Vallcarca i els Penitents
Vallcarca i els Penitents is a neighbourhood in the northernmost part of Gràcia, a district of Barcelona. Locked between two hills, Putget and El Coll, it grew out of a few scattered settlements, namely L'Hostal de la Farigola, Can Falcó, Can Mas and Can Gomis.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penitents station and Park Güell.
Penitents station
Metro station
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Penitents is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the Vallcarca i els Penitents neighbourhood, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. The station is served by line L3.
Park Güell
Park
Park Güell is a complex of parks and gardens in Barcelona with architectural elements, located in the La Salut neighborhood of the Gràcia district in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Coll and La Teixonera.
El Coll
Quarter
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El Coll is a neighbourhood of Gràcia, one of the 10 districts Barcelona is divided in. Located at the base of Tibidabo hill, it's 300 meters above sea level and is nowadays inhabited by 6.850 people.
La Teixonera
Quarter
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La Teixonera is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia. The name honours Joaquim Taxonera, who urbanized the neighbourhood.
Inland Suburbs
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The Inland Suburbs are the districts that ring the main part of Barcelona. To the southwest, it includes Les Corts and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and to the northwest it includes Horta-Guinardo, Nou Barris and Sant Andreau.
Vallcarca i els Penitents
- Type: Quarter with 15,600 residents
- Description: administrative quarter in Gràcia, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Spain
- Categories: administrative quarter in Barcelona, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Gràcia, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.41704° or 41° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
2.14007° or 2° 8′ 24″ eastPopulation
15,600Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
8FH4C48R+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 13705862670OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
6690791Wikidata ID
Q2057331
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Vallcarca i els Penitents” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Catalan: “els Penitents”
- Catalan: “Penitents”
- Catalan: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Catalan: “Vallcarca-Penitents”
- Catalan: “Vallcarca”
- Dutch: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Galician: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Irish: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Romanian: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
- Spanish: “Vallcarca y los Penitentes”
- Turkish: “Vallcarca i els Penitents”
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Notable Places Nearby
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