Barcelona, Catalonia, Joan Miró’s ceramic mural at Barcelona-El Prat airport has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, the highest level of protection for a cultural asset in Spain.
The designation means the work now has maximum legal safeguards. It is an important step for one of the best-known pieces of public art linked to the Barcelona area.
The mural is located at the airport in El Prat de Llobregat, which serves the Catalan capital and the wider metropolitan area. For more local coverage, see our news tag.
For official context on the airport, visit the Aena Barcelona-El Prat airport page. Background on Miró’s work is also available from the Fundació Joan Miró.
The declaration adds a formal layer of protection to a work that is closely tied to Catalonia’s cultural identity and to one of its busiest transport hubs.
