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Carrer de Balmes is also part of the so-called Gaixample, Barcelona's gay village and hosts one of its most famous clubs, Arena. Banc Sabadell is headquartered at the crossing of Carrer de Balmes with Avinguda Diagonal. Pompeu Fabra University owns a building in this street.
Plaça de Catalunya. Calàbria, carrer de; Camps Elisis, passatge dels; Canonge Cluffí, passatge del; Caputxins, passatge dels; Carlit, jardins del; Cartagena, carrer de
Pàdua is a station of the Barcelona Metro on the FGC-operated line L7 (also known as Línia de Balmes). The station is situated under Carrer de Balmes. [2] The station opened in 1953 with the opening of the line from Gràcia railway station to Avinguda Tibidabo. [3] The station has twin tracks, with two 60 metres (200 ft) long side platforms ...
District hall Original Eixample concept from 1859 Part of the Eixample and the Sagrada Família, viewed from Montjuïc, June 2006 Eixample street and block layout. The Eixample (Catalan: [əˈʃamplə], ' Expansion ') is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early ...
Rambla de Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈramblə ðə kətəˈluɲə]; Spanish: Rambla de Cataluña) is a major street in the Eixample district of central Barcelona, Spain. It is one of the city's trendiest streets, with many international fashion shops, and is lined with lime trees .
Plaça de Catalunya sign. Since the end of the 19th century it has been the hub of Barcelona. The odonyms of Barcelona — meaning the street names in Barcelona along with the names of thoroughfares and other roads in the city — are regulated by the Ponència de Nomenclàtor dels Carrers de Barcelona, a commission under the Department of Culture of the Barcelona City Council.
Ildefons Cerdà's so-called Pla Cerdà was not totally successful in transforming Barcelona's urban reality, as only parts of it were finally approved. The construction of Avinguda Diagonal is one of the projects it entailed that became reality, when a Royal Decree from Queen Isabella II of Spain and Leopoldo O'Donnell's Spanish government in Madrid allowed him to start the construction of the ...
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 ...