Les Corts is a famous district because of the universities and the football stadium Camp Nou.
Camp Nou is the largest football stadium of Europe and is located in Les Corts. The stadium is the home ground of FC Barcelona, one of the richest football clubs in the world. The impressive stadium was built in 1957. Nowadays it gives seat to more than 100.000 people.
Besides the stadium, you can find the Football Club de Barcelona Museum were the history of FC Barcelona is displayed.
Parc Turo is a lovely park that lies on the border with the district Sant Gervasi. The park shows a magnificent creation of trees, shrubs and ponds. Very noticeable is the enormously large pond full of waterlelies and large fishes. In the trees you can see some parrots living in the wild here.
For people who like to go shopping, there is an El Corte Ingles at the large street called Diagonal. In the surroundings of this street there are many office buildings such as Edificis Trade.
The large train station Estacio de Sants is located on the border with the district Sants - Montjuic.
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