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{{Short description|Hill in Barcelona, Spain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Tibidabo
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| image = Temple del Sagrat Cor vist des de la Talaia del Tibidabo.JPG
| image_size = 285
| image_caption = Sagrat Cor church, atop the hill
| elevation_m = 512
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| map = Spain Barcelona
| map_caption = Location in Barcelona
| location = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
| range = [[Serra de Collserola]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|25|21|N|2|07|07|E|type:mountain_region:ES_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| easiest_route = [[Funicular del Tibidabo|Tibidabo funicular railway]]
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[[File:Luna park Barcelona.jpg|thumb|Tibidabo wheel]]
'''Tibidabo''' ({{IPA|ca|tiβiˈðaβu}}) is a hill overlooking Barcelona, [[Catalonia]], Spain. At {{convert|512|m}}, it is the tallest hill in the [[Serra de Collserola]].  Rising sharply to the north-west, it has views over the city and the surrounding coastline.<ref>[http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen33.html Panoramic QTVR view from Tibidabo]</ref>

The summit of the hill is occupied by the [[Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor|Sagrat Cor church]] and adjacent [[Tibidabo Amusement Park]]. The [[Torre de Collserola|Torre de Collserola telecommunications tower]] is a short walk away. All three are prominently visible from most of the city of Barcelona. Designed by [[Enric Sagnier]], the church was started in 1902 and took 60 years to complete. It is topped by a sculpture of the [[Sacred Heart of Jesus]] by [[Josep Miret Llopart]].

Tibidabo can be reached by road or via the [[Tibidabo Funicular]], which was the first of its kind in Spain, and by the [[Tramvia Blau]]. Funicular operations recommenced in June 2021 after modernisation, however the tramway remains out of service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmb.cat/en/about-tmb/transport-tmb/tramvia-blau-tibidabo|title=Tramvia Blau – Vintage Barcelona tram {{!}} Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|website=tmb.cat|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> Replacement bus TC2 connects Tibidabo with Avinguda de Tibidabo Metro station. The [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona]] minibus service 111 connects it to [[Vallvidrera|Vallvidrera village]] and the upper station of the [[Vallvidrera funicular]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tmb.cat/en/linia-de-bus/-/bus/111/detall-n/sentit-Vallvidrera/dia-FEINER | title = Number 111 – Tibidabo | publisher = Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona | accessdate = 2014-11-26}}</ref>

==Etymology==
[[File:(Barcelona) El Tibidabo, l'observatori Fabra - exposició sud-est.jpg|thumb|Skyline showing the church and amusement park]]The name derives from several [[Latin language|Latin]] [[Vulgate]] Bible verses:{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
* ''"…et dixit illi haec '''tibi''' omnia '''dabo''' si cadens adoraveris me"''<ref>[http://www.drbo.org/lvb/chapter/47004.htm Latin Vulgate Bible, Gospel According to Saint Matthew Chapter 4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> – "And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me" ([[Matthew 4]]:9);
* ''"…et ait ei '''tibi dabo''' potestatem hanc universam et gloriam illorum quia mihi tradita sunt et cui volo do illa"''<ref>[http://www.drbo.org/lvb/chapter/49004.htm Latin Vulgate Bible, Gospel According to Saint Luke Chapter 4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> – "All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it" ([[Luke 4]]:6).

These two Gospel passages, where the words mean "I will give to you", were said by the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]] in [[Temptation of Christ|tempting]] [[Jesus]] as they were atop a high mountain and seeing "all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them". The name could reflect a folk belief identifying Barcelona’s hill with the biblical mountain, or more likely, it is simply a tongue in cheek transferral of this action to Barcelona, just to indicate how glorious and tempting Barcelona could be. 

The other phrase containing ''Tibi dabo'' is a quote from [[Matthew 16]]:18, wherein Jesus calls [[Saint Peter]] “the Rock” and gives him the [[Keys of Heaven]]. Cited as a foundation for [[Primacy of Peter|Petrine Primacy]], the verse is inscribed within the [[tholobate]] of the main dome above [[Saint Peter's tomb|the apostle’s tomb]] in [[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Vatican City]].

==Panorama==
{{wide image|Barcelona._View_from_Tibidabo.jpg|800px|A panoramic view of Barcelona from Tibidabo}}

==See also==
*[[Casino Internacional Tibidabo]]
*[[List of mountains in Catalonia]]
*''[[The Shadow of the Wind]]''
*[[Urban planning of Barcelona]]

== References ==
{{Commons category|Tibidabo}}
{{wikivoyage|Barcelona/Inland Suburbs}}

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods of Barcelona]]
[[Category:Mountains of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Barcelona]]