Plaça de Tetuan (), known in
Spanish as Plaza de Tetuán, is a major square in
Barcelona. It is in
Fort Pienc
Fort Pienc () is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its name stems from a former military fortification which existed there until the 19th century called Fort Pius, ''Pienc'' is an adjective in Catalan meani ...
, in the central district of
Eixample, at the busy intersection of
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and
Passeig de Sant Joan
Passeig de Sant Joan () is a major avenue in the Eixample and Gràcia districts of Barcelona. It was named after an older street carrying this name, also known as Passeig Nou, built in 1795 around the glacis of the Ciutadella fortress.
It starts ...
. The square is named after the 1860
Battle of Tétouan, the siege and occupation of the
Moroccan city of
Tetuan by general
Joan Prim and Catalan volunteers. It was formerly called ''
Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos''.
Doctor Robert monument
The square's central area contains the
Doctor Robert
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monument by the sculptor
Josep Llimona
Josep Llimona i Bruguera (; 8 April 1864, in Barcelona – 27 February 1934) was a Spanish sculptor. His first works were academic, but after a stay in Paris, influenced by Auguste Rodin, his style drew closer to ''modernisme''. He was very proli ...
. Robert was a professor of internal pathology at the
University of Barcelona. He was appointed mayor of Barcelona in 1899 and elected to the
Spanish Parliament
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The Congress of Deputies meets i ...
in 1901.
The monument was built in
Plaça de la Universitat between 1904 and 1910, commissioned by mayor
Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The monument was dismantled in 1940 by the
Francoist State
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and moved to Plaça de Tetuan in 1985.
[ (In Spanish.)]
Transport
Barcelona Metro
The station
Tetuan is served by
Barcelona Metro line
L2 (purple).
See also
*
List of streets and squares in Eixample
This is a full list of streets and squares in L'Eixample, a district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
List A
* Aldana, d'
* Alí Bei, d'
* Almogàvers, dels
* Anaïs Napoléon, jardins d' (Anaïs Napoleón
Anaïs Napoleón (Anne Tiffon Cas ...
*
Urban planning of Barcelona
References
External links
Pobles de CatalunyaLocation on a map.
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Plazas in Barcelona
Eixample
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes