The Palau Nacional on Montjuïc, home of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, was designed by Eugenio Cendoya, Enric Catà and Pere Domènech i Roura, chosen by competition after Josep Puig i Cadafalch was removed in 1923. The article says the 1929 exhibition was organized by the city and names no other client. It was built from 1926 to 1929 for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, and the infobox date of 1934 refers to the museum.
The article calls the style academic classical and Italian. The facade has a dome inspired by St. Peter's Basilica and four corner towers modeled on Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. It covers over 50,000 square meters.
Gae Aulenti and Enric Steegmann led the renovation from the 1990s, and the text dates its start to both 1990 and 1992. The Oval Hall reopened for the 1992 Olympics, and the museum was inaugurated on December 16, 2004. The article gives no hours or fees.
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