The Plaça d'Urquinaona is one of the principal

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in central

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. It is officially part of

Dreta de l'Eixample Dreta de l'Eixample () is a neighborhood in the ''Eixample'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is located east (visualised as ''dreta'' or "right") of Carrer de Balmes. It includes Plaça de Catalunya, the centre of the city, and the up ...

neighbourhood, in the

Eixample The Eixample (; ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at t ...

district, and is located at the intersection of the Ronda Sant Pere and Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc. The square is traversed by a few major streets, including Carrer de Pau Claris,

Via Laietana Via Laietana () Vía Layetana in Spanish, is a major thoroughfare in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the Ciutat Vella district. The avenue runs from Plaça Urquinaona to Plaça d'Antonio López, by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods ...

, and Carrer Roger de Llúria. Its urbanised surface amounts to 18,050 square meters, and has a green central area. It was named after

José María de Urquinaona y Vidot José María Urquinaona y Bidot (or ''Vidot'') (1814–1883) was a bishop of Barcelona. Born in Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the a ...

, born in

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and made

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in 1878. The modern square is crowned by the Torre Urquinaona building, though it was created in 1857, after the demolition of the Sant Pere and Jonqueres

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s. It was originally named ''Plaça Nova de Jonqueres''. Prior to the approval of the square's current name in 1980, it bore a number of other names, including ''Bisbe Urquinaona''; ''Ferrer i Guàrdia'', ''Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia'', ''Bisbe Urquinaona'' and ''Nova de Junqueres''.

Transport

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station Urquinaona, on lines L1 and L4.

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Camera on Plaça d'Urquinaona and Via Laietana
{{DEFAULTSORT:Placa Urquinaona, Barcelona Plazas in Barcelona Eixample

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