In the end of the Rambla, forward of the old port, the column rises with Columbus's statue on the top of it.
Lion of the Columbus column
In 1493, after Columbus had returned from his first expedition to the coast of America, he was welcomed in Barcelona by the royal couple King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Columbus has presented the report on his voyage. Later he has made three more voyages over the ocean.
The column was built to the first world's exposition in Barcelona in 1888. At the bottom it is surrounded by statues of the lions symbolizing greatness and power of the Spanish crown. It turned out that inside of a column there is a lift and it would be possible to rise upward. We will find it out too late, not until having come back home. What a pity.
Just behind the Columbus's columns we find the building of Harbour authorities.
Embankment at the old port
A modern pedestrian bridge leads directly into the sea. It is called "Sea Rambla" (Rambla del Mar).
People walk here, sit on benches or simply on the wooden deck; and in the water below shoal of fishes swims. The bridge leads to the big modern shopping centre "Maremagnum".
Barcelona is a seaside, Mediterranean city. It is particularly felt here, at water. Near the old port there is of course a new one that is equipped on the state-of-the-art.
The sea facade of Barcelona was changed during the preparations for Olympic Games of 1992.
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