The main site of the 1992 Olympic Games

Montjuïc's Anella Olímpica (Olympic Ring) was the nerve centre of the 1992 Olympic Games. This is the place where some of the most thrilling moments of the Games took place during that magical summer when Barcelona became the world capital of sport and harmonious coexistence. The Olympic Stadium, the Palau Sant Jordi sports palace, the telecommunications tower, the headquarters of the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) or Sports University, and the Picornell swimming pools, are the major facilities in the Olympic Ring. On the other side of the stadium are the city's botanical gardens, the Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, which opened in 1999. Their collection of plants, which represents the five regions of the world with a Mediterranean climate and the subtropical vegetation of the Canary Islands, is distributed in an innovative way and grouped together in a recreation of their natural landscapes.