Plaça de Jean Genet
Plaça de Jean Genet is a small, triangle-shaped square in Barcelona. It's located in the southern side of El Raval, by the port and Avinguda de les Drassanes and the Catalan Gothic buildings of the Royal Shipyard, in the district of Ciutat Vella.Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “Plaça de Jean Genet, Barcelona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palau Güell and La Rambla.
Palau Güell
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 220 metres north of Plaça de Jean Genet.
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 440 metres north of Plaça de Jean Genet.
Columbus Monument
Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Columbus Monument is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Columbus Monument is situated 350 metres east of Plaça de Jean Genet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Raval and Gothic Quarter.
The Raval
Quarter
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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".
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.
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 de Jean Genet
- Category: locality
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.37683° or 41° 22′ 37″ northLongitude
2.17382° or 2° 10′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8FH495GF+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 210285908OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q7203734
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In Other Languages
“Plaça de Jean Genet” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaça de Jean Genet”
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Highlights include Pista Draçanes and Jardins de Dolors Aleu.
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