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The Plaza España of
Barcelona is one of the most emblematic areas of the
Catalan capital. It was built for the
International Exhibition of 1929, according to a draft prepared by
Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Guillem Busquets and finalized by Antoni Darder. With 34,
000 m² is the second largest square of
Spain, one after the
Plaza of Spain in
Madrid, and ahead of the
Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona.
It is an important transit center of the city, converging on it the
Gran Via de les
Corts Catalanes, the
Parallel Avenue, the street
Tarragona, street Creu Coberta and
Maria Cristina avenue through which you access the area of
Montjuïc, where lies and
Trade Fair and the
Museu Nacional d'
Art de
Catalunya.
Significant other buildings in the square are the
Centro Comercial
Las Arenas.
The Spanish Steps in Barcelona are one of the most emblematic areas of the Catalan capital. It was built for the International Exhibition of 1929, according to a draft prepared by Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Guillem Busquets and finalized by Antoni Darder. Regarding transport, in the place, they are the
Spanish Steps station lines 1 and 3 of the
Barcelona metro and other namesake of
Railways of the
Generalitat of Catalonia.
Plaza España was designed by
Ildefonso Cerda Eixample in his project as a means of communication between Barcelona and the populations of the
Bajo Llobregat
. In the center of the square, where the line crosses above the city was in the old Madrid road has a monumental fountain designed by
Josep Maria Jujol, decorated with sculpture and decorative
Miguel Blay brothers Miquel and Llucià Osle. Classically inspired, the iconographic meaning of the work is a poetic allegory of Spain.
From the Plaza España square, walk down the street Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes to the Universitat and Plaza Catalunya. The wide straight avenue Avenida de la
Reina Maria Cristina goes to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya on
Mount Montjuïc.
Formerly from the Plaza España square facing Montjuïc could see a monument called the Four
Columns precisely four classical columns referring to the flag of
Catalonia, but were demolished in 1928 by order of the dictator
Primo de Rivera to symbolize the Catalan. It began to rebuild in
2010 and were officially opened in
February 2011.
Barcelona is a popular city in the world.
Today, Barcelona is recognized as a global city for its cultural, financial, commercial and tourist importance. It has one of the ports more important of the
Mediterranean and is also an important communications
point between Spain and
France, due to motorway connections and high-speed train. The
Barcelona-El Prat Airport, located
15 km from the center of the city.
The name of Barcelona is unknown and there are various theories and legends that try to explain. It is known that there was an original Iberian city, of the tribe of the layetanos. One of the legends about the origin of Barcelona refers to a hypothetical foundation by general
Carthaginian Amílcar
Barca after conquering the Iberian enclave after its arrival in
Iberia, while another version is credited to his son
Hannibal, who occupied the territory during the
Second Punic War in their advance to the
Pyrenees.
Barcelona has a typical
Mediterranean climate of humid and northern hue. The average temperature in Barcelona is around 16 ° C being somewhat higher in urban areas than in other surrounding areas not as heavily urbanized due to the effect of heat island.
The economic recovery that began in the late eighteenth century and the industrialization in the nineteenth century led to Barcelona again become a major political, economic and cultural center. The city has a long and rich architectural history, starting with the ancient remains of the
Roman settlement founded Barcelona, which are only archaeological remains, or fragments, such as the columns of the
Temple of Augustus.
Barcelona is known as the capital of modernism by the vast quantity and quality of work that holds time. Barcelona has many parks. The best known are the
Güell Park, designed by
Antoni Gaudí in the district of
Gracia, Park
Montjuic, located on the mountain of the same name, and
Ciutadella Park.
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- published: 08 Oct 2015
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