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Parc de la Creueta del Coll

Park in Barcelona, Spain

Parc de la Creueta del Coll{{cite web |access-date=2007-05-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070324133149/http://www.bcn.es/en/aparcat_creueta.htm |archive-date = 2007-03-24}} (, 'Park of the Corner of the Hill') is a park in the Gràcia and Horta districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was created from an abandoned quarry as part of the nou urbanisme developments during the 1992 Summer Olympics by architects Martorell, Bohigas and Mackay.{{cite book

The park contains the sculpture {{ill|Elogi de l'Aigua|ca}}, by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, a massive concrete claw suspended by steel cables above a flooded quarry.

Another steel sculpture, Escultura () by Ellsworth Kelly is near the entrance gate.

File:Looking down into Parc de la Creuta del Coll.jpg|Looking down onto the claw from the rim of the park File:Claw sculpture at Parc de la Creuta del Coll.jpg|Elogi de l'Aigua by Chillida File:Ellsworth Kelly Monolith.JPG|Totem by Kelly

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