic Stadium was originally built in 1927 to host the 1929 Barcelona World's Fair and 1936 Olympics (or so they hoped, the Olympics went to Berlin that year). The stadium was then re-built in 1986 to host the…

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Tuesday, 8th November 2005

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