Hilton Barcelona

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Hilton Barcelona
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Hilton Barcelona
Hilton Barcelona
Hotel chain Hilton Hotels & Resorts
General information
TypeHotel
ClassificationStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg
AddressAvinguda Diagonal, 589-591
Town or city Barcelona
Country Spain
Coordinates 41°23′19″N2°07′52″E / 41.388614°N 2.131245°E / 41.388614; 2.131245
OpenedMarch, 1990
Renovated2012
Owner Oman Investment Fund
Management Hilton Hotels
Height45.00m
Technical details
Floor count14
Other information
Number of rooms290
Number of suites14
Number of restaurants1
Number of bars1
ParkingYes
Website
Official website

Hilton Barcelona is the first Hilton hotel in Spain. The hotel is located at the Barcelona's main avenue, Avenida Diagonal.

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History

In the early 70's the mayor of Barcelona was Josep Maria de Porcioles, a clever politician who took full advantage of the construction fever of developmentalism. During his long term (1957 - 1973) he undertook urban projects destined to transform Barcelona into a city that could host a new Universal Exhibition like the one that in 1929 had radically changed the city. Porcioles believed that for his projects, the city needed more luxury hotels, so he granted a license to the Hilton hotel chain to build a large and modern skyscraper in the heart of the Diagonal. The problem was that the concession was illegal, since it exceeded by 40% the limits indicated by the law for volumetric and building heights.

The courts ordered Hilton to demolish the excess of the building that was illegal, which meant cutting half a skyscraper and compensating the city with a millionaire amount. The Hilton didn’t do it, and the litigation lasted years, until the Democracy (1980), when an agreement was reached that saved the building.

A private company bought the building and converted it for sanitary uses, the courts accepted the exchange and the Hilton became the Barcelona Hospital. Instead of suites, they had to put in operating rooms, the luxurious halls were replaced by waiting rooms, waiters replaced by nurses and guests by patients.

A few years later, Hilton managed, legally to build another hotel, located just across the road, where the current Hospital was planned. [1] [2]

Building

Nowadays the hotel has 290 rooms, including 14 suites, it is 45.00m in height and includes 14 floors above ground and 5 more below. [3] Hilton Barcelona has been renovated in 2012 and the designer of the renovation in the lobby was the Italian architect and designer Matteo Thun. [4]

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References

  1. “Hilton hotel becomes a hospital”
  2. Hospital de Barcelona
  3. Hilton Barcelona on Emporis [usurped]
  4. Hotel Hilton, Barcelona – Redesign