It does not have 12 points nor will it be part of Barcelona’s architectural heritage, but like the one that crowns the Maria de la Sagrada Família tower, 138 meters high, the star that will top the new free fall attraction that will debut this spring on Tibidabo amusement park will soon join the skyline of the Catalan capital.
Tibidabo today unveiled what will be one of the park’s main attractions, a free fall tower, with 360-degree views, which, curiously, will be crowned by a star. According to those responsible for the amusement park, this illuminated six-pointed cap symbolizes the end of a wand as magical as the Tibidabo site itself.
The tower of the new attraction will be located at one of the highest points in Collserola. In fact, the mountain where the recreational park is located is, with its 513 meters of altitude, the top of the metropolitan mountain range and the roof of the municipality of Barcelona.
At its feet the city extends with the iconic reference of the towers of the Sagrda Família, among them that of Maria, which on the eve of Christmas 2021 inaugurated the twelve-pointed star, each one of almost three meters and with a diameter The total length of the geometric figure – a dodecahedron – is 7.5 meters in all its amplitude and a weight of 5.5 tons.
