Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: BarcelonaA sleek, ultra-modern Apple Store where the Spanish Communist Party once had its HQ.
<p>FORTUNE -- The Apple Store on Barcelona's Plaza de Catalonya -- the final stop on my five-city tour -- might have been more palatial if the Spanish Civil War hadn't turned out the way it did.</p>
<p>In 1936, when the first shots were fired on La Rambla, just across the plaza, the art nouveau hotel that stood on this spot was draped with huge portraits of Lenin and
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Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: Barcelona
