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Montjuïc Castle is located in the highest part of the mountain, and thanks to the documentation kept and practiced various excavations, we know that has been inhabited more or less continuously since prehistoric times until the day of 'today. The various interventions that have been carried out with a chronology from the Mesolithic to medieval times, can trace a journey through the history of the mountain without castle.
Before the castle at the top of Montjuic was a lookout tower or Farell, documented in 1073. This "ISPO Farell" as he appears mentioned, was inhabited by a sailor who had the role of caretaker and had to mission warn the city in case of arrival of ships hostile to the coast, through a system of candles during the day and fireworks at night. It is unknown, however, the structure or the size of the original building.
The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was initiated as a result of contesting the will of Charles II died childless directly by Austria with support from Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal. In his last wishes, Charles II appointed new king of Spain Felipe de Bourbon, Duc d'Anjou, Philip V. inaugurated as Austria, however, claimed succession rights to Archduke Charles, who proclaimed as Charles III.
Not until the second third of the nineteenth century, between 1833 and 1843, which Montjuic acquire a new role in the historical context of the Barcelona liberal and revolutionary.
With the advent of the Republic, the new city council insisted the government in the transfer of the Castle. Arose several options on what to do: from demolition to the location of the new Parliament of Catalonia or against the war museum.
Franco's troops occupied Barcelona on 26 January 1939 with the 105th Division of the Body of the Moroccan army at the forefront and soon enter the castle. Thus, the castle became part of the national side and became a provisional basis rather than concentration, with thousands of captured soldiers, who were later transferred to the concentration camp of Horta.
After long disputes, a ministerial order of 27 April 2007 amended the transfer of Montjuïc Castle to Barcelona City Council and, after several negotiations, finally returned to the city as a municipal facility and therefore as the property of all citizens.
Montjuïc Castle, as it has come to today is largely a result of the reform of the military engineer Juan Martin Cermeño (1699 / 1700-1773), designed in 1751 and executed between 1753 and 1779. This improvement which aimed to complete the defensive structure of the fortress, involved the demolition of part of the old castle, maintaining the improvements made at time of viceroy Velasco at the end of s. XVII, and the realization of new buildings on an irregular trapezoidal adapted to the topography of the mountain, with four bastions in the ends of the pit Santa Eulalia and a road covered perimeter.
The location of the Castle at the top of the mountain of Montjuïc, visitors can enjoy superb views of Barcelona and its surroundings. Thus the terrace courtyard becomes a viewpoint 360 overlooking the city, the port, the Mediterranean, the Barcelona coast and Lower Llobregat.

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