Plaça d'Europa (official name in Catalan) is a square in the District VII (

Granvia l'Hospitalet Granvia l'Hospitalet or Granvia l'H ("Districte VII") is a district in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a south-western suburb of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Part of Granvia L'H is part of Gran Via business center of Barcelo ...

) of

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suburb of

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. Located on the Granvia de l'Hospitalet avenue at the intersection with ''Carrer d'Amadeu Torner''. It is part of L'Hospitalet's recent urban development, and one of its biggest squares at 33 ha, with a distinguishable skyline made up of high-rises, among the tallest structures in the city, some of which are designed by the renowned architect

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. It is expected to become its economic centre, and will allow different parts of the city formerly severed by the Granvia to become interconnected. It is still not completed but already featuring most of its planned buildings and infrastructure. Part of

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, near it stand the pavilions of rest of Fira de Barcelona and the shopping centre Gran Via 2.

Buildings

High-rise buildings (over 50 m or 20 floors) in the area include:Skyscrapers of Plaça d'Europa
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Transport

Commuter and metro services

Europa-Fira is a

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, "Catalan Government Railways"; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad de Cataluña''), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain. The lines operated include metro and commu ...

(FGC) station served by

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L8 and L9 and L10.

References

External links

El País article.
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Buildings

Transport

Commuter and metro services

See also

References

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