PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA - CHRONOLOGY

By Raúl Fragoso

  • The construction of the building begins.

  • Finishes the construction of the building.

  • Executions.

    Executions of citizens of Barcelona carried out in the Ciutadella glaciers in June 1809, the result of the repression by French troops in Catalonia

  • Demolition of the citadel.

    General Joan Prim obtained a law that ordered the overthrow of the Citadel, its conversion into a park and its transfer to the city. Three buildings were not demolished: the governor's palace, the church and the arsenal.

  • Universal Exhibition of Barcelona.

    It was held in the park space of the old Ciutadella.

  • Palau reial.

    The old arsenal is transformed into Palau reial.

  • It became...

    It became the Museu Municipal d'art.

  • New feature.

    The president decides to give a new function to the Palau reial.

  • Franco.

    The Great Franco General turned the Palau del parlament into a barracks.

  • Museu d'art modern.

    Becomes the museum of art modern.

  • The Parlament.

    The palace is restored and again becomes the Parlament.