About Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈplasə ðə ləz ˈɣlɔɾiəs kətəˈlanəs]), (Spanish: Plaza de las Glorias Catalanas; both meaning "Catalan Glories Square") most often shortened to Glòries, is a large square in Barcelona, first designed by Ildefons Cerdà to serve as the city centre in his original urban plan (Pla Cerdà), but nowadays relegated to quite a secondary position. It is located in the Sant Martí district, bordering Eixample, at the junction of three of the city's most important thoroughfares: Avinguda Diagonal, Avinguda Meridiana and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes. For decades, its main purpose was to function as a roundabout of elevated highways. However, in the early 2000s, a revamping project for Glòries started, which aimed to give the square a new role in Barcelona and revitalize the northern districts of the city, under the name 22@. These plans supplement other large-scale plans in Sagrera and the Fòrum area.
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Things to see nearby
- Glòries station
- Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària
- Design Museum of Barcelona
- Torre Glòries
- Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
- Plain of Barcelona
- Encants (Barcelona Metro)
- El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou
- L'Auditori
- Museu de la Música de Barcelona
- La Monumental
- Catalonia College of Music
- Clot (Barcelona Metro)
- El Clot railway station