Plaça del Sol
Plaça del Sol is a square in Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia. Plaça del Sol is situated nearby to the pond Cascada de La Font del Gat, as well as near the square Plaça de Neptú.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys and National Art Museum of Catalonia.
Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys
Stadium
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia. Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys is situated 450 metres southwest of Plaça del Sol.
National Art Museum of Catalonia
Museum
Photo: MARIA ROSA FERRE ✿, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, near Pl Espanya, the museum is especially… National Art Museum of Catalonia is situated 460 metres west of Plaça del Sol.
Font del Gat
Spring
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Font del Gat is a fountain in Barcelona included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. Font del Gat translates to Cat's Fountain in English. Font del Gat is situated 110 metres west of Plaça del Sol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Poble-sec and Sant Antoni.
El Poble-sec
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Poble-sec is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia. The neighborhood is located between Montjuïc mountain and the Avinguda del Paral·lel.
Sant Antoni
Quarter
Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sant Antoni is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia. Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest and most popular in the city, especially with the secondhand book stalls that surround the building Sunday mornings.
Plaça del Sol
- Type: Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.36799° or 41° 22′ 5″ northLongitude
2.15894° or 2° 9′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8FH49595+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 14078684296OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
“Plaça del Sol” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaça del Sol”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cascada de La Font del Gat and Plaça de Neptú.
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