Turned to the sea

Olympic games, that occured in Barcelona in 1992, made it to remember, that it's already 4000 years as city settled near Mediterranean sea. Till when, Barcelona, was like turned around from the sea. City from the sea was separated by some industrial facilities. While preparing for olympic games, Barcelona cleared away from these industrial facilities near the port in the city center, and to create open space, which is now called Barcelonas gate to the world. Barcelona port is divided into old one, near Columbus statue, and the new one. Before olympic games old part of the port was unrecognizably modernized and transformed by all the newest technologies. Part of the old port during Barcelona olympic game became as an olympic village.

39 thousand square meters "Maremagnum" shapping mall has water all around it. Wide modern design wooden bridge leads to the shopping mall. "Maremagnum shopping mall, one of the most favourite places in Barcelona. It's not only modern shopping mall with wide range of shops, but with pubs, cafes in open terraces with amazing views to Barcelona port and Mediterranean sea. This kind of centre - not the only one gift from olympic games to Barcelona. In the old part of the port there's aquarium, there's collected about 4000 spiecies of Mediterranean sea plants and animals. The most famous aquarium exhibits - sharks, which ones, while flying around, from all the sides you can see while walking through huge glass tunnel.

Barcelona olympic games was recognized as one of the most modern. Objects, built for the games in the old part of the port, was transformed into shopping malls, insurance companies offices, Sea houses, modern stereo cinema halls, for yachts, cruise ships accept designed quays. Olympic games not only made to remember, that city center near sea must belong for city residents and tourists, but change Barcelonians approach to leisure time and rest near the sea. It's hard to believe, that 3 million people city achievement is considered to be the fact, that after olympic games it's beaches widened till 5 kilometers.