La Monumental
The Plaza de Toros Monumental de Barcelona, often known simply as La Monumental, is a bullring in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last bullfighting arena in commercial operation in Catalonia.Photo: SergiL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Event venue
- Description: bullring in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “Monumental Bullfighting ring”, “Plaza de Toros Barcelona”, and “Plaza Monumental de Barcelona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monumental station and Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.
Monumental station
Metro station
Photo: Photocapy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monumental is a station on Line 2 of the Barcelona Metro and line T4 of the Trambesòs network. It is named after the nearby La Monumental bullring and located in Fort Pienc, a neighborhood of the Eixample district. Monumental station is situated 150 metres west of La Monumental.
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Theater building
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya is a public theatre located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was created by the Culture Department of the Catalan Government to normalize and enhance the theatre and dance in Catalan language and their creators. Teatre Nacional de Catalunya is situated 380 metres east of La Monumental.
Museu de la Música de Barcelona
Museum
Photo: Sguastevi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museu de la Música de Barcelona is a museum in Barcelona, Spain that houses a collection of musical instruments from around the world as well as biographical documents, from ancient civilisations to new technologies from the 21st century. Museu de la Música de Barcelona is situated 390 metres east of La Monumental.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Pienc and Sagrada Família.
Fort Pienc
Neighborhood
Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Pienc is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its name stems from a former military fortification which existed there until the 19th century called Fort Pius, Pienc is an adjective in Catalan meaning related to the name Pius.
Sagrada Família
Quarter
Photo: Martin Abegglen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sagrada Família is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia. Its name comes from the church of the Sagrada Família, work of Antoni Gaudí, which can be found in the center of the neighborhood.
El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou
Quarter
El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia. The cores from this area were established around several parks, and the road that connected with el Clot, el Poblenou and la Llacuna.
La Monumental
- Category: bullring
- Location: Eixample, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.40008° or 41° 24′ 0″ northLongitude
2.18116° or 2° 10′ 52″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8FH4C52J+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 221458555OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=events_venue
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“La Monumental” goes by many names.
- Basque: “La Monumental”
- Catalan: “la Monumental”
- Catalan: “La Monumental”
- Catalan: “Plaça de Braus Monumental”
- Catalan: “Plaça de toros Monumental”
- Catalan: “Plaça Monumental de Barcelona”
- Cebuano: “Plaza de Toros Barcelona”
- Chinese: “紀念鬥牛場”
- Dutch: “La Monumental”
- French: “Arenes de Barcelone”
- French: “Arènes de Barcelone”
- French: “Arènes La Monumental”
- French: “La Monumental, arènes de Barcelone”
- Galician: “La Monumental”
- German: “La Monumental”
- Igbo: “Ihe Ncheta”
- Italian: “La Monumental”
- Italian: “Monumental”
- Italian: “Plaza de toros Monumental”
- Japanese: “ムヌマンタル闘牛場”
- Japanese: “モヌメンタル闘牛場”
- Korean: “바르셀로나 모누멘탈 투우장”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaça de Toros Monumental”
- Norwegian: “Plaça de Toros Monumental”
- Polish: “La Monumental”
- Russian: “la monumental”
- Spanish: “La Monumental”
- Spanish: “Monumental de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Plaza de toros de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “plaza de toros Monumental de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Plaza de toros Monumental de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Plaza de toros Monumental”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Toros Monumental”
- Spanish: “Plaza Monumental de Barcelona”
- Swedish: “Plaza de Toros Barcelona”
- Turkish: “Barselona Monumental Arenası”
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