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Roquetes, Barcelona
Les Roquetes is a neighborhood in the Nou Barris, Nou Barris district of the Barcelona, city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Roquetes metro station, on Barcelona Metro line 3, line L3 of the Barcelona Metro, lies in the neighbourhood. References {{coord, 41, 26, 55.12, N, 2, 10, 19.31, E , type:city_region:ES-CT , display=title Neighbourhoods of Barcelona, Roquetes Nou Barris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nou Barris
Nou Barris (, "nine neighbourhoods") is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been officially divided since 1984. The name refers to the original nine neighbourhoods it was composed of, even though nowadays it's made up of thirteen. It covers an area of 8.04 km2. It is located in the northern part of the city adjacent to two other districts of Barcelona: Sant Andreu and Horta-Guinardó and grew up extensively out of small urbanised areas near the former municipalities of Sant Joan d'Horta and Sant Andreu de Palomar (now neighbourhoods of Barcelona) in the 20th century, especially from the 1950s on. The district council is located in a former mental institution, the Institut Mental de la Santa Creu. Neighbourhoods It is further divided into these neighbourhoods: * Can Peguera * Canyelles * Ciutat Meridiana * La Guineueta * Porta * La Prosperitat * Les Roquetes * Torre Baró * La Trinitat Nova * El Turó de la Peira * Vallbona * Verdum * Vilapicina i la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
