Plaça Reial
The Royal Square is a square in the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is close to La Rambla, and is a popular tourist attraction, especially at night.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: square in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “Royal Square”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Rambla and Palau Güell.
La Rambla
La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla is situated 150 metres northwest of Plaça Reial.
Palau Güell
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palau Güell is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighborhood of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Palau Güell is situated 160 metres southwest of Plaça Reial.
Liceu
Theater building
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu, or simply Liceu, is a theater in Barcelona, Spain. Situated on La Rambla, it is the city's oldest theater building still in use for its original purpose. Liceu is situated 150 metres west of Plaça Reial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and The Raval.
Gothic Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY 3.0.
The Gothic Quarter is the historic centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.
The Raval
Quarter
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El Raval is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia. The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the old port, was formerly known as Barri Xinès or Barrio Chino, meaning "Chinatown".
Plaça Reial
- Categories: porticoed square and architectural ensemble
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Plaça Reial” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բարսելոնայի թագավորական հրապարակ”
- Basque: “Plaça Reial”
- Catalan: “Plaça reial de Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Plaça Reial”
- Chinese: “皇家广场”
- Chinese: “皇家廣場”
- Dutch: “Placa Reial”
- Dutch: “Plaça Reial”
- French: “Plaça Reial”
- French: “place Royale”
- French: “Place Royale”
- Galician: “Plaça Reial”
- German: “Plaça Reial”
- Hebrew: “פלאסה ריאל”
- Italian: “plaça Reial”
- Italian: “Plaça Reial”
- Malay: “Plaça Reial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Placa Reial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “plaça Reial”
- Norwegian: “Plaça Reial”
- Polish: “Plaça Reial”
- Russian: “Королевская площадь”
- Spanish: “Plaza Real”
- Turkish: “Plaça Reial”
- Turkish: “Reial Meydanı”
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