MUHBA Turó de la Rovira

In March 2011, the new Turó de la Rovira heritage space was officially opened, following a restoration and heritage project in a city space that had, until then, been relatively degraded, isolated, and ignored. It contained the remains of an anti-aircraft battery that helped to defend Barcelona from air attacks during the Civil War, as well as traces of the Canons shantytown district, which survived until 1990, and which formed part of the informal city of huts and shacks that was home to 7% of Barcelona’s population until the late 1950s.