The elegant Palau Nacional (National Palace) is a gorgeous construction built for the World’s Fair in 1929. This famous palace of Barcelona is located on the Montaña de Montjuic (Montjuic hill) and it was renovated for the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992.

The Palau Nacional houses the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya – MNAC (Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña / National Museum of Catalonia) created in 1990. The museum has a beautiful and valuable art collection and is divided into several sections: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern, Drawings and Prints, Numismatics and Photography. It also houses an important Art History Library.