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Parc de l'Espanya Industrial

Barcelona, Spain

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide. 

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This unusual Industrial Park located in a residential neighborhood in Barcelona is guarded by a giant steel dragon sculpture that doubles as a slide.

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