Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona)

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Plaça d'Espanya is one of Barcelona’s major public squares and transport hubs, known for its monumental architecture, fountains, and role as a gateway to Montjuïc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public square ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
alternativeName Plaza de España (Barcelona) ⓘ
connectsTo Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina ⓘ
Avinguda del Paral·lel ⓘ
Carrer de Tarragona ⓘ
Carrer de la Creu Coberta ⓘ
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes ⓘ
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes ⓘ
surface form: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes–C-31 road axis
coordinateLatitude 41.374 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 2.149 ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
fountainDesigner Josep Maria Jujol ⓘ
hasFunction public transport interchange ⓘ
road traffic interchange ⓘ
hasStructure central monumental fountain ⓘ
large roundabout ⓘ
two Venetian Towers ⓘ
hasViewAxisTo Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya ⓘ
surface form: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya on Montjuïc
heritageStatus part of Barcelona's protected urban heritage zone ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName Spanish ⓘ
languageOfName Catalan ⓘ
locatedIn Barcelona ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
Eixample ⓘ
surface form: Eixample district

Sants-Montjuïc district ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
namedAfter Spain ⓘ
near Arenas de Barcelona shopping centre ⓘ
Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc venues ⓘ
surface form: Fira de Barcelona (Montjuïc venue)

Magic Fountain of Montjuïc ⓘ
Montjuïc ⓘ
surface form: Montjuïc hill

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya ⓘ
surface form: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
openedFor 1929 Barcelona International Exposition ⓘ
partOf urban fabric of Barcelona ⓘ
role gateway to Montjuïc ⓘ
servedBy Aerobús express airport bus ⓘ
surface form: Aerobús airport shuttle (A1/A2)

Barcelona Metro L1 ⓘ
surface form: Barcelona Metro line L1

Barcelona Metro line L3 ⓘ
Barcelona Metro line L8 ⓘ
FGC commuter rail ⓘ
surface form: FGC suburban rail services

numerous TMB bus lines ⓘ
significantEvent urban development for 1929 International Exposition ⓘ
tourismImportance major tourist landmark in Barcelona ⓘ
urbanDesigner Antoni Darder ⓘ
Guillem Busquets ⓘ
Josep Puig i Cadafalch ⓘ

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1929 Barcelona International Exposition → leftLegacy → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
1929 Barcelona International Exposition → notableStructure → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina → connects → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d'Espanya
Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina → partOf → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: urban ensemble of Plaça d'Espanya
Palau Nacional (Barcelona) → overlooks → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d'Espanya
Venetian Towers (Barcelona) → locatedIn → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d'Espanya
Venetian Towers (Barcelona) → near → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fira de Barcelona exhibition grounds
Palau Nacional → overlooks → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d'Espanya
MNAC → overlooks → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d’Espanya
Magic Fountain of Montjuïc → near → Plaça d'Espanya (Barcelona) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaça d'Espanya