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Barcelona del pendent i prop del mar 巴塞羅那——上山下海篇

Right by the sea of Barcelona lies the hill of Montjuïc, which can be easily spotted from mid-air on the plane. 巴塞羅那海邊有座小山,名為蒙錐山(Montjuïc),從飛機上望過去很是突出。 Montjuïc is not more than another place or tourist spot of Barcelona. It’s the place that supplies a lot of the stones used for construction works, from the lowly homes to the holy La Sagrada Família cathedral. 蒙錐山對巴塞羅那有多重要?先說巴塞羅那的建築,不論是高廸設計的 聖家大教堂 (La Sagrada Família),或是其他樓房,材料往往用得上取自蒙錐山的石。 It’s also a militarily strategic location as it commands a totally unobstructed view of the port at the foot of the hill. The castle at the summit of the hill (Castell de Montjuïc) was originally built for this purpose, but it was also the site where political dissidents had their lives ended under the various regimes in history. Now the castle is turned into a military museum (Museu Militar). 此山屹立於海濱,港口盡收眼底,保衛海港的軍事要塞,位置不用作他選了,所以山頂便建了座堡壘(Castell de Montjuïc)。堡壘有過一段不光采的歷史,曾是歷年來處決政治異己之地,不過現在已成為軍事博物館(Museu Militar)。 The