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Plaça de Catalunya. Plaça de Catalunya (pronounced [ˈplasə ðə kətəˈluɲə], meaning in English "Catalonia Square"; sometimes referred to as Plaza de Cataluña, its Spanish name) is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city (see Barri Gòtic and Raval, in Ciutat Vella) and the 19th century-built Eixample ...
Previously known as Plaça de la Font Catalana ("Square of the Catalan Fountain"), it was built at the same time as the Plaça de la Font Castellana ("Square of the Castillian Fountain") located at the Avinguda de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat. A spring had fed the fountain in the center since at least the mid-19th century. [2]
The set of sculptures in the Plaça de Catalunya was created between 1927 and 1929 for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.The Catalonia Square (in Catalan: Plaça de Catalunya) is one of the main centers of Barcelona, and is located in the Eixample district, at the confluence between the Rambla de Canaletas, the carrer de Pelai, the ronda de la Universitat, the Rambla de Catalunya ...
View of Barcelona Sants from the square. Plaça dels Països Catalans is a square in Barcelona (the capital of Catalonia, Spain) on one side of the city's central railway station, Estació de Sants, in the district of Sants-Montjuïc. It borders Carrer de Tarragona, Carrer de Numància and Avinguda Roma.
Plaça de la Universitat, Barcelona; Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes; Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona; Plaça de la República, Barcelona; Plaça de Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer, Barcelona; Plaça de Sant Felip Neri; Plaça de Tetuan, Barcelona; Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli; Plaça del Rei; Plaça dels Països Catalans, Barcelona; Royal Square ...
Saint George's Day at Plaça Sant Jaume in front of the Palace of the Generalitat Nativity scene at Plaça Sant Jaume. The Plaça de Sant Jaume (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈplasə ˈsaɲ ˈʒawmə], in English "Saint James's Square") is a square at the center of the Old City of Barcelona and the administrative heart of both the city and surrounding Catalonia.
Portal de l'Àngel (Catalan pronunciation: [puɾˈtal də ˈlaɲʒəl]) is a pedestrian street in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona adjacent to Plaça Catalunya and part of the large shopping area that spans from Avinguda Diagonal to Barri Gòtic. It's one of the city's most visited streets and is always crowded with tourists and locals ...
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes ("Great Way of the Catalan Courts"), more simply known as Gran Via [ˈɡɾam ˈbi.ə], is one of Barcelona's major avenues. With a length of 13.1 km (8.1 mi), it is the longest street in Catalonia and the 2nd longest in Spain , after Gran Vía de la Manga , in La Manga del Mar Menor , but is the one with most ...