Plaça del Rei
Plaça del Rei is a 14th-century medieval public square in the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The square is surrounded by the Palau Reial Major including the Saló del Tinell, the Palau del Lloctinent, the 15th-century tower Mirador del Rei Martí, and the Capella Reial de Santa Àgata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: square in Barcelona
- Also known as: “Placa del Rei” and “plaça del Rei”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the History of Barcelona and Chapel of Santa Àgata.
Museum of the History of Barcelona
Museum
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The Museum of the History of Barcelona is a history museum that conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day.
Chapel of Santa Àgata
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The Chapel of Santa Àgata is a chapel located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
Museu Frederic Marès
Museum
Photo: Museu Frederic Marès, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museu Frederic Marès is an art and sculpture museum in the Palau Reial Major in Barcelona, Spain. The Museu contains thousands of items from the collection of sculptor Frederic Marès.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and Santa Caterina.
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.
La Ribera
Neighborhood
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La Ribera is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella of Barcelona.
Plaça del Rei
- Categories: square, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Plaça del Rei” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Plaça del Rei”
- Catalan: “Conjunt de la Plaça del Rei”
- Catalan: “plaça del Rei”
- Catalan: “Plaça del Rei”
- Chinese: “国王广场”
- Chinese: “國王廣場”
- Dutch: “plaça del Rei”
- Dutch: “Plaça del Rei”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الملك”
- French: “plaça del Rei”
- French: “Place du Roi”
- German: “Plaça del Rei”
- Hebrew: “פלאסה דל ריי”
- Italian: “Plaça del Rei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaça del Rei”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plaça del Rei”
- Norwegian: “Plaça del Rei”
- Polish: “Plaça del Rei”
- Spanish: “Plaza del Rey”
- Turkish: “Plaça del Rei”
- Turkish: “Rei Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Plaça del Rei”
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