With an extension of more than 17 hectares, the park represents one of the main green lungs of the city and an oasis of tranquility. The lower area of the park is occupied by the Zoological Park of Barcelona.
✔ The monumental waterfall, also known as the Great Cascade, a huge architectural and sculptural set with fountains and faucets designed by Josep Fontseré in 1875 and inaugurated in 1881.
✔ The buildings that remain of the old fortress: the military arsenal, now the seat of the Parliament of Catalonia, the governor's palace and the chapel.
✔ The buildings built on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1888: Castle of the Three Dragons, headquarters of the Geology and Zoology collections of the Museum of Natural Sciences, the Umbraculum , the Hothouse.
✔ The lake, where you can sail in small rowboats.