Passeig de Lluís Companys and Around

The narrow, tangled streets of Santa Caterina led me to the sprawling, straight Boulevard Luis Companis. This alley is one of the most beautiful places in the city, named after the Republican president of the province of Catalonia, executed by the Francoists in 1940 in the Montjuic fortress. The beginning of the alley is decorated with a Triumphal Arch (L'Arc de Triomf), which served as the main entrance to the 1888 World's Fair.

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The boulevard faces the building of the General Court of Catalonia (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Catalunya).

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To the right of the Arc de Triomphe is the Escola Pere Vila School, designed by Josep Goday and consisting of three buildings - side buildings for separate education of boys and girls, as was customary in pre-war Spain, with a library located between them. The buildings are connected by a colonnade gallery. Construction began in 1921 and lasted 10 years. The buildings are built in the style of rationalism and are decorated with classical elements-triangular pediments, decorative vases and bas-reliefs. There are several sculptures in the school yard. It's Christmas, the holidays, so all the windows are covered with blinds.

Opposite the school, you can see the power station building, designed in 1896 by architect Pere Falqués. Steel beams on the exterior of the facade emphasize the industrial purpose of the structure. The power plant was commissioned in 1910 and operated until 1977. Now the office of the electrical company Fecsa Endesa, which owned the power plant, is located here. The building retains the control point of the old power plant, cast-iron spiral stairs and the overhead crane of the engine room.