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.- 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
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 170 metres southwest of Plaça Reial.Liceu
Theater building
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 160 metres west of Plaça Reial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barri de la Mercè and Gothic Quarter.
Barri de la Mercè
Neighborhood
Gothic Quarter
Quarter
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
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, architectural ensemble, tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.38009° or 41° 22′ 48″ north
Longitude
2.17527° or 2° 10′ 31″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8FH495JG+24
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Plaça Reial” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բարսելոնայի թագավորական հրապարակ”
- Basque: “Errege Plaza”
- 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: “Königlicher Platz”
- German: “Plaça Reial”
- Hebrew: “פלאסה ריאל”
- Italian: “plaça Reial”
- Italian: “Plaça Reial”
- Korean: “레이알 광장”
- Malay: “Plaça Reial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Placa Reial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “plaça Reial”
- Norwegian: “Plaça Reial”
- Polish: “Plaça Reial”
- Russian: “Королевская площадь”
- Russian: “Королевская Площадь”
- Spanish: “Plaza Real”
- Turkish: “Plaça Reial”
- Turkish: “Reial Meydanı”
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