On Saturday, 19 March, the city’s ornamental fountains, the façade of City Hall and a number of monuments and emblematic buildings will be switching off the electricity from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm as part of an initiative to combat climate change.

Barcelona City Council will be adhering to Earth Hour 2016 this Saturday by turning off lighting at the city’s ornamental fountains and some monuments and emblematic buildings, as well as the façade of City Hall, from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

Earth Hour is a worldwide call initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), encouraging cities, organisations and the general public to turn off electricity. This year’s campaign makes reference to the Paris agreement in December last year, when governments from around the world got together to try to combat climate change.

Earth Hour in Barcelona

The ornamental fountains to be switched off are in the city centre and operate until 9 pm. They are: the fountain at the junction between Pg. de Gràcia and Gran Via, the twin fountains in Pl. Catalunya, the fountain at the Francesc Macià monument in Pl. Catalunya, the Diana fountain at the junction between Gran Via and C/ Roger de Llúria, the fountain at the junction between Gran Via and Rbla. Catalunya and the Sis Putti fountain in Pl. Catalunya. Displays at the Magic Fountain in Montjuïc will not be affected as the last session of the day during the winter season is from 8 pm to 8.30 pm, when the fountain will be switched off along with the other ornamental fountains.

Apart from the façade at City Hall, lights will be switched off at the following buildings and monuments in the city: the Santa Maria del Mar basilica, the La Mercè church, the Pi church, the Columbus monument, the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), the city wall in C/ Sotstinent Navarro, the Palau de la Virreina, Pl. Ramon Berenguer el Gran, the monument to Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, the Sagrada Família, Montjuïc Castle, the light beams at the Palau Nacional, the Güell pavilions, the Sant Vicenç belltower, the clock in Pl. Vila de Gràcia, the monument to Anselm Clavé (Pg. Sant Joan), the sculpture of David and Goliath, the Park Güell (Turó de les Tres Creus), the Torre de la Llum, Can Fabra, the Tres Columnes del Litoral, the Abraham church, the Centre Moral i Cultural (C/ Pujades), the Formiga Martinenca (C/ Mallorca), the facades of all district offices, the Arc del Triomf, the Torre Baró and the Obelisc.