page_title: Montjuïc (Girona)
section_title: Montjuïc in the 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Montjuïc (Girona) / Montjuïc in the 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Montjuïc Castle as seen from the Cathedral of Girona. 1911. Valentí Fargnoli. CRDI The image shows the fortress and the absence of much development around it in 1911.
context_page_description: Montjuïc is a hill of the ancient Catalan city of Girona, Spain. Montjuïc is located just to the north of the old quarter of the city, near the confluence of the Onyar, Galligants, and Ter rivers. Montjuïc is also the name of the present-day neighborhood and district of Girona on the hill. The name "Montjuïc" translates from medieval Catalan as "mountain of the Jews". The hill has an altitude of 219 m.
  For much of Girona's history, Montjuïc was uninhabited, the site of only the 17th century Montjuïc Castle defensive bastion and the medieval Jewish cemetery of the city. Girona's Montjuïc parallels the better-known Montjuïc in Barcelona: a large hill adjacent to the city with a large castle fortress at the top dating to the mid-17th century and a medieval Jewish cemetery.
context_section_description: The area around the fortress was undeveloped at the start of the 20th century.  In the 1930s the City Council of Girona planned the first urbanization of the mountain, with a school and a city-garden for the working class. Planning was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), however.  Under the Franco city councils, the project was abandoned. Although the mountain was declared a green zone in 1955, the Girona city council could not obtain the transfer of land from the castle, which was military property. 
  In 1966 Ferran de Vilallonga bought the land and prepared a definitive urbanization. By then nearly 3000 immigrants from the rest of the Iberian Peninsula had settled on the hill in shanties. Between 1967 and 1971, after the expulsion of the squatters, a suburb was built for middle- to upper-class residents on Montjuïc. Residential buildings ultimately covered the entire mountain, surrounding the ruins of the castle.  In 1986 the population of Montjuïc was 1381 inhabitants.
caption: Montjuïc and its Castle in 1911 as viewed from Girona Cathedral.  Compare with the similar photo above obtained in 2019.
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