Plaça de Gal·la Placídia is a square split between the

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Gràcia Gràcia (), meaning "grace" (in English), is a district of the Mediterranean city of Barcelona, in the northeastern autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It comprises the ''barris'' (neighborhoods) of Vila de Gràcia, Vallcarca i els Pe ...

and

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sarrià-Sant Gervasi () is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-we ...

, in

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. Its exact location is between

Travessera de Gràcia Travessera de Gràcia is a street in Barcelona named after Gràcia, a district it crosses, even though it also spans two other districts. It starts in Plaça de Francesc Macià in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sarrià-Sant Gervasi () is one of the big ...

, Carrer de Neptú, Carrer de Milton, Carrer de l'Oreneta and

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. It was built on the site of one of the city's many streams. The Mercat de la Llibertat, one of the district's 19th century markets, has been provisionally relocated in this square. There's also a

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church and a

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centre on it. The

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headquarters are currently under construction on the square, and due to open in 2010.

Name

It's named ultimately after the

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Galla Placidia Galla Placidia (392/3 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was the mother and a tutor and advisor to emperor Valentinian III. She was queen consort to Ataulf, King of the Visigoths from 414 until his death in 415, ...

and, also, after a Catalan

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based on her life, written in 1913 by

Jaume Pahissa Jaume Pahissa i Jo (also Jaime; October 8, 1880 – October 27, 1969, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Spanish-born composer and musicologist. His students included Ana Serrano Redonnet. The personal papers of Jaume Pahissa are preserved in the ...

. The name was approved in 1940.

Transport

The square is the site of the

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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lines L6 and L7 and the remainder of

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services.

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BCN.cat Nomenclàtor

Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana article
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