Parc de la Guineueta, Public park in Nou Barris, Barcelona, Spain.
Parc de la Guineueta is a public park in Nou Barris that stretches linearly between residential blocks with two parallel main paths. These paths connect through a small wooded section and lead to sports facilities situated on higher ground.
The park was established in 1971, transforming a former ravine into recreational space for the neighborhood. Its design was overseen by Joaquim Casamor, who directed Barcelona's Parks and Gardens department at that time.
The park contains a monument to Blas Infante with eight columns representing Andalusian provinces, funded by Barcelona's Andalusian Center in 1982.
The park runs linearly between the Guineueta and Verdun housing blocks on land that was once a ravine. Two parallel paths link the lower garden area, with its lake, to the upper section facing the Ronda de Dalt, where the football pitch and sports facilities are; a small landscaped grove lies between the paths. The grounds also hold a bar, picnic areas, a children's playground, petanque courts, table-tennis tables, a dog area and the IES La Guineueta secondary school.
The Guineu sculpture by Julià Riu i Serra, the park's main monument, stands beside the lake. Its title uses the singular guineu, a fox, while the park's name derives from the masia Can Guineueta, where the Catalan diminutive -eta makes it 'little fox'.
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