Catalonia
Barcelona
Eixample

Plaça de Catalunya

Plaça de Catalunya is a large square in central that is generally considered to be both its and the place where the old city and the 19th century-built meet.
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  • Type: Bus stop
  • Description: historical public square in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Also known as: “Catalonia Square” and “plaça de Catalunya”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palau de la Música Catalana and Plaça de Catalunya station.

Theater building
Photo: Doomuu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a concert hall in , , . Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença. is situated 350 metres east of Plaça de Catalunya.

Railway stop
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, also known as Barcelona-Plaça Catalunya, Plaça Catalunya or simply Catalunya is a major station complex in located under Plaça de Catalunya, the city's central square and a large transport hub.

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is considered the most well known street in central . A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the at . is situated 760 metres south of Plaça de Catalunya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Pere and Gothic Quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a traditional neighborhood of the old city of , . It is named after the monastery de les Puelles. Nowadays, it is a part of the neighborhood.

Quarter
Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY 3.0.
The is the historic centre of the old city of . It stretches from to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Plaça de Catalunya

Latitude
41.38729° or 41° 23′ 14″ north
Longitude
2.17101° or 2° 10′ 16″ east
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Network
Barcelona Bus Turístic
Open location code
8FH495PC+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12701996671
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Geo­Names ID
6269513
Wiki­data ID
Q822881
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Plaça de Catalunya” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պլասա դե Կատալունյա”
  • Basque: “Katalunia plaza”
  • Basque: “Kataluniako enparantza”
  • Basque: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Каталоніі, Барселона”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Каталоніі”
  • Belarusian: “Пляц Каталёніі”
  • Breton: “leurgêr Katalonia”
  • Breton: “Leurgêr Katalonia”
  • Breton: “plaça de Catalunya”
  • Catalan: “Catalunya”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • Catalan: “plaça de Catalunya”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Chinese: “加泰罗尼亚广场”
  • Chinese: “加泰羅尼亞廣場”
  • Croatian: “Katalonski trg”
  • Czech: “Katalánské náměstí”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Katalánska”
  • Czech: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Danish: “Placa Catalunya”
  • Danish: “Placa de Catalunya”
  • Danish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Dutch: “Placa de Catalunya”
  • Dutch: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلاسا دى كاتالونيا”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Katalunio”
  • Finnish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • French: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • French: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • French: “place de Catalogne”
  • French: “Place de Catalogne”
  • French: “Plaza de Cataluña”
  • Galician: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • German: “Placa de Catalunya”
  • German: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • German: “Plaza de Cataluna”
  • German: “Plaza de Cataluña”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר קטלוניה”
  • Hebrew: “פלאסה דה קטלוניה”
  • Icelandic: “Katalóníutorg”
  • Indonesian: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Irish: “La plaça de Catalunya”
  • Irish: “Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona”
  • Irish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Italian: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • Italian: “plaça de Catalunya”
  • Italian: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Japanese: “カタルーニャ広場”
  • Korean: “카탈루냐 광장”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Placa Catalunya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Placa de Catalunya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Norwegian: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “plaça de Catalonha”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça de Catalonha”
  • Persian: “پلاسا د کاتالونیا”
  • Polish: “Plac Kataloński”
  • Polish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Polish: “Plaza de Catalunya”
  • Portuguese: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Portuguese: “Praça da Catalunha”
  • Russian: “Пласа-де-Каталунья”
  • Russian: “Площадь Каталонии”
  • Scots: “Catalonia Squerr”
  • Scots: “Catalonie Square”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • Slovenian: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Placa Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Plaça Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Placa de Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Cataluna”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Cataluña”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Catalunya”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Cataluna de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Cataluña de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Cataluna”
  • Spanish: “plaza de Cataluña”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Cataluña”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Catalunya”
  • Swedish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Thai: “ปลาซาดากาตาลุญญา”
  • Thai: “ปลาซาเดกาตาลุญญา”
  • Turkish: “Catalunya Meydanı”
  • Turkish: “Plaça de Catalunya”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Каталонії”

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