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Barcelona Will Commission Six New Sculptures and Install Them on the Street in 2027: Cerdà, Mercury and Caballé, Among the First

Summary by El Periódico
Barcelona plans to install six new sculptures on the street in 2027, for which the city council will convene competitions to choose the design of each one of them. The municipal government conceives it as the first operation to recover the annual acquisition and installation of several pieces to distribute in the different districts of the city. Part "with the will to convert squares and streets into an authentic open-air museum", has defined th…

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Barcelona plans to install six new sculptures on the street in 2027, for which the city council will convene competitions to choose the design of each one of them. The municipal government conceives it as the first operation to recover the annual acquisition and installation of several pieces to distribute in the different districts of the city. Part "with the will to convert squares and streets into an authentic open-air museum", has defined th…

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The streets of Barcelona will soon host a monument in homage to Freddie Mercury, the singer of the legendary English rock band Queen, and to the Barcelona-born soprano Montserrat Caballé, commemorating their duet performance of the song "Barcelona," which served as the anthem of the 1992 Olympic Games held in the Catalan capital. This artistic piece will join the already announced statue in memory of the Catalan civil engineer and urban planner …

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El Periódico broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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